Leveraging waste
Subtitle: implications for competition and welfare
By: Deishin Lee
Contributors: Harvard Business School
Edition: 2nd rev.
Series: Working paper /Harvard Business School -- 07-098; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 07-098
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston]
Number of pages: 38
Description: We study the competitive and welfare implications when a manufacturer converts its waste stream into a useful and saleable by-product. The term "by-product synergy" has been coined to describe this practice. By converting waste into by-product, the firm not only reduces its waste disposal cost and potentially increases revenue, it may reduce its environmental impact by decreasing waste volume.
Notes: "Revised February 2009"--Publisher's website.

Originally published as: Using by-product synergy for competitive advantage. c2007.

Includes bibliographical references.