Self-employed sector in China with solid waste management capacity in competition with state-owned enterprises as well as public policies that support a rival technology. Wen Yibo used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a large private company, which provides the entire supply chain of water, waste water and solid waste integrated features. Services include design, manufacturing, consulting, "engineer, procurement design," "build-operate-transfer" and other forms of public-private partnership. Processing of municipal solid waste takes up to 50% of the annual budget of many urban areas in developing countries. Possibility use of the private sector and knowledge may be crucial to the development of the city. Nevertheless, state enterprises can monitor the success of private business and can come in and compete, using their own skills, contacts and cost of capital. government may also be interested in subsidizing burning Composting as part of a "waste to energy" strategy, although it is less efficient than the production of electricity from coal or gas plants. The company must decide whether to stick to its roots go to waste or opportunistic combustion technology with a minimum nominal and waste to energy gain.
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by John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr, Fan Zhao Source: Harvard Business School 20 pages. Publication Date: February 15, 2011. Prod. #: 211086-PDF-ENG
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