The Durable Use of Consumer Products: New Options for Business and Consumption

Do we need a new car or a new refrigerator every ten years? What happens to our PC which is exchanged for a new model every three years? Why do our shoes last only a year or so, while those of our great grandfather served for a genera- tion? Are businesses deliberately marketing products in a way which encourages sub-optimal use and induces consumers to buy new products? More and more consumers respond ''yes'' objecting to the business practices which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792381459
• ISBN13: 9780792381457
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"