Critical factors for implementing and diffusing sustainable product-Service systems: Insights from innovation studies and companies' experiences

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-88

  Ceschin, Fabrizio ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercialisation; Product Service System (PSS); Socio technical experiments; Strategic niche management; Sustainability; Transition management

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMERCIALISATION; PRODUCTSERVICE SYSTEM (PSS); SOCIO-TECHNICAL EXPERIMENTS; STRATEGIC NICHE MANAGEMENT; TRANSITION MANAGEMENT;

PLANNING;

EID: 84879415082     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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