Types of industrial ecology: The problem of coordination

• Industrial ecology initiatives have in common the fact that they cross company boundaries, necessitating the coordination of the activities of several economic actors. This article focusses on this coordination problem. Based on organizational sociological concepts, four types ofindustrial ecology activities are distinguished. Each has its own characteristic coordination problem. From this typology, conclusions are drawn concerning the way in which industrial ecology initiatives can, and should, be stimulated.

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industrial ecology

organizational sociology

interorganizational relations

TECHNOLOGY

TEKNIKVETENSKAP

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