Improving enterprise competitive advantage with industrial symbiosis: case study of a smeltery in China |
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| Authors: | Zengwei Yuan Lei Shi |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;2. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;1. School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, PR China;2. School of Management Science and Industrial Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210003, PR China;3. Management School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA2 0PJ, United Kingdom;1. Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environment Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, Liaoning Province 110016, PR China;2. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China;3. Center for Clean Technology and Resource Recycling, University of Ulsan, South Korea;4. National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan;1. Department of Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems, Faculty of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences, University of Twente, Drienerlolaan, 5, 7522, NB, Enschede, The Netherlands;2. Vispo Srl., Via Turritana, 78, 07100, Sassari, Italy;3. DMMM, Politecnico di Bari, Viale Japigia 182, 70126, Bari, Italy;1. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwai Street No. 19, Beijing 100875, China;2. Biology Department, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252, USA;3. Advanced Systems Analysis Program, International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria;1. School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221116, PR China;2. School of Management Science and Industrial Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210003, PR China |
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| Abstract: | Industrial symbiosis, a subfield of industrial ecology, focuses on transforming the waste of one firm into the valuable input of another, which improves the competitive advantages of supply chain by reducing production cost and improving environmental performance. Considering the specific situation where there are so many state-owned big company groups in China, this paper utilizes the ideas of constructing an industrial symbiosis among different firms, and does a case study on applying the concept into the inner relationships' reconstruction among different production systems in a big state-owned smeltery in South-west China. Three kinds of approaches are explored: 1) recycling and reusing the release; 2) concentrating and abstracting metals from the residues; 3) extending the product chain for value-added products. The results show that it can effectively improve the competitive advantage of the enterprise in terms of decreasing production cost and improving environmental performance. |
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