Title :
The economics of end of life management strategy choice: routes to revenue generation from mature products
Author :
Low, Ming Kaan ; Williams, David J. ; Dixon, Colin
Author_Institution :
Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents improved models of the economics of the options that can be taken at the end of the first life of a product. These option models are compared with current commercial data and this comparison is used to generate empirical constants for elements of each model. These combined empirical and analytical models are then used to explore the economics of mixed end of life strategies for mature electronics products. The limitations of the models with respect to high value add and upgrade are discussed and their implications explored
Keywords :
economics; electronics industry; management; recycling; economic models; end of life management strategy; mature electronics products; revenue generation; Analytical models; Costs; Electronics industry; Environmental economics; Equations; Laboratories; Recycling; Technology management; Telephony; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 1997. ISEE-1997., Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3808-1
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.1997.605343
