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"This case series describes the concept of materials pooling as a sustainability strategy for businesses and the challenges that such collaborations encounter." "In pursuit of integrating sustainability into core business strategy, many companies are using inter-organizational collaborations as a means for gaining critical knowledge and partnerships. Such collaborations – like the Materials Pooling Project described in these cases – can be exciting, but also may be highly challenging. Given the mixed outcomes in this project which are described in this case series, students are asked to identify what factors may have contributed to the unexpected problems and obstacles the cross-industry collaboration faced, as well as the learning that was gained by the middle managers who were leading these efforts for their Fortune 50 companies."

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