An analysis of monopolistic and competitive take-back schemes for WEEE recycling

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-823

  Toyasaki, Fuminori ^a   Boyacî, Tamer ^b   Verter, Vedat ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

end of life products; recycling; take back schemes; WEEE

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355133632     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2010.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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