Optimal prices and trade-in rebates for durable, remanufacturable products

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 208-228

  Ray, Saibal ^a   Boyaci, Tamer ^a   Aras, Necati ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Durable products; Pricing; Product age profile; Remanufacturing; Trade in rebates

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION THEORY; DURABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY;

DURABLE PRODUCTS; PRICE-DISCRIMINATION; PRICING; PRODUCT-AGE PROFILES; REMANUFACTURABLE PRODUCTS; REMANUFACTURING; REPLACEMENT CUSTOMERS; TRADE-IN REBATES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 25444491771     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1050.0080     Document Type: Article

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