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Oksana Mont

Oksana Mont

Professor

Oksana Mont

Clarifying the Concept of Product-Service System

Author

  • Oksana Mont

Summary, in English

A new trend of product-service systems (PSS) that has the potential to minimise environmental impacts of both production and consumption is emerging. This article attempts to build a theoretical framework for PSS and serves as a background for identifying possible investment needs in studying them. There are three main uncertainties regarding the applicability and feasibility of PSS: the readiness of companies to adopt them, the readiness of consumers to accept them, and their environmental implications. The main finding is that successful PSSs will require different societal infrastructure, human structures and organisational layouts in order to function in a sustainable manner.

Keywords: product-service systems, sustainability, functional economy

Department/s

  • The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

237-245

Publication/Series

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volume

10

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Keywords

  • Functional economy
  • Product-service system
  • Sustainability

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0959-6526