Opportunities for remanufactured electronic products from developing countries: Hypotheses to characterise the perspectives of a global remanufacturing industry

IEEE AFRICON Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 891-896

  Brent, Alan C ^a   Steinhilper, Rolf ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Life cycle management; Product stewardship; Remanufacturing; Repair

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; REPAIR; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT; MARKET PARTICIPANTS; PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP; REMANUFACTURING;

ELECTRIC APPLIANCES;

EID: 20744448817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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