How to sell refurbished smartphones? An investigation of different customer groups and appropriate incentives

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 147, Issue , 2017, Pages 284-296

  Mugge, Ruth ^a   Jockin, Boris ^a   Bocken, Nancy ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Consumer decision making; Incentives; Refurbishing; Remanufacturing; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PURCHASING; SALES; SMARTPHONES; SURVEYS; TELEPHONE SETS;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; CONSUMER DECISION MAKING; INCENTIVES; REFURBISHING; REMANUFACTURING;

RESTORATION;

EID: 85013667068     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.111     Document Type: Article

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