Industry CFC Replacement Strategies

Published 01 Jan 1993
Reference 4241
Length 9 page(s)
Summary

The case picks up the CFC story at the point where Dupont has just announced that it will unilaterally phase out CFCs by the end of the 1990s. The case then contrasts the strategies of Dupont and ICI for attaining a competitive advantage in a post-CFC market.

Teaching objectives

To show the complex interrelationships between public and corporate environmental strategies (at the national and international levels) in a setting of rapidly changing scientific knowledge and public perceptions of environmental hazards.

Keywords
  • AR1993
  • INDUSTRY CFC