Abstract
Clean production strategies are the continuous application of an integrated, preventive environmental strategies applied to process, products and services to increase overall efficiency and reduce risks to humans and the environment.This paper provides an analysis of factors influencing the adoption of clean production strategies among food and beverage firms in Peninsular Malaysia. The main purpose is to determine the relationships of three non regulatory factors with clean production strategies adoption. Three sets of interrelated factors leading to the widespread adoption of these technologies considered are: technology characteristics, technology performances and communication networks.This paper begins with an introduction and literature review, followed by the hypotheses statements. Pearson Correlation analysis was applied to examine these hypotheses. A sample of 76 Malaysian food and beverage firms was used for investigation, with one respondent for each firm. The results of the analysis indicated that technology characteristics, technology performances and communication networks are significantly influence the adoption of clean production strategies.
Highlights
According to Blackman (2005), the strategy for controlling pollution which is promoting the voluntary adoption of environmental technologies has drawn considerable attention in policy circles, empirical research on the adoption of environmental technologies in developing countries is limited
This paper provides an analysis of factors influencing the adoption of clean production strategies among food and beverage firms in Peninsular Malaysia
The results of the analysis indicated that technology characteristics, technology performances and communication networks are significantly influence the adoption of clean production strategies
Summary
According to Blackman (2005), the strategy for controlling pollution which is promoting the voluntary adoption of environmental technologies has drawn considerable attention in policy circles, empirical research on the adoption of environmental technologies in developing countries is limited. Environmental technologies are different from other technologies, where generally the incentive for firms to develop, or to adopt environmental technologies comes from the regulatory pressure (Rothenberg and Zyglidopoulos, 2004; Bernauer et al, 2006; Saint-Jean, 2006). Technology adoption is the set of practices and factors related to organizations selecting, deploying, and sustaining the use of the technology (Troshani and Doolin, 2005). The literature on the determinants of technology adoption is vast. There is a need for an investigation on factors influencing environmental technology adoption. This paper provides a brief overview of the theoretical background of environmental technology adoption and associated hypotheses. The paper concludes with a discussion of the significance and implications of the results
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