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During the past years, there have been several research discussions on how to achieve sustainable development in countries, although free trade agreements resulted in an upturn of economies in a global market, like the Mexican emerging economy. At the same time, firms concerns on how to remain competitive, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are critical business for economies. Nowadays, in this context, some initiatives of organizational sustainability have become important strategies for firms to remain competitive, such as, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). However, it does not seem in all cases, especially for SMEs in emerging economies. Hence, this research aims to contribute on expanding understanding of this phenomenon, exploring the current strategies and barriers and SMEs managers’ characteristics, by carrying out a bibliographical analysis and a survey in SMEs, in the central region, Mexico. The main results depicted some factors for organizational sustainability in SMEs, for example, managers’ conscience about the negative effects of their unsustainable operations, as well as, general and sectors of SMEs characteristics. Focus on further research could be on how governments in these type of economies need to prioritize the elimination of barriers to sustainable development and make proactive efforts towards organizational sustainability of SMEs.

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