Publications
Publications
- January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
The Sustainable Core: Operations Management
By: Michael W. Toffel and L. Beril Toktay
Abstract
This note is designed to help faculty embed environmental sustainability content into their core Operations Management course at the MBA or undergraduate level. It can also be used to identify cases with environmental content that can be used in operations electives such as Operations Strategy, Supply Chain Management, and Global Operations. Such integration is key to graduating students with the ability to identify and manage environmental challenges that confront (or will confront) their operations and supply chains, and with the perspective to understand when and how they can create and capture value by making their operations and supply chains more environmentally sustainable.
Keywords
Environmental Management; Operations Management; Sustainable Operations; Environmental Regulation; Operations; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Construction Industry; Forest Products Industry; Retail Industry
Citation
Toffel, Michael W., and L. Beril Toktay. "The Sustainable Core: Operations Management." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 616-022, January 2016. (Revised February 2016.)