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Wastophobia: the driver of e-waste management - antecedents and consequences

Frontiers in Psychology
The rapid growth of technological advancements is boosting planned obsolescence behavior, subsequently reducing the lifecycle of electronic products, and raising electronic waste (e-waste) concerns globally.
Muhammad Wasif Hanif, Muhammad Wasif Hanif, Muhammad Nawaz, Hui Wang   +3 more
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Implications of the pandemic-induced electronic equipment demand surge on essential technology metals

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns has drastically altered modern life. Increased use of telecommuting for work, education, and leisure has led to a surge in demand for electronic products, which has strained both global manufacturing supply
Derrick Ethelbhert C. Yu, Krista Danielle S. Yu, Raymond R. Tan   +2 more
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Code Forking, Governance, and Sustainability in Open Source Software [PDF]

Technology Innovation Management Review, 2013
The right to fork open source code is at the core of open source licensing. All open source licenses grant the right to fork their code, that is to start a new development effort using an existing code as its base.
Juho Lindman, Linus Nyman
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Overcoming Premature Smartphone Obsolescence amongst Young Adults

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Rapid smartphone replacement contributes significantly to electronic waste issues. This paper investigates determinants of premature smartphone obsolescence amongst young adults and proposes psychology-based solutions to reduce associated sustainability ...
Atrina Oraee, Lara Pohl, Daniëlle Geurts, Max Reichel   +3 more
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Wasting the Future: The Technological Sublime, Communications Technologies, and E-waste

communication +1, 2012
Literally speaking, e-waste is the future of communications. E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the world, much of it communications technologies from cell phones to laptops, televisions to peripherals.
Sebine Label
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Obsolescence management for long-life contracts: State of the art and future trends [PDF]

, 2009
This paper provides a comprehensive literature review on the problem of obsolescence in “sustainment-dominated systems” that require support for many decades.
Romero Rojo, Francisco Javier, Shehab, Essam, Roy, Rajkumar   +2 more
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R&D Appropriability and Planned Obsolescence: Empirical Evidence from Wheat Breeding in the UK (1960-1995) [PDF]

Plant breeders face a unique appropriation problem - plants are reproducible, genetic information is heritable and seeds can be multiplied. The paper uses indicators of varietal age as a proxy for durability to examine strategies of planned obsolescence.
Rangnekar, Dwijen
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Planned Obsolescence and the Provision of Unobservable Quality [PDF]

This paper develops the idea that obsolescence acts as an incentive device to provide quality for experience goods. The argument is that obsolescence affects the frequency at which consumers repurchase products and may punish producers for a lack of ...
Roland Strausz
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L’accademia dei morti viventi. Parte prima: la revisione paritaria

Bollettino Telematico di Filosofia Politica, 2012
Se il libro di Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Planned Obsolescence. Publishing, Technology and the Future of Academy,  fosse uscito in Italia, sarebbe stato ignorato. Pubblicato negli Stati Uniti, è stato recensito sul “New York Times”.
Maria Chiara Pievatolo
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Optimizing Service Level Agreement Tier Selection in Online Services Through Legacy Lifecycle Profile and Support Analysis: A Quantitative Approach

Mathematics
This study introduces a novel approach to optimal Service Level Agreement (SLA) tier selection in online services by incorporating client-side obsolescence factors into effective SLA planning.
Geza Lucz, Bertalan Forstner
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