| Title |
An exploratory expansion of the concept of product-service systems beyond products and services |
| ID_Doc |
29145 |
| Authors |
Kanda, W; Matschewsky, J |
| Title |
An exploratory expansion of the concept of product-service systems beyond products and services |
| Year |
2018 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.328 |
| Abstract |
Product-Service Systems (PSS) are seen as an important part in moving towards increased environmental sustainability within the holistic concept of a circular economy. While PSS are increasingly prevalent in industry and a multitude of methods and tools have been developed to aid their implementation and use, this paper argues that the concept may be meaningfully extended beyond the design and provision of products and services alone to include large technical systems. Through a literature review and the analysis of four case studies, commonalities and differences between PSS and large technical systems are identified. While this only constitutes a first step into the expansion of the scope of PSS and additional, more applied research is required, the PSS concept is discussed as a key facilitator of improved environmental performance of industrial activities and consumption if applied on a system-level. (C) 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 10th CIRP Conference on Industrial Product-Service Systems. |
| Author Keywords |
Product-Service Systems; Large technical systems; Socio-technical systems; Sustainability; Business models |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000547340900032 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Industrial |
| Research Area |
Engineering |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2018.03.328
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