As varied environmental legislation developed around the world, the company may be in the "gray zone", as the authors explain in a new document on the subject. This creates challenges, but also opportunities for companies to refine operations in four areas: the creation of a network, a rethinking of design, creating a closed supply chain, and the introduction of new technologies and business models. The authors believe that the individual producer responsibility, based on the share of electronic waste or e-waste, each side makes for processing, can bring the greatest long-term benefit. Even better would be to have incentives that are the product life cycle and prevent e-waste from the start. But the responsibility lies with the companies to make this deal with policies that require them to grasp stability. "Hide
by Atalay Atasu Bow N. Van Wassenhove Source: IESE-Insight Magazine 7 pages. Publication Date: March 15, 2011. Prod. #: IIR045-PDF-ENG
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