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Transition to greener pulp: regulation, industry responses and path dependency

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  • Ann-Kristin Bergquist
  • Kristina S�derholm

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Although the dioxin alarm broke at the same time in Sweden and the US in the mid-1980s, Swedish pulp and paper (P&P) firms led the way towards the new market for low-chlorine and chlorine-free P&P products. This study explores the transition in the Swedish P&P industry and contrasts the Swedish case to the US experience. We highlight the importance of already established technological paths to deal with pollution, paths which were strongly formed by the different national environmental policies since the 1970s. Thus while US P&P firms were technologically locked-in when the dioxin alarm broke, the strategy of Swedish P&P firms to proactively collaborate in environmental research and development (R&D) together with a national policy that favoured process integrated abatement technology, helped Swedish firms take technological leadership. This article particularly stresses the implications of technological path-dependency and different national regulatory styles in understanding the evolution of different modes of corporate environmental strategies.

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  • Ann-Kristin Bergquist & Kristina S�derholm, 2015. "Transition to greener pulp: regulation, industry responses and path dependency," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(6), pages 862-884, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:bushst:v:57:y:2015:i:6:p:862-884
    DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2014.986105
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    1. Mabrouk, R. & Kurtyka, O., 2020. "Strategic use of environmental innovation in vertical chains and regulatory attitudes," Working Papers 2020-13, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL).
    2. Juha‐Antti Lamberg & Mirva Peltoniemi, 2020. "The nanoeconomics of firm‐level decision‐making and industry evolution: Evidence from 200 years of paper and pulp making," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(3), pages 499-529, March.
    3. Wesseling, J.H. & Lechtenböhmer, S. & Åhman, M. & Nilsson, L.J. & Worrell, E. & Coenen, L., 2017. "The transition of energy intensive processing industries towards deep decarbonization: Characteristics and implications for future research," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 79(C), pages 1303-1313.
    4. Peng Wang & Yihui He & Kengcheng Zheng, 2023. "Effects of the Implementation of the Broadband China Policy (BCP) on House Prices: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-15, May.
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    6. Maria José Sousa, 2022. "Digital Technologies and Public Policies Applied to Green Cities," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-18, November.
    7. Bergquist, Ann-Kristin & Keskitalo, E. Carina H., 2016. "Regulation versus deregulation. Policy divergence between Swedish forestry and the Swedish pulp and paper industry after the 1990s," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 10-17.

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