The effects of low-carbon awareness on remanufacturing strategy in the presence of competition
Abstract
Purpose
This paper examines how the level of low-carbon awareness (LCA) affects the remanufacturing strategy in a supply chain with an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and an independent remanufacturer (IR) competing with each other.
Design/methodology/approach
Game theory and operations optimization.
Findings
The studies analytically characterize the threshold levels of the LCA in response to which the OEM and the IR will change their remanufacturing strategies from no remanufacturing to partial remanufacturing and then to full remanufacturing. In addition, the studies reveal that as compared with the OEM, the IR has more flexibility in terms of the market entry to remanufacturing with the level of LCA increasing. With the extended studies, it is exhibited that the above findings are robust to a good extent.
Originality/value
It can provide decision support for remanufacturing enterprises.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the editor and the anonymous referees for their constructive comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this paper. This work was supported by the Humanities and Social Science Youth Foundation of Ministry of Education of China [Grant 23XJC630014] and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 71871063 and 71901066).
Citation
Zheng, Y., Liu, P., Zhao, Y. and Zhang, Z. (2023), "The effects of low-carbon awareness on remanufacturing strategy in the presence of competition", Kybernetes, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-04-2023-0658
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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