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Based on these unique features, the authors investigate a firm's optimal selling strategy of smart green products from both the profitability and environmental perspectives.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors establish stylized models to consider the optimality of three selling strategies: (1) traditional strategy \u2013 only offering traditional products, (2) green strategy \u2013 only offering smart green products, and (3) hybrid strategy \u2013 offering both traditional and smart green products.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The authors\u2019 analysis shows that in the absence of data network effect, there will always be a conflict between profit maximization and environmental protection. 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