Vered Blass

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the various trade-offs of sustainability screening methodologies and provide methodological recommendations to help stakeholders evaluate corporate environmental performance, and show that the rating of companies varies signifi cantly according to whether the screening is based on toxic releases and regulatory compliance or on the quality of environmental policy and disclosure.

TL;DR: This paper examined the economics of cell phone reuse and recycling based on detailed primary data collected from reverse logistics, reuse, and recycling operations in 2003 in the UK and in 2006 in the US.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an analytical model and a behavioral study which together incorporate demand cannibalization from multiple customer segments across the firm's product line, and perform a series of numerical simulations with realistic problem parameters obtained from both the literature and discussions with industry executives.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider a profit maximizing firm deciding on the production quantity as well as its environmentally focused design efforts, and focus on two dimensions of demand characteristics and life-cycle environmental impact levels, specifically functional vs. innovative products, and higher manufacturing stage environmental impact vs. higher use stage.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of top managers and more specifically of top operations managers on the adoption of energy-efficiency practices was investigated, based on 5779 energy efficiency recommendations made to 752 small and medium-sized manufacturing firms under the US Department of Energy's IACs (Industrial Assessment Centers) Program, through which teams of students and faculty from engineering schools provide free energy assessments.