{"id":9520,"date":"2023-03-16T10:23:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/smes-adoption-of-the-un-sdgs-the-case-of-architecture-engineering-and-construction-aec-firms\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T10:23:17","slug":"smes-adoption-of-the-un-sdgs-the-case-of-architecture-engineering-and-construction-aec-firms","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/smes-adoption-of-the-un-sdgs-the-case-of-architecture-engineering-and-construction-aec-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs adoption of the UN SDGs &#8211; The case of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This part of my literature review looks at architecture firms adoption of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). I need to review research papers which cover SMEs from the field in differnt parts of the world to see if there are any similar findings. I have found a few studies but I need more. Studies must be published between 2015 &#8211; 2023. I would liketo approve the chosen studies before the writer starts writing the literature review. <b>This review will be included in my final masters thesis, it is not a class assignment.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My research questions are:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>1. What is the state of awareness\/knowledge of architectural firm SMEs about the UN SDGs<\/p>\n<div>2. What are the challenges and limitations architectueral firms face when implementating SDGs in Bahrain?<\/div>\n<div>3. What are the sustainable practices adopted by architectural firm SMEs in Bahrain?<\/div>\n<div>4. What are the policies and regulations to support the SDG implementation within architectural firm SMEs Bahrain?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Objectives are:<\/div>\n<div>1. Identify the extent of Bahraini MSMEs knowledge about the SDGs<\/div>\n<div>2. Understand if MSMEs are actually implementing sustainability principles in their business strategy, contributing to the SDGs, and what are the barriers in both cases of implementation or not.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>3. Assess the types of sustainability practices of MSMEs in Bahrain&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>4. Develop a strategic or conceptual design management framework to address the problem highlighted in this research.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This part of my literature review looks at architecture firms adoption of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs). I need to review research papers which cover SMEs from the field in differnt parts of the world to see if there are any similar findings. I have found a few studies but I need more. Studies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1141],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/9520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=9520"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=9520"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=9520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}