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- Eksir, Alexander (x)
- Akinkugbe Adelegan, Joseph (x)
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Show moreThe instrument for industrial pollution control in Nigeria is the “command and control” approach. It specifies the adoption of technology for a firm’s compliance with statutory permissible levels of wastewater effluent parameters. However, the industrial pollution laws are poorly enforced. Previous studies indicate there has been some adoption of cleaner technologies by some industries. However, it is uncertain whether the driver of the eco-innovation is the environmental policy or whether other factors are involved. The pulp and paper industry is a sector in which environmental developments will significantly affect future economic performance. This sector depends on forest resources and recycled paper for its raw materials. It is one of the most energy intensive of all industries; emits a wide range of toxic and conventional pollutants to air, water and land; and is one of the largest contributors to the solid waste stream. The purpose of this study is to investigating the drivers of environment-benign technologies in the pulp and paper industry in Nigeria. The study attempts to identify empirically the conditions under which cleaner technologies have been adopted, leading to competitiveness in the pulp and paper industry in Nigeria. This research will be conducted through a qualitative approach using individual structured interviews of conversation and narrative (phenomenological) with participants through the use of a natural flowing dialogue of questions and answers. Twenty five interviews will be conducted covering selected pulp and paper industries, relevant government ministries, selected national research institutes and professional associations within the pulp and paper industries. Data analysis will be carried out using open coding, axial coding and selected coding with a combination of intelligent qualitative analysis coding software, qualrus and manual coding. The findings from the study will document firm characteristics, ownership structure, and rate of adoption of eco-innovation technologies within the pulp and paper industry in Nigeria. The results of the study will also document the drivers of environment-benign technologies in the Nigerian small, medium and large scale pulp and paper industry. The study will also indicate the conditions under which cleaner technologies can drive competitiveness in each segment of the Nigerian pulp and paper industry.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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Show moreAddressing a paucity of research about industrial adoption of environmentally benign technologies in Africa and, more generally, in tropical developing countries, we examined the Nigerian pulp and paper industry as a case study. Qualitative interviews with twenty upper echelon executives representing five Nigerian firms challenge conventional expectations that energy intensive industries in developing markets operate amid highly pollution-intensive conditions, within weak or non-existent formal environmental regulatory frameworks, and with limited institutional capacity. Our findings suggest a strong positive relationship between cleaner technology use and corporate financial performance of African industrial firms. Our study also suggests the adoption of classical ‘win-win’ integrated preventive environmental strategy, eco-efficiency and green productivity which improves industrial efficiency and profitability. Nigerian pulp and paper firms are shown to have moved beyond end-of-pipe technologies and cleaner technologies and adopted industrial ecology and “zero emission” principles with appropriate reuse of the remaining waste streams turning the production system into a sustainable industrial ecosystem.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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