Sustainable Development of Electrical and Electronic Equipment: User-driven Green Design for Cell Phones

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-48

  Liao, Chi Shun ^a   Lou, Kuo Ren ^b   Gao, Ching Tzu ^b  

^a HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecodesign; Green product; Recyclability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; INNOVATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873077634     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.743     Document Type: Article

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