green product Articles
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Market and social welfare analysis for hybrid sustainable manufacturing industry
As public concerns on sustainable economic development increase, a rising number of traditional original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have launched production lines on the environmentally preferable alternatives (green products). In this study, an oligopoly game theory model was formulated to analyse the competition between the green and ordinary manufacturing production sectors within the ...
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An integrated modularity approach for green product development
To develop green products and to develop products in green are becoming a pursuit of leading companies in world. Modularity is one of key technologies to realise these goals. It is found that modularity can promote the betterment of products and their performances, can decrease the investments in new products or variants? development, can greatly reduce the activities and processes in a product ...
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Green productivity: clarifying terminology and concepts
Employing and adjusting conventional productivity measures to represent the (mis)use of natural capital in production processes has recently generated increased interest. However, the literature relating to natural capital and productivity is highly fragmented, at times uses different definitions and misleading terms, and lacks conceptual unity. This not only leads to duplication and ...
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Manufacturing strategy for future production moving toward manufacturing excellence
The meaning and characteristics of strategy being explained, manufacturing strategy is mentioned. A few basic strategies to be taken for future production perspectives are discussed: computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM), high added-value production, resource-saving and environment-preserving (green) production. It is concluded that the concept of socially appropriate production based upon the ...
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Green products get green light
Untitled Document Green procedurement is not new. Congress recognized its potential when it enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1976. RCRA directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify products made with recycled waste materials or solid waste byproducts and develop guidelines for purchasing them. These are the four federal ...
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What happens when consumers realise about green washing? A qualitative investigation
This study attempts to shed insights on consumers' current understanding of green offerings and the effects of exposure to green washing on future consumer purchasing behaviour. The study is exploratory in nature and employs qualitative in–depth interviews. Findings from the study suggest that currently, consumers are buying green products based on green claims by organisations, in which ...
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An emerging environmental market in Mauritius: myth or reality?
During the past decade, concern for the environment has emerged as a major socio-political issue among developed nations throughout the world and the increase in the number of environment friendly or 'green' products has been significant. This paper provides information on a study which assessed the potential of the environmental market in Mauritius. The purpose of this exploratory study was to ...
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Marketing feasibility of Malaysian eco–products
Green marketing as a term refers to the systematic process of planning, developing and promoting goods and services that meet the needs of consumers for quality, output, affordable prices, accessible service, without harming the environment. According to the literature, green marketing is neither merely a green way of marketing, nor just the marketing of green products. Green has to be both, ...
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Non–governmental organisations (NGO) and businesses in joint product innovation: development of a theoretical framework for 'green' products
Against the background of growing demand for 'green' products and sustainable production - and the companies often–lacking knowledge - this paper engages with the question of how partnerships consisting of businesses with Non–Governmental Organisations (NGO) can be helpful in this area. This paper will answer the question of how partnerships between these players can help business to create ...
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Eliciting environmental preferences of Ghanaians in the laboratory: an incentive-compatible experiment
In this paper we aim to look into the attributes of Ghanaians' willingness-to-pay for green products. This would help us to assess whether Ghanaians show a preference towards environmental goods. The methodology employed to address these issues is an 'experimentally-adapted' CV survey which involves laboratory experiment conducted among Ghanaian University students. Notwithstanding the ...
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Green marketing: issues, developments and avenues for future research
This paper aims to extract the development of the green marketing literature focusing on green product development, consumer behaviour, communication tactics, eco-labelling and greenwash in an attempt to critically review the topic and accentuate the imperative areas for future research. The paper presents critical reviews of research in the above areas of green marketing and subsequently offers ...
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A game theory model for analysing market competition in sustainable manufacturing industry
As the global awareness and concerns about the environment issues increase, many governments, regulatory organisations and business leaders have begun to call on the manufacturing and business communities to play leading roles in the process of moving the global economy towards sustainability. Fierce market competition and price sensitivity have been big obstacles in the development and growth of ...
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A study of green movement perceptions and behavioural intentions
In this study, we discuss the development of an instrument to examine subjects' awareness of and intentions to behave in accordance with what has become known as the 'green movement'. Environmental friendliness and sustainability are the major concerns of green products, green manufacturing and service, and green organisations. Recent commentary in the literature has suggested that there may be ...
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Product innovation through ecodesign
This paper shows how to develop eco-products using the Ecodesign approach. Three different product case studies show how to proceed in developing environmentally improved products. These case studies have been carried out in collaboration with industry and the identified product improvements have been realised in commercial products, which are now available on the market. The first case study is ...
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Eco-labels, Trade and Protectionism
Eco-labels are suspected to serve protectionist purposes. We analyze the choice between an environmental standard and a voluntary eco-label scheme in a partial trade model with one domestic firm and one foreign firm. The environmental standard will only apply to the domestic firm, while both firms can adopt the eco-label. Pollution is production related, and domestic consumers demand products ...
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Firms’ transition to green product service system innovators: cases from the mobility sector
This paper explores different transition paths firms can take to become product service system (PSS) innovators. Applying the dynamic capability theory, we study how three firms, respectively, a product innovator, a service innovator and a new venture, have developed PSS innovations in the mobility sector (car2go by Daimler AG, Hertz on Demand by The Hertz Corporation and Better Place). Based on ...
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Green decisions: consumers' environmental beliefs and green purchasing behaviour in Sri Lankan context
This study elucidates how consumers' environmental knowledge and affect influence green purchasing behaviour in Sri Lanka. A survey research was undertaken with a random sample of 238 consumers. The data analysis revealed that environmental knowledge is not a significant predictor but environmental affect is a significant and weak predictor of green purchase intention. It also discovered that the ...
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Green products. Green company!
Bird-X pest control products are safe and non-toxic. They modify the environment to teach pests to stay away from problem areas. There’s no continuous application of chemicals and no killing. That saves resources compared to cleaning up pest bird and animal mess. But how else does Bird-X strive to be a green company? The Bird-X green office environment makes an “eco-friendly” ...
By Bird-X Inc.
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EcoGreen products and uses
There was a time when if the tiles in your household go grimy the house keeper usually get it cleaned by some ammonia or bleach or if a drainage system is slow then the sure-shot solution was some heavy-duty industrial solvents. No doubt, that these cleaning products were very effective and get the job done but they also affect the users in result of cough and stinging eyes. And they also have an ...
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Green new product development and supplier involvement: strategic partnership for green innovation
Integrating environmental concerns into New Product Development (NPD) have become a strategic issue for corporate competitiveness. Despite increasing attention of green products in supply chain management, there is a gap between emerging green NPD and existing mainstream NPD literature. In attempting to bridge this gap, this study presents a case where the Korean Electronics and its key suppliers ...
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