Why do Logging Firms Reject Environmental Labeling in Central Africa? A Case Study of Forest Certification in Cameroon
| Autor: | Symphorien Ongolo, Neba Cletus Yah, Isaac Bernard Ndoumbe Berock |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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040101 forestry
Copying Corruption media_common.quotation_subject Logging Central africa 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Certification 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Certified wood Capital (economics) 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental labeling Business Industrial organization 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common |
| Zdroj: | Nile Journal of Business and Economics. 6:59-79 |
| ISSN: | 2488-9571 |
| Popis: | This article aims to understand why extractive firms in the industrial logging industry in central Africa are reluctant to certify or label their activities. The methodology is based on three empirical case studies of logging companies in Cameroon: one opposed to certification and labeling (the model), the other is in the process of being certified (intermediate case) and the last is certified (negative case). The preferred option followed by this study was to avoid the copying of the first case by prospecting an intermediate case. The "negative" case permitted the model to be saturated. The comparative analysis of data collected highlighted some key obstacles to the commitment to environmental labeling: corruption, low turnover, high certification cost and the source of capital. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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