Product biographies in servitization and the circular economy

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-137

  Spring, Martin ^a   Araujo, Luis ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Internet of Things; Product biography; Products; Repair; Service; Servitization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85004024047     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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