Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs

To mitigate environmental pollution from a rapidly expanding Thai food processing industry, different options and technologies can be identified. However, actually implementing these environmental improvements within small and medium-sized agro-food companies requires governing efforts of a variety...

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Main Authors: Ajchara Wattanapinyo, Arthur P.J. Mol
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-524952018-09-04T09:37:48Z Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs Ajchara Wattanapinyo Arthur P.J. Mol Energy Social Sciences To mitigate environmental pollution from a rapidly expanding Thai food processing industry, different options and technologies can be identified. However, actually implementing these environmental improvements within small and medium-sized agro-food companies requires governing efforts of a variety of actors. This paper assesses feasible paths towards the ecological modernization of small and medium-sized agro-food processing industries in Thailand. A so-called quartet-network model is applied to analyze the greening potentials for small and medium-sized enterprises in three agro-food sectors in Northern Thailand: fruit and vegetable processing industries, meat processing companies and fruit wine enterprises. Conclusions are drawn on how actors in the networks around these companies could contribute towards a more sustainable development of these companies. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. 2018-09-04T09:26:09Z 2018-09-04T09:26:09Z 2013-09-01 Journal 10991719 09680802 2-s2.0-84886239553 10.1002/sd.506 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84886239553&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/52495
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Social Sciences
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Social Sciences
Ajchara Wattanapinyo
Arthur P.J. Mol
Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
description To mitigate environmental pollution from a rapidly expanding Thai food processing industry, different options and technologies can be identified. However, actually implementing these environmental improvements within small and medium-sized agro-food companies requires governing efforts of a variety of actors. This paper assesses feasible paths towards the ecological modernization of small and medium-sized agro-food processing industries in Thailand. A so-called quartet-network model is applied to analyze the greening potentials for small and medium-sized enterprises in three agro-food sectors in Northern Thailand: fruit and vegetable processing industries, meat processing companies and fruit wine enterprises. Conclusions are drawn on how actors in the networks around these companies could contribute towards a more sustainable development of these companies. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.
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Arthur P.J. Mol
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title Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
title_short Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
title_full Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
title_fullStr Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
title_full_unstemmed Ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: The case of food processing SMEs
title_sort ecological modernization and environmental policy reform in thailand: the case of food processing smes
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