Armco Inc - The Bubble Policy

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Case

Reference no. UVA-QA-0227

Subject category: Case Method and Specialist Management Disciplines

Authors: Samuel E Bodily (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); H Landis Gabel (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); Sherwood C Frey Jr (Darden School of Business, University of Virginia); W Sessoms (University of Virginia)

Published by: Darden Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1997

Version: 25 March 2014

Revision date: 16-Apr-2014

Length: 13 pages

Data source: Field research

Topics: Business and society; Corporate strategy; Environmental issues; Pollution; Production planning; Sustainability; Environment and sustainability; Quantitative analysis

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Abstract

This case considers the EPA's bubble policy, which allows pollution to be managed on a plant wide basis rather than stack by stack. A pollution constraint is added to a linear-programming model that may be used to plan production and the control of pollution.

Industry:

Industrial