To License or Not to License Remanufacturing Business?

Many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face the choice of whether to license an independent remanufacturer (IR) to remanufacture their used products. In this paper, we develop closed-loop supply chain models with licensed and unlicensed remanufacturing operations to analyze the competition and...

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Main Authors: Zu-Jun Ma, Qin Zhou, Ying Dai, Gao-Feng Guan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/2/347