Influencing factors of successful transitions towards product-service systems: A simulation approach

International Journal of Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-43

  Bianchi, Nicola P ^a   Evans, Steve ^b   Revetria, Roberto ^c   Tonelli, Flavio ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Market transition; Product service systems; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650047620     PISSN: 19980159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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