Integrative re-use systems as innovative business models for devising sustainable product–service-systems

Gelbmann, Ulrike; Hammerl, Barbara

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.104

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“…Their performance is thus "strongly linked to developments in national and global policies across policy areas" (Anastasiadis 2013: 90). The relatively limited international literature on re-use ECO-WISE is gradually growing and perhaps most developed in Austria (see Anastasiadis 2013;Gelbmann/Hammerl 2015).…”

Section: Re-use Ecological Work Integration Social Enterprises: Case mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Also, as in Flanders (Cools/ Vandermoere 2016) and Austria (Gelbmann/Hammerl 2015), the FRN faces an increase of competition from second-hand websites and for-profit players who show interest in expanding re-use as a commercial activity. Drawing on resources from philanthropic foundations for instance, the sector invests in its communication about is goals, operations and output to "be more loud and proud" (I: Director FRN) about their societal value and to do away with their image of 'being shops for the poor' (see also Dururu et al 2015).…”

Section: Future Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The fact that this is now gradually changing is partly due to the growing popular interest in 'second hand sale' and 'environmental responsibility' and the recent EU policy concern with "circular economy" (EC 2011) and "social enterprise" (EC 2014). Recently, researchers with an interest in studying social enterprises as drivers of sustainable change labelled these re-use non-profits "ecologically oriented work-integration social enterprise" or "re-use ECO-WISE" (Anastasiadis 2013;Gelbmann/Hammerl 2015). They characterise them as organisations that combine different societal goals, logics and resources (incomes from sale, subsidies, contracts, donations) and possess an innovative potential to contribute to regional development through the creation of social and environmental value that benefits local communities.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Looking for a Mutually Supporting Relationship between Local Social Innovation and Welfare Reform: The Case of Re-use Non-profits in the UK

Cools¹

2017

Journal Für Entwicklungspolitik

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Section: Re-use Ecological Work Integration Social Enterprises: Case mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Future Challengesmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Looking for a Mutually Supporting Relationship between Local Social Innovation and Welfare Reform: The Case of Re-use Non-profits in the UK

Cools¹

2017

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“…Such actions within environmental context were proactive and began to be considered as innovations inherent in organizational competitive strategy that needed research and development of enduring products (Gelbmann and Hammerl, 2015;Severo et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship between Cleaner Production, Environmental Management, and Sustainable Product on Performance

Zohoori¹,

Ghani²,

Zakeri³

2017

IJSEA

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Abstract:The current study attempts to link cleaner production and environmental management to sustainable product innovation and performance. Extant research only focused on financial performance while this study applied balanced scorecard (BSC) model for this purpose. As shown in the proposed framework of this study, cleaner production and environmental management can affect sustainable product innovation and thereby performance (financial, customer satisfaction, learning and growth, and internal process). It should be mentioned that the focal scope of this study is Iran.

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“…The paradigm of developing solutions only in the form of physical products to be sold must be broken, because value is not necessarily provided through the sale of the product, but by means of the functionality or result it can generate. Thereby, PSS does not address only the configuration of service and product components, but also the configuration of business models (GELBMANN;HAMMERL, 2014). Business models represent how companies create and deliver value to its clients based on their strategic choices and enable to express simplified description and representation of the business logic of a firm (OSTERWALDER et al, 2005).…”

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Creation of product-service systems (PSS) proposals in the fuzzy front-end

Barquet¹

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Product-service systems (PSS), defined as a system of products, services, infrastructure, and networks that aims to satisfy customer needs, support business innovation and has the potential to lead to improved environmental performance. The adoption of PSS requires modifications in the business model of companies or even the creation of new ones. The decision to modify or create business models occurs in the fuzzy front-end through the development of proposals. In this sense, the creation of PSS proposals might assist the adoption of PSS business models in enterprises. However, companies still need support to adopt PSS business models due to three main reasons. First, most of the studies about PSS business models mention its importance but do not explore which content should compose such models. Second, PSS business models are explored considering a partial view of business model dimensions. Finally, there is a lack of methods and tools that support the adoption of PSS business models in the fuzzy front-end. Thereby, the aim of this study is to develop a method, named Configurator of PSS Proposals, to cope with these challenges and assist the creation of PSS proposals for current or new business models. By means of systematic literature review, consulting with experts and an explorative case study, the method was developed. It is composed by eight steps and each step addresses a business model dimension, e.g. value proposition. The steps encompass a range of tasks that must be performed in order to create a PSS proposal. To support carrying out the tasks, a help element is available. This help contains additional information to support the utilization of the method, such as: examples of companies that adopted PSS and hints of practices, methods and tools. To evaluate the method, it was applied through a case study in the context of a research project. The aim was to create a PSS proposal for a bicycle concept and verify whether the method reach its purpose, i.e. is able to support the creation of a PSS proposal. Final considerations include contributions and limitations of this study. An example of contribution of the method is provision of a shared knowledge about PSS between different areas of expertise. As limitation, the lack of application of the method in a real case is highlighted. Additionally, future research is addressed based mainly on the insights gathered in the second case study, e.g. the inclusion of new tasks and relations between them.Keywords: Product-service system; fuzzy front-end; proposal; business model. Sistema produto-serviço (SPS), definido como um sistema de produtos e serviços, infraestrutura e networks e que visa aumentar a satisfação de clientes, auxilia na inovação nos negócios e tem o potencial de levar à melhoria de desempenho ambiental. A adoção de SPS requer a criação ou modificação dos modelos de negócios das empresas. A decisão de criar ou modificar um modelo de negócio ocorre no fuzzy front-end por meio da criação de propostas. Desta forma, acredita-se que criação de propost...

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Integrative re-use systems as innovative business models for devising sustainable product–service-systems

Cited by 112 publications

References 19 publications

Looking for a Mutually Supporting Relationship between Local Social Innovation and Welfare Reform: The Case of Re-use Non-profits in the UK

Looking for a Mutually Supporting Relationship between Local Social Innovation and Welfare Reform: The Case of Re-use Non-profits in the UK

Relationship between Cleaner Production, Environmental Management, and Sustainable Product on Performance

Creation of product-service systems (PSS) proposals in the fuzzy front-end

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