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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden planned obsolescence.
1. Planned Obsolescence: A deal-breaker for smartphone consumers or not? : A qualitative study of sustainable consumers’ behaviour around Planned Obsolescence - The case of smartphones
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : Planned Obsolescence is a threat to sustainability and is a practice that has increased in recent years. Manufacturers and companies are often blamed, but recent research has shown that consumers play a significant role and thus hold considerable responsibility for Planned Obsolescence practices. LÄS MER
2. Planerat åldrande i Sverige, Sydkorea och USA : En studie kring fenomenet planerat åldrande och dess miljöpåverkan
Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/FöretagsekonomiSammanfattning : Planned obsolescence is a worldwide phenomenon which includes the fact that companies deliberately shorten the life-span of products through updates, poor quality and design. As environmental and sustainability issues have received more and more focus in recent decades it is believed that planned obsolescence has an important role to fill in order to achieve a more sustainable consumer society. LÄS MER
3. Reforming Consumption Habits Through Product Design : Design for Sustainable Development through prolonging product lifetime
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Sammanfattning : This study, that is a research and product development process, is based on sustainable development and the negative impacts of the growing consumption, and wear-and-tear habits of today’s society. The way we handle our resources, from mine to landfill cause devastating effects on the climate. LÄS MER
4. Destruktiv Design
Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för informatikSammanfattning : This thesis takes a deeper look into customer behaviours when it comes to buying new mobile phones. We take a look at four main types of planned obsolescence we’ve found, which include: economic obsolescence, obsolescence of function, obsolescence of desirability and obsolescence of quality. LÄS MER
5. The emperor’s old clothes : a consumer behaviour-based case study on second-hand clothing as a sustainable fashion consumption practice in Italy
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUSSammanfattning : The current fashion system known as Fast Fashion (FF) is responsible for severe environmental and social impacts. Fashion democratisation has increased consumers’ appetite for new trends, leading fashion companies to design an increasing number of collections per year. LÄS MER