BUSINESS RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES AS DRIVERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY: A CASE STUDY OF THE NIGERIAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (NTDC)

B.E.A. Oghojafor and O.A. Ogunkoya
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B.E.A. Oghojafor: University of Lagos, Nigeria
O.A. Ogunkoya: Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Nigeria

Management and Marketing Journal, 2015, vol. XIII, issue 2, 401-413

Abstract: This paper is a case study that investigates the activities of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) in relation to the environmental marketing strategies of hotels in the Nigerian hospitality industry. Specifically, it studies the relationship between resources and capabilities as drivers of the environmental marketing strategy of hotels. Buildings on the resources-base view, this study explains the drivers and outcomes of environmentally friendly marketing strategies in the Nigeria hotel services. It is a survey research design in which data that were collected from 152 hotels personnel reveals that possessing sufficient physical and financial resources is an instrument towards achieving effective green marketing strategies. Furthermore, the study confirms that there is a significant effect of environmental marketing strategy on the competitive advantage level in the hospitality industry.

Keywords: NTDC; Environmental Marketing; Capabilities; Resources-Base View; Hotel; Ecology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M10 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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