VERED DOCTORI BLASS PhD student Mailing Address: 5662 Calle Real #490 Goleta, CA  93117 Office Location: Bren Hall 3518 Office Hours: By appointment Phone:805-284-4298 Fax: 805-725-4004 Email: vdoctori@bren.ucsb.edu HomePage: http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~vdoctori/
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Biography

Vered Doctori Blass is a Bren PhD candidate, focusing on Corporate Environmental Management with an emphasis on Industrial Ecology. Born and raised in Israel, Vered received her Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. After working for various companies, Vered became interested in integrating industrial engineering with environmental performance. In 2006, Vered earned a MESM degree from the Bren school. In her free time Vered enjoys traveling, camping, hiking and taking care of her dogs.

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Publications

• Geyer R. and Doctori Blass V. (2009), “The Economics of Cell Phone Reuse and Recycling”, accepted with minor revisions to the Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, under revision.
• Delmas M. and Doctori Blass V. (2009), “Measuring Corporate Environmental Performance: The Trade-offs of Sustainability Ratings”, submitted to Business Strategy and the Environment, under review.
• DeJonghe N., Doctori Blass V., and. Ramus C.A. (2009), “Employees Ecoinitiatives: Case Studies of Two Ecoentrepreneurial Companies”, submitted to Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, under review.
• Doctori Blass V. and Ostrovsky G., (2009), “Handling E-Waste in Israel”, “Iyunim” Periodical, Natural Resources & Environmental Management Department; University of Haifa, Israel
• Geyer R. and Doctori Blass V. (2009), “The Role of Displaced Production for Reuse and Recycling: The Example of Cell Phone End-of-Life Management”, under revision for the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
• Doctori Blass V. and Geyer R., (2008) "The Role and Value of Information for Supply Loop Management: Framework and Application for the End-of- Life Cell Phone Industry", proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, vol., no., pp.1-6, 19-22 May 2008
• Delmas M., Doctori Blass V., and Shuster K., (2006) Ceago Vinegarden: How Green is Your Wine? En-vironmental Differentiation Strategy Through Eco-labels, Case Study, Donald Bren School of Environ-mental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
• Doctori Blass V., Favret L., Fuji M., Mahdavi S., Miller R., and Neira J. (2006) “End-of-Life Management of Cell Phones in the United States”, Master’s Thesis, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Doctori Blass V. and Fuji M. (2006), “The Cell Phones of Yesterday in Tomorrow’s Waste Stream”, In-formation Security and Product Destruction News, May-June 2006 Issue
• Doctori Blass V. and Dinh M., (2006), Interdisciplinary approach to a multi-phase engineering project for the developing community of Araypallpa, Peru, Conference proceedings, ASEE 2006, Chicago, IL
  
  

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Research Interests

• Product End-of-Life Management
• The use of information systems to improve Corporate Eco-Efficiency
• Green Supply chains
• Corporate Environmental Decision Making
• Measuring Eco-Efficiency
• Integrating social responsibility and sustainability concepts into manufacturing and industrial engineering curriculum
  

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