Geyer, Roland; Wassenhove, Luk N. Van; Atasu, Atalay - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 1, pp. 88-100
This paper models and quantifies the cost-savings potential of production systems that collect, remanufacture, and remarket end-of-use products as perfect substitutes while facing the fundamental supply-loop constraints of limited component durability and finite product life cycles. The results...