An Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations Within Managerial Decision-Making
dc.contributor.author | Subramanian, Ravi | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Talbot, Brian | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gupta, Sudheer | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-01-31T17:33:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-02T18:19:15Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Subramanian, Ravi ; Talbot, Brian ; Gupta, Sudheer ; (2010). "An Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations Within Managerial Decision-Making." Journal of Industrial Ecology 14(3): 378-398. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/79144> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1088-1980 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1530-9290 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/79144 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recent environmental trends, including (1) an expansion of existing command and control directives, (2) the introduction of market-based policy instruments, and (3) the adoption of extended producer responsibility, have created a need for new tools to help managerial decision-making. To address this need, we develop a nonlinear mathematical programming model from a profit-maximizing firm's perspective, which can be tailored as a decision-support tool for firms facing environmental goals and constraints. We typify our approach using the specific context of diesel engine manufacturing and remanufacturing. Our model constructs are based on detailed interviews with top managers from two leading competitors in the medium and heavy-duty diesel engine industry. The approach allows the incorporation of traditional operations-planning considerations—in particular, capacity, production, and inventory—together with environmental considerations that range from product design through production to product end of life. A current hurdle to implementing such a model is the availability of input data. We therefore highlight the need not only to involve all departments within businesses but also for industrial ecologists and business managers to work together to implement meaningful decision models that are based on accurate and timely data and can have positive economic and environmental impact. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Environmental Legislation | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Industrial Ecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Integrated Product Policy | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nonlinear Programming | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Operations Planning | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Remanufacturing | en_US |
dc.title | An Approach to Integrating Environmental Considerations Within Managerial Decision-Making | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Simon Fraser University, in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/79144/1/JIEC_243_sm_SuppMat.pdf | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/79144/2/j.1530-9290.2010.00243.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2010.00243.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Industrial Ecology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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