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Transition Inertia Due To Competition In Supply Chains With Remanufacturing And Recycling: A Systems Dynamics Model

Papachristos, G; (2014) Transition Inertia Due To Competition In Supply Chains With Remanufacturing And Recycling: A Systems Dynamics Model. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions , 12 pp. 47-65. 10.1016/j.eist.2014.01.005. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper studies the link between capital goods supply chains and sociotechnical transitions. Research on the latter has so far tended to focus on sustainability, energy and transport systems. Despite the considerable shift from products to services, supply chains are an integral element of most sociotechnical systems and there seems to be no foreseeable substitute for them. Consequently, for transitions to sustainability to take place, the inertia of supply chains in these systems has to be overcome and their environmental impact reduced. The paper explores this with a system dynamics model of a supply chain. While remanufacturing of used products by the retailer and recycling by the supplier can reduce the environmental impact of the supply chain, competition in the market between new and remanufactured products forces them into a situation where improving business and environmental performance is difficult.

Type: Article
Title: Transition Inertia Due To Competition In Supply Chains With Remanufacturing And Recycling: A Systems Dynamics Model
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2014.01.005
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2014.01.005
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Keywords: Inertia; Recycling; Remanufacturing; Supply chain; Transitions
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502275
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