http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/sustainable-business-practices Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:13:52 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:13:52 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/295/sustainability-is-it-a-good-choice-for-small-companies By Jennifer L. Miller - In recent years, sustainability has become a popular topic as business leaders face hardships with the poor economy in the United States. In fact, sustainability strategies have been growing in popularity over the past several decades. Young and Tilley (2006) describe in a recent article that the 1980’s and 1990’s were decades of eco-awareness following the pollution aware decades of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Now, as companies face increasing problems in trying to achieve profitability, managers are looking for ways to decrease costs while still maintaining quality products... Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:18 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/295/sustainability-is-it-a-good-choice-for-small-companies