Organizational perspectives of industrial symbiosis: A review and synthesis.
Journal
Organization & Environment
ISSN
1086-0266
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a collaborative environmental action whereby firms share or exchange by-products, materials, energy, or waste as a way to economically reduce aggregate environmental impact. Research in IS has flourished over the past two decades, and the time is ripe for a coherent review of organizational perspectives on the topic, particularly since the practice of IS is rife with difficulties often attributed to “social” factors. We review the organizational perspectives found in IS literature using a two-dimensional framework considering the antecedents, consequences, lubricants, and limiters of IS assessed through institutional, network/system, organizational, and individual levels of analysis. Our framework highlights what organizational perspectives have been adopted so far and also points to avenues of future scholarship of this unique phenomenon.
Language
English
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage
Volume
28
Number
1
Start page
32
End page
53
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
257452