...Harvard Business School, wrote in the September-October. 1995, issue of the Harvard Business Review. When scrap, harmful substances, or energy forms are...used incompletely, inefficiently, or ineffectively Moreover, companies then have to perform additional activities that add cost but create no value for...

...Harvard Business School, wrote in the September-October. 1995. issue of the Harvard Business Review, When scrap, harmful substances, or energy forms are...resources have been used incompletely, inefficiently, or ineffectivery. Moreover, companies then have to perform additional activities thai add cost but create...

...the Har\-ard Business Review, When scrap, harmful substances, or energy forms are dis- • charged into the environment as pollution, it is a sign that...used incompletely, inefficiently, or ineffectively. Moreover, companies then have to perform additional activities that add cost but create no value for...

...is a significant cost of daily business. When any type of waste is discarded into the environment, "it is a sign that resources have been used incompletely,...ineffectively" (Porter and van der Linde, 1995a). Pollution often reveals defects in product designs, manufacturing processes, inattentive management...

...innovation allows firms to use various inputs more efficiently - from raw materials to energy to labour - the resultant enhanced resource productivity can increase...incompletely, inefficiently, or ineffectively' (Porter & van der Linde 1995a: 122). For example, Porter and van der Linde (1995a: 125) report from their program...

...'resource efficiency' since pollution is frequently 'a form of economic waste .... [PJollution ... is a sign that resources have been used incompletely,...ineffectively' (Porter and van der Linde 1995a, p. 122). The chemical industry is an excellent example. Chemical reaction processes frequently require catalysts...

...Harvard Business School, wrote in the September-October, 1995. issue of the Harvard Business Review, When scrap, harmful substances, or energy forms are...discharged into the environment as pollution, it is • sign that resources have been used incompletely, inefficiently, or ineffectively. Moreover, companies...