%0 Journal Article
	%A A. Briseno and  A and  Zorrilla
	%D 2017
	%J International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 126, 2017
	%T Internal and External Influences on the Firm Objective
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10007319
	%V 126
	%X Firms are increasingly responding to social and environmental claims from society. Practices oriented to attend issues such as poverty, work equality, or renewable energy, are being implemented more frequently by firms to address impacts on sustainability. However, questions remain on how the responses of firms vary across industries and regions between the social and the economic objectives. Using concepts from organizational theory and social network theory, this paper aims to create a theoretical framework that explains the internal and external influences that make a firm establish its objective. The framework explains why firms might have a different objective orientation in terms of its economic and social prioritization.
	%P 1493 - 1497