Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bartzokas, Anthony
Author-Email: bartzokas@intech.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Title: Technological Change and Corporate Strategies in the Fertiliser Industry
Abstract: A major restructuring process is taking place in the international fertiliser
	 industry driven by the introduction of stricter environmental regulation in
	 Advanced Countries and the expansion of local production capabilities in Developing
	 Countries. The paper will analyse patterns of corporate adjustment in the
	 fertiliser industry. The emphasis is on the unique characteristics of the
	 fertiliser industry as the producer of a final product and a supplier of
	 intermediate inputs to agriculture. These producer-user linkages will be examined
	 in the context of Advanced and Developing Countries. It will be argued that the
	 fertiliser industry has incorporated the specific characteristics of these linkages
	 in its adjustment processes in both Developed and Developing Countries - but in
	 very different ways. This analysis suggests significant implications for the design
	 of policies, which could facilitate the introduction of cleaner production
	 techniques in the fertiliser industry and the adoption of environmental-friendly
	 production techniques in agriculture
Keywords: Industrial Restructuring, Fertilizer Industry, Environmental Regulation
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 2001
Number: 2001-07
File-URL: https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/2001-7.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 286 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:200107