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Product service systems: A sustainable design strategy for SMEs in the textiles and leather sectors

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posted on 2018-09-27, 10:13 authored by Tracy Bhamra, Ricardo J. Hernandez-Pardo, Yaone Rapitsenyane, Rhoda Trimingham
Sustainability is no longer an optional facet of production. Concrete actions are needed from every actor in society to achieve more efficient, responsible, and innovative ways of producing, consuming, and living. Businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are key actors in the drive toward sustainability. Product Service Systems (PSS) are an alternative for SMEs willing to make the transition towards more sustainable operations, but they remain an unknown quantity for many companies. In this article we present findings from two recent studies on the design of sustainable PSS for SMEs. Our main objectives are to inform designers, design managers, and policymakers about the advantages a sustainable PSS offers to SMEs seeking more sustainable operations, and discuss SMEs’ operational needs should they wish to innovate using PSS.

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  • Design

Published in

She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation

Volume

4

Issue

3

Pages

229 - 248

Citation

BHAMRA, T.A. ... et al., 2018. Product service systems: A sustainable design strategy for SMEs in the textiles and leather sectors. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation, 4(3), pp. 229-248.

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© Tongji University and Tongji University Press. Published by Elsevier

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2018-07-11

Publication date

2018-09-21

Notes

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY-NC-ND). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

ISSN

2405-8726

Language

  • en

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