Industrialization as a key element of sustainable product-service solutions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 18-19, 2007, Pages 4225-4246

  Evans, Stephen ^a   Partidário, Paulo J ^b   Lambert, Joanna ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INETI   (Portugal)

^c NODE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Partnership building; Product service system; Production consumption; Production platforms; Sustainable innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PARTNERSHIP BUILDING; PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548386172     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701449999     Document Type: Article

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