Comparative energy, environmental, and economic analysis of traditional and E-commerce DVD rental networks

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 77-91

  Sivaraman, Deepak ^a,b   Pacca, Sergio ^c   Mueller, Kimberly ^a   Lin, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Center for Sustainable Systems

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumption; Entertainment; Greenhouse gas (GHG); Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Sustainable consumption

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION; VIDEODISKS;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DIGITAL VIDEO DISC (DVD) RENTAL NETWORKS; ECONOMIC INDICATOR; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MOVIES; MULTICRITERION LCA; TRANSPORTATION MODE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; E-COMMERCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY; RENTAL SECTOR; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 34548395946     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2007.1240     Document Type: Article

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