Competitive strategy in remanufacturing and the impact of take-back laws

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1123-1140

  Webster, Scott ^a   Mitra, Supriya ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed loop supply chains; Competitive strategy; Environmental laws; Pricing; Remanufacturing; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLOSED LOOP SUPPLY CHAINS; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS; REVERSE LOGISTICS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 34548790696     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2007.01.014     Document Type: Article

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