Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2010.
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| author | Chew, Mark P. (Mark Paul) |
| author2 | Roberto Fernandez and David Hardt. |
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| description | Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2010. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/591822022-01-27T21:52:08Z Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices Chew, Mark P. (Mark Paul) Roberto Fernandez and David Hardt. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Chemical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2010. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-69). Companies of all sizes are now looking for ways to reduce their energy use and carbon emissions, motivated by the desire to save money, improve public relations, and prepare for a possible carbon tax. From a technical perspective, reducing energy use and reducing carbon emissions represent opportunities to save on operating costs. However, the largest barriers to adopting better energy practices are often organizational, rather than technical. This work shows how organizational structure can hinder efforts to improve energy performance and recommends ways to overcome these barriers. by Mark P. Chew. S.M. M.B.A. 2010-10-12T18:04:28Z 2010-10-12T18:04:28Z 2010 2010 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59182 659805225 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 71 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Sloan School of Management. Chemical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Chew, Mark P. (Mark Paul) Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title | Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title_full | Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title_fullStr | Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title_full_unstemmed | Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title_short | Overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| title_sort | overcoming organization barriers to adopting sustainable business practices |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. Chemical Engineering. Leaders for Global Operations Program. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59182 |
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