Abstract
We study quality design and the environmental consequences of green consumerism in a
remanufacturing context. Specifically, a firm has the option to design a non-remanufacturable or a
remanufacturable product and to specify a corresponding quality, and the design choices affect both
the production costs and consumer valuations associated with the product. On the cost side,
remanufacturable products cost more to produce originally, but less to remanufacture, than nonremanufacturable
products cost to produce. Analogously, on the consumer side, remanufacturable
products are valued more, but remanufactured products are valued less, than non-remanufacturable
products are valued. Given this, we investigate the environmental consequences of designing for
remanufacturability by first defining a measure of environmental impact that ultimately is a function of
what is produced and how much is produced, and then applying that measure to assess the
environmental impact associated with the firm's optimal strategy relative to the environmental impact
associated with the firm's otherwise optimal strategy if a non-remanufacturable product were
designed and produced.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 55-69 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Journal of Production Economics |
Volume | 162 |
Early online date | 7 Jan 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Apr 2015 |
Keywords
- Sustainability
- Product design
- Quality
- Green consumerism
- Remanufacturing
- Environmental friendliness
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Baris Yalabik
- Management - Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
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- Bath Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement
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