Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze

This paper analyses the regionalization of Malaysian oil palm plantation firms into Indonesia. These firms have been implicated in starting fires to clear land for planting, which has resulted in transboundary haze. This paper argues that these Malaysian investors have been able to burn with impuni...

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Main Author: Varkkey, H.
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2012
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spelling my.um.eprints.84062017-03-29T04:56:39Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/8406/ Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze Varkkey, H. JZ International relations This paper analyses the regionalization of Malaysian oil palm plantation firms into Indonesia. These firms have been implicated in starting fires to clear land for planting, which has resulted in transboundary haze. This paper argues that these Malaysian investors have been able to burn with impunity, despite the dire consequences of haze on their home country, because of the close patronage relationships and vested interests of the Malaysian government elites in these companies. Because of this, the home government is inclined to protect and defend the actions of these firms in Indonesia against such allegations, while the Malaysian public continues to suffer the haze. Taylor & Francis 2012-07 Article NonPeerReviewed Varkkey, H. (2012) Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze. Asia Pacific Business Review, 19 (3). pp. 381-401. ISSN 1360-2381 http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fapb20
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Varkkey, H.
Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
description This paper analyses the regionalization of Malaysian oil palm plantation firms into Indonesia. These firms have been implicated in starting fires to clear land for planting, which has resulted in transboundary haze. This paper argues that these Malaysian investors have been able to burn with impunity, despite the dire consequences of haze on their home country, because of the close patronage relationships and vested interests of the Malaysian government elites in these companies. Because of this, the home government is inclined to protect and defend the actions of these firms in Indonesia against such allegations, while the Malaysian public continues to suffer the haze.
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author Varkkey, H.
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title Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
title_short Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
title_full Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
title_fullStr Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian investors in the Indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
title_sort malaysian investors in the indonesian oil palm plantation sector: home state facilitation and transboundary haze
publisher Taylor & Francis
publishDate 2012
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/8406/
http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/fapb20
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