OM Forum —Operations Management Challenges for Some “Cleantech” Firms

Erica L. Plambeck ()
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Erica L. Plambeck: Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2013, vol. 15, issue 4, 527-536

Abstract: A “cleantech” firm is one with an innovative technology and/or business model for serving an existing market with dramatically reduced environmental impact. This paper describes operations management (OM) challenges faced by five cleantech companies, and a few questions that these raise for OM and multidisciplinary research. It aims to fuel readers' motivation to identify and pursue others. The OM community has fundamental roles to play in the creation of an environmentally sustainable economy.

Keywords: environment; energy; process innovation; supply chain management; capacity investment; bankruptcy; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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