Remanufacturing decisions and implications under material cost uncertainty

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 6421-6435

  Shi, Wenbo ^a   Min, K Jo ^b  

^a DISNEY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

cost uncertainty; investment decision; real options; remanufacturing; subsidy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT;

COST UNCERTAINTY; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; REAL OPTIONS; REMANUFACTURING; SUBSIDY;

COSTS;

EID: 84941941083     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.932933     Document Type: Article

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