Sustainable product service systems in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Opportunities in the leather manufacturing industry

Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 175-192

  Hernández Pardo, Ricardo J ^a   Bhamra, Tracy ^a   Bhamra, Ran ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Design for sustainability; Green operations; ICT; Organizational transformation; Product service systems; SME

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY; GREEN OPERATIONS; ICT; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION; PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS; SME;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84861416675     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su4020175     Document Type: Article

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