collecting the cores. This can support the OEM’s decision to engage in remanufacturing even in the case of a collection cost … disadvantage. We show that – counterintuitively – the OEM may take up remanufacturing in situations where the IR would not. While … the introduction of proprietary parts is detrimental to both IRs and consumers, OEM remanufacturing softens this loss for …

model, the firm generates revenue from both sales and recycling, and determines recyclability by balancing the marginal …