Issues related to the environment and sustainability, such as waste production and recycling, scarcity of natural resources and maintenance of economic benefits, have increasingly attracted the attention of the scientific community over the years, as evidenced by the numerous studies on the subject. In this context, the paradigm of Circular Economy has recently acquired a considerable importance. Referring to the perspective of sustainable development, Circular Economy can be defined as a regenerative system whose objective is to minimize resource inputs, waste produced, emissions and, in general, energy consumed, through the slowing down, closing and narrowing of material and energy cycles. In recent times, the attention of the scientific literature has focused on recycled products because of their potential in both economic and ecological terms. Products resulting from a previous use, in fact, can be recycled and regenerated to be transformed into "as new" products in terms of appearance and performances. A product, after its first use, maintains a residual value that can easily be recovered through regeneration and reconditioning processes: in this way, recovered products can be reintroduced into the market and contribute positively to economic cycles. Therefore, in the context of Circular Economy, it is necessary to deepen the study of consumers’ intention to purchase regenerated or recycled products, since it is a topic that until now has been poorly investigated. In this regard, this thesis project has a twofold objective in order to fill the identified research gap: to systematically analyze the existing literature on the issue of purchase intention of recycled products and, subsequently, to investigate what determines the green purchase intention of a particular product, the refurbished smartphone, through an empirical survey.
Le questioni legate all’ambiente e alla sostenibilità, come la produzione e il riciclo dei rifiuti, la scarsità delle risorse naturali e il mantenimento dei benefici economici, hanno negli anni attirato sempre più l’attenzione della comunità scientifica, come testimoniano i numerosi studi al riguardo. In tale contesto, è il modello dell’Economia Circolare ad aver acquisito, recentemente, una notevole importanza. Facendo riferimento alla prospettiva di sviluppo sostenibile, l’Economia Circolare può essere definita come un sistema rigenerativo il cui obiettivo è quello di minimizzare gli input di risorse, i rifiuti prodotti, le emissioni e, in generale, l’energia consumata, attraverso il rallentamento, la chiusura e il restringimento dei cicli di materiali ed energia. In tempi recenti, l’attenzione della letteratura scientifica si è concentrata sui prodotti riciclati a causa del loro potenziale sia in termini economici che ecologici. I prodotti derivanti da un precedente utilizzo, infatti, possono essere riciclati e rigenerati per essere trasformati in prodotti “come nuovi” in termini di aspetto e prestazioni. Un prodotto, dopo il suo primo utilizzo, mantiene un valore residuo che può facilmente essere recuperato sottoponendolo a processi di rigenerazione e ricondizionamento: in questo modo i prodotti recuperati possono essere reintrodotti sul mercato e contribuire positivamente ai cicli economici. Pertanto, nel contesto dell’Economia Circolare, è necessario approfondire lo studio dell’intenzione dei consumatori di acquistare prodotti rigenerati o riciclati, tema che fino ad oggi è stato scarsamente investigato. A tal proposito il presente progetto di tesi si pone un duplice obiettivo al fine di colmare il gap di ricerca individuato: analizzare in modo sistematico la letteratura esistente sulla tematica dell’intenzione di acquisto dei prodotti riciclati e, successivamente, indagare, tramite survey statistica, ciò che determina l’intenzione di acquisto di un particolare prodotto green, ovvero lo smartphone ricondizionato.
La green purchase intention di smartphone ricondizionati: un’indagine empirica
Serena, Filippelli
2022
Abstract
Issues related to the environment and sustainability, such as waste production and recycling, scarcity of natural resources and maintenance of economic benefits, have increasingly attracted the attention of the scientific community over the years, as evidenced by the numerous studies on the subject. In this context, the paradigm of Circular Economy has recently acquired a considerable importance. Referring to the perspective of sustainable development, Circular Economy can be defined as a regenerative system whose objective is to minimize resource inputs, waste produced, emissions and, in general, energy consumed, through the slowing down, closing and narrowing of material and energy cycles. In recent times, the attention of the scientific literature has focused on recycled products because of their potential in both economic and ecological terms. Products resulting from a previous use, in fact, can be recycled and regenerated to be transformed into "as new" products in terms of appearance and performances. A product, after its first use, maintains a residual value that can easily be recovered through regeneration and reconditioning processes: in this way, recovered products can be reintroduced into the market and contribute positively to economic cycles. Therefore, in the context of Circular Economy, it is necessary to deepen the study of consumers’ intention to purchase regenerated or recycled products, since it is a topic that until now has been poorly investigated. In this regard, this thesis project has a twofold objective in order to fill the identified research gap: to systematically analyze the existing literature on the issue of purchase intention of recycled products and, subsequently, to investigate what determines the green purchase intention of a particular product, the refurbished smartphone, through an empirical survey.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/196744
URN:NBN:IT:UNIPR-196744