Turning waste into by-product
By: Deishin Lee
Contributors: Harvard Business School
Edition: 3rd rev.
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 07-098; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 07-098.
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
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: "July 2007, revised July 2007, February 2009"--Publisher's website.

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

Includes bibliographical references.