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The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia

The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia

Diego Lopez Cardona, Rocío del S. Tabares Hoyos
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522500971|ISBN10: 1522500979|EISBN13: 9781522500988
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0097-1.ch023
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Cardona, Diego Lopez, and Rocío del S. Tabares Hoyos. "The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia." Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics, edited by José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 475-498. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0097-1.ch023

APA

Cardona, D. L. & Hoyos, R. D. (2016). The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia. In J. Saiz-Álvarez (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics (pp. 475-498). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0097-1.ch023

Chicago

Cardona, Diego Lopez, and Rocío del S. Tabares Hoyos. "The Electronic Obsolescence as an Opportunity for Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of EEE in Manizales, Colombia." In Handbook of Research on Social Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economics, edited by José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez, 475-498. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0097-1.ch023

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Abstract

The chapter contains the concepts of Social Entrepreneurship, Planned and Perceived Obsolescence, Corporate Social Responsibility, the legal framework for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) waste, and Reverse Logistics, as theoretical support from different authors. Applied to Manizales, Colombia, the study was conducted with a quantitative and qualitative approach. The information was collected through surveys and interviews with 26 entrepreneurs and 331 households' consumers to know the type of appliances, how they buy, change and use them, and the chain of intermediaries. With planned and perceived obsolescence, products lose their life in a short time, are dumped as Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), and collected by people of low educational and economic level that survive in precarious conditions. Due to these results and conclusions, we offer in the chapter the opportunity to generate proposals for their inclusion and social development.

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