Micro-Foundations for Sustainable Development
Organizations play a significant role in contributing towards sustainable development. Sustainability strategies inherently involve organizational changes that can be disruptive, complex, and uncertain. For small enterprises, it becomes difficult to introduce such changes due to limited resources and inexperience; thus, they have little incentive to voluntarily make sustainable growth a goal. The current research aims to add value to the literature on sustainability, which has, to date, focused on MNCs and developed countries, by understanding the sustainable behaviors of MSMEs in India. The study aims to identify the micro-foundations, organizational processes, structures, and individual-level behaviors that positively impact the triple bottom line. In addition, the research aims to study the interactions of such organizational factors that, consequently, help build organizational capabilities that can act as drivers of sustainable growth. The study will help advance our understanding of the relationship between the organizational factors, and the socio-economic and environmental goals of the organization.