A Review on the Theory of Planned Obsolescence
Jeremy Bulow (1986) suggested that Planned Obsolescence was the production of goods with uneconomically short useful lives so that customers would have to make repeat purchases. Scholars in foreign countries have developed lots of rich researches on this problem. However, few literatures are seen in domestic until now. Therefore, there have been important both theoretical and practical meanings for us to make relative studies. This paper begins from the concept and the model of planned obsolescence and examines relative studies mainly five aspects: network externality and compatibility choice, the durability of durable goods, new product introduction, technological progress and R&D decision, etc. Lastly, social welfare is talked about.
Planned obsolescence Time inconsistence Problem Network ezternalities Social welfare
XU Yueheng ZHU Zhenzhong
School of Management, Shandong University of Technology, China, 255049
国际会议
The International Conference on Management of Technology(2008太原技术管理国际研讨会)
太原
英文
1651-1656
2008-08-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）