Abstract We observe that some industrial areas thrive, whilst others under-perform, and the competitive potential of an enterprise located within area is impacted by a range non-apparent characteristics related to particular location. A dynamic better place for be than one on face it seems lack-lustre—the ‘dynamism’ not well understood or described. The goal literature review was determine what...

The ZeroWIN project has identified four key strategies for the realization of zero waste in industrial networks: industrial symbiosis, supply chain management (including collaboration of actors along the supply chain), product stewardship and eco-design. A review of the current European policies has shown that “industrial symbiosis” is the ZeroWIN strategy least addressed by European Union (EU)...

An increasing concern for climate change puts pressure on industrial firms to achieve carbon emission reductions. These could be realized through cooperation among in chains, which leads symbiosis. By taking a real options approach, we make the timing component of investment decisions explicit. This is important assessing impact carbon-reducing over specific time-span. We show that joint ventur...

Utility exchanges between different plants have shown to produce large energy savings, extending the potential advantages of Energy/Process Integration through Industrial Symbiosis principles. Systematic approaches determine such in industrial networks been already proposed, although some them are only applicable specific situations and others introduce figure a central authority. However, assu...