On the Impact of the Right-to-repair Legislation on Remanufacturing

The novel right-to-repair legislation intends to extend the usage period of consumer durables by enabling customers to repair their products when becoming defective. This right-to-repair requires manufacturers of new product to changes the product design to make it repairable (design for repair), but they also must supply the customers with reasonably prices spare parts. Remanufacturers also might profit from easier access to spare parts. Therefore, the questions arise, how the new legislation impacts manufacturers, consumers, and remanufacturers, and what impact it will have on the environment. To answer these questions, we are use strategic decision models and game theoretic solution approaches.