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Green Investment and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Nigerian Pulp and Paper Industry Using Mixed Methods

Adelegan, Joseph Akinkugbe
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628000999998

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2018, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
Industries in developing economies are facing ever increasing pressure to become greener and socially responsible. However, the prevailing regime of environmental policy drives green investment in developed economies. The case might be different, we conjectured, in tropical developing economies where environmental policy usually takes the form of traditional command-and-control. Moreover, studies on exploratory mixed method on green investment and organizational performance nexus are rare in developing economies. This gap in studies stays in the theme’s state-of-the-art. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with twenty upper echelon executives representing five Nigerian firms. Quantitative data was collected using structured questionnaire from 324 pulp and paper companies in Nigeria. The hypothesized relationships of this model were validated by structural equation modelling. The findings show that green investment is driven by factors uncommon to developed countries including raw materials scarcity, firm size and ownership structure among others. Contrary to the existing literatures and conventional empirical evidences, the study indicates a positive relationship between green investment and organizational performance of industrial firms, and, these firms surprisingly, are investing in them to a degree uncommon in most developing countries. The study provides some valuable managerial insights into the relationship between the nexus of green policies and firm performance in Sub Saharan Africa. Key words: green investment, environmental benign technologies, environmental regulations, organizational performance, pulp and paper industry, developing economies, Nigeria
Philip A. Cola, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Kalle Lyytinen, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Environmental Management
green investment; environmental benign technologies; environmental regulations; organizational performance; pulp and paper industry; developing economics; Nigeria

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  • Adelegan, J. A. (2018). Green Investment and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Nigerian Pulp and Paper Industry Using Mixed Methods [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628000999998

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Adelegan, Joseph. Green Investment and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Nigerian Pulp and Paper Industry Using Mixed Methods. 2018. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628000999998.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Adelegan, Joseph. "Green Investment and Organizational Performance: Evidence from the Nigerian Pulp and Paper Industry Using Mixed Methods." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1568628000999998

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