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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg, Vincent Dessain, Ottavia Pesce and Karol Misztal
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:28
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Abstract

Nearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses, and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a court-ordered partial shutdown and a possibly unaffordable remediation plan, the company's newly appointed head must decide what to do next.

Keywords

Safety; Pollutants; Business Exit or Shutdown; Health; Decision Making; Steel Industry; Europe

Citation

Goldberg, Lena G., Vincent Dessain, Ottavia Pesce, and Karol Misztal. "Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)." Harvard Business School Case 314-045, October 2013. (Revised May 2016.)

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