TY - JOUR AU - Ojeda López, Ruth Noemí AU - Mul Encalada, Jennifer PY - 2015/08/24 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Environmental management and its relation to competitiveness: a study of micro, small and medium enterprises in the state of Yucatan, Mexico JF - Tec Empresarial JA - TE VL - 9 IS - 2 SE - DO - 10.18845/te.v9i2.2361 UR - https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/2361 SP - Pág. 41-49 AB - <p>This article aims to present an analysis of&nbsp;the practice of environmental management in the&nbsp;micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)&nbsp;located in the state of Yucatan, Mexico, in terms&nbsp;of their relation to competitiveness. A study was&nbsp;conducted with a quantitative approach, with&nbsp;descriptive and correlational analysis. An instrument&nbsp;to collect data was applied to 399 managers.&nbsp;It was found that companies direct their efforts&nbsp;primarily at minimizing the consumption of energy,&nbsp;water and polluting raw materials. The results&nbsp;confirmed that there is a positive relationship in&nbsp;these companies between environmental management&nbsp;and competitiveness.</p> ER -