Adoption of sustainable technology in the Dutch manufacturing industry
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2018-06-08
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- A thesis on the adoption of sustainable process technology and its relationship to stakeholders of the adopting firm in terms of motivation, recruitment, reputation and investment interests. In this thesis it are not the antecedents of sustainable technology adoption that are researched, but the effects that the adoption has on both the environment as well as the adopting firm. An explorative research of 198 manufacturing firms operational in the Netherlands. Most auspicious finding is the positive effect that environmental friendliness of adopted sustainable technology has on all above mentioned terms. The rate of adoption however seems to be negligible. The results imply that adoption of sustainable technology is not solely an exigency for companies to comply with stakeholders pressures, but can also be used as a management tool to improve business performance.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen