TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional factors affecting life-cycle impacts of microcomputers
AU - Andrews, Clinton J.
AU - Swain, Mathew
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank our case study informants for sharing their time and data. This research was funded by NSF Grant BES-9873587 and the Lucent Technologies Foundation.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Life-cycle analysis (LCA) is most commonly used to inform the product design process, but here the focus is on institutional design issues-contracts, rules, and procedures that govern the behavior of individuals working in large organizations. To illustrate the issues, this study investigates the procurement, use, and disposal of microcomputers in state government agencies in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. It finds evidence of environmentally and economically suboptimal asset management, much of which can be explained and mitigated by considering the associated transaction costs.
AB - Life-cycle analysis (LCA) is most commonly used to inform the product design process, but here the focus is on institutional design issues-contracts, rules, and procedures that govern the behavior of individuals working in large organizations. To illustrate the issues, this study investigates the procurement, use, and disposal of microcomputers in state government agencies in Trenton, New Jersey, USA. It finds evidence of environmentally and economically suboptimal asset management, much of which can be explained and mitigated by considering the associated transaction costs.
KW - Asset management
KW - Computer recycling
KW - Institutional factors
KW - Life-cycle analysis
KW - Transaction costs
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U2 - 10.1016/S0921-3449(00)00075-6
DO - 10.1016/S0921-3449(00)00075-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034746080
SN - 0921-3449
VL - 31
SP - 171
EP - 188
JO - Resources, Conservation and Recycling
JF - Resources, Conservation and Recycling
IS - 2
ER -