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Drivers and Barriers of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing: A Comparative Study of Indian and German Organizations

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Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World

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Rapid economic and industrial growth of emerging economies like India is posing serious environmental and social challenges not only in their own countries but also to the world. Because of increased concerns, a growing number of organizations has begun working towards the implementation of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing (ECM). This paper aims to identify drivers and barriers for ECM implementation for developed and emerging economies so that the organizations can strategically focus on these factors to reach to a higher level of competitiveness. This study will help decision makers in Indian manufacturing organizations to strategically leverage the global competitiveness in near future by effective implementation of ECM.

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  1. Mechanical Engineering Department, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

    Varinder Kumar Mittal & Kuldip Singh Sangwan

  2. Product and Life Cycle Management Research Group, Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

    Christoph Herrmann, Patricia Egede & Christian Wulbusch

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  1. Laboratory for Manufacturing, and Sustainability (LMAS), University of California at Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall 5100A, Berkeley, 94720-1740, California, USA

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  2. Laboratory for Manufacturing, and Sustainability (LMAS), University of California at Berkeley, Etcheverry Hall 1115, Berkeley, 94720, California, USA

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Mittal, V.K., Sangwan, K.S., Herrmann, C., Egede, P., Wulbusch, C. (2012). Drivers and Barriers of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing: A Comparative Study of Indian and German Organizations. In: Dornfeld, D., Linke, B. (eds) Leveraging Technology for a Sustainable World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29069-5_17

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