Will the Phone in Your Pocket Really Self-Destruct in Two Years?
Tamar Makov and Colin Fitzpatrick This week Italy slapped major smartphone manufacturer Apple with a €10m fine for ‘planned...
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- Oct 1, 2018
- 2 min
Does the Circular Economy Grow the Pie?
With David Font Vivanco The environmental benefits of the circular economy (CE) are often taken for granted. There are, however, reasons...
- Sep 17, 2018
- 1 min
Who wants my half eaten sandwich?
With Jonathan Krones, Alon Shepon, and Marian Chertow It is often claimed that the “sharing economy,” as implemented via networks of...
- May 8, 2018
- 2 min
Smartphones Second-Hand Value: eBay Evidence
With Tomer Fishman, Vered Blass, and Marian Chertow Smartphones today hold more computational power than the super computers used by NASA...
- Oct 10, 2017
- 1 min
How Global is my Local Milk?
With Clare Gupta ‘‘Local food’’ is gaining in popularity, particularly within a rising alternative food movement, yet it remains an...
- May 22, 2016
- 2 min
Consumer Perceptions: Environmental Win-Wins
With George E. Newman Many organizations seek to align their financial goals with environmental ones by identifying strategies that...
- Sep 9, 2014
- 1 min
Environmental Impacts of Animal Based Foods in The US
With Gidon Eshel, Alon Shepon and Ron Milo Livestock-based food production is an important and pervasive way humans impact the...
- Aug 18, 2014
- 1 min
Perceived vs. functional obsolescence
With Colin Fitzpatrick In October 2018, Italy slapped major smartphone manufacturer Apple with a €10m fine for ‘planned obsolescence’....