A review of research towards computer integrated demanufacturing for materials recovery
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
An agenda for 'Green' information technology and systems research
Information and Organization
Building environmentally sustainable information services: A green is research agenda
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The Role of Modular Upgradability as a Green Design Strategy
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
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A growing number of managers believe that addressing environmental impacts in product-design decisions has tangible advantages to firms. Yet many firms struggle to diffuse design-for-environment (DfE) practices across their product-development teams. Four leading electronics firms' attempts to adopt DfE suggest that the establishment of highly interconnected, internal information networks may be a robust diffusion strategy. Technically competent centers acting as clearinghouses of companywide information relevant to environmental design and coordinated with specialists on individual product-design teams seem to be an effective organizational structure for diffusing DfE. Internal information networks reduce the cost to designers of assessing environmental costs and benefits and thus lower the motivational barriers of product managers.Environmental design tools may be a component of successful DfE practice but do not seem to be sufficient in themselves. The complexity of environmental issues requires an approach that continually generates new information. Dense information networks allow pockets of expertise to form in response to ever-changing needs.