| Title |
Resource-miser business models |
| ID_Doc |
66046 |
| Authors |
Stahel, WR |
| Title |
Resource-miser business models |
| Year |
2007 |
| Published |
International Journal Of Environmental Technology And Management, 7.0, 5-6 |
| DOI |
10.1504/IJETM.2007.015626 |
| Abstract |
In 1994, the 'Factor 10-Club' was founded to draw the attention of engineers and society at large to the need to dematerialise the economies of industrialised countries by 90%, or a Factor 10. This ecology-based approach neglected the need for new business models. Around the year 2000, a new political vision of sustainable growth was formulated that was more influenced by economists and policy makers, that is still struggling today. The main challenge of resource efficiency is a change in the economic mindset that goes with it, from the industrial economy of production optimisation to a service economy optimising the performance of goods in utilisation. This paper sketches some of this challenge. |
| Author Keywords |
new business models; higher resource productivity; the performance economy; physical asset management; the functional service economy; chewing gum goods teddy bear goods; the relativity of technical progress. |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000213057700001 |
| WoS Category |
Engineering, Environmental |
| Research Area |
Engineering |
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