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Sustainable Decision-Making in SMEs of the Textile Industry: Integrating Methodologies, Practices, and Barriers

Publicated to: Business Strategy and the Environment. 34 (6): 6385-6441 - 2025-09-01 34(6), DOI: 10.1002/bse.4295

Authors:

Naranjo, I; de la Torre, R; Boza, A
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Valencia, Doctoral Sch, Valencia, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Res Ctr Prod Management & Engn CIGIP, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Res Ctr Prod Management & Engn CIGIP, Valencia, Spain - Author
Univ Tecn Ambato, Fac Syst Engn Elect & Ind, Ambato, Ecuador - Author
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Abstract

Despite its economic importance, the textile industry is one of the most polluting sectors. This study addresses the critical gap in understanding sustainable decision-making in textile SMEs, where decision processes often remain informal and lack structured frameworks. It seeks to identify the decisions made in productive environments that incorporate environmental, economic, and social sustainability, while also exploring those that overlook these dimensions. Through a systematic literature review, the research examines key themes such as (i) decision-making for sustainable development in SMEs; (ii) sustainable supply chain management in the textile industry; (iii) sustainable practices to achieve the SDGs; and (iv) environmental, social, and economic sustainability in textile SMEs. The analysis (i) explores the most commonly used sustainability pillars and practices related to products, processes, and organizations; (ii) categorizes aspects, strategies, indicators, and barriers faced by textile SMEs; and (iii) identifies types of decisions, methodologies, and criteria that can guide these companies toward sustainability. The findings highlight the predominance of the environmental dimension, with life cycle assessment, circular economy, and sustainable business models being the most well-defined practices. Decision-making methodologies often rely on multiattribute decision-making (MADM), particularly the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). However, the use of mathematical programming models remains limited. This paper provides a valuable resource for improving sustainability initiatives in textile SMEs by connecting categorized elements with production environments and sustainability dimensions.
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Keywords

Content analysisDecision-makingFrameworkImpactsManagementMedium-sized enterprisesModeProposalSustainabilityTextile sme

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Business Strategy and the Environment due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 5/420, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Management. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-03:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-03:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 91 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Ecuador.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Naranjo, Israel) and Last Author (Boza Garcia, Andres).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Naranjo, Israel.

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