Strategies to address risks of platinum scarcity for supply chain downstream firms

2009 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, ISSST '09 in Cooperation with 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alonso, Elisa ^a   Field, Frank R ^b   Roth, Rich ^b   Kirchain, Randolph E ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Material scarcity; Platinum; Recycling; Supply chain risks

Indexed keywords

MARKET SHARE; MATERIAL SCARCITY; PRICE EFFECT; PRICE RESPONSE; PRODUCT REDESIGN; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN RISK;

COMPETITION; PLATINUM; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGY;

RECYCLING;

EID: 77951011826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSST.2009.5156762     Document Type: Conference Paper

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