A Study on Recycle Schedules for Trade-In Rebates With Consideration of Product Life Cycle

Firms can appropriately recycle used products to not only save material costs, but also bring back customers to make repurchases. However, customers may return their used products at any time and in any condition, and firms may thus be unable to fully utilize the returned items in their remanufacturing activities. This study considers a firm that actively recycles its current product, and then sells both new and remanufactured items to the...