Bhamra_1-s2.0-S240587261530040X-main.pdf (222.85 kB)
Product service systems: A sustainable design strategy for SMEs in the textiles and leather sectors
journal contribution
posted on 2018-09-27, 10:13 authored by Tracy Bhamra, Ricardo J. Hernandez-Pardo, Yaone Rapitsenyane, Rhoda TriminghamSustainability is no longer an optional facet of production. Concrete actions are needed from every actor in society to achieve more efficient, responsible, and innovative ways of producing, consuming, and living. Businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are key actors in the drive toward sustainability. Product Service Systems (PSS) are an alternative for SMEs willing to make the transition towards more sustainable operations, but they remain an unknown quantity for many companies. In this article we present findings from two recent studies on the
design of sustainable PSS for SMEs. Our main objectives are to inform designers,
design managers, and policymakers about the advantages a sustainable PSS offers to SMEs seeking more sustainable operations, and discuss SMEs’ operational needs should they wish to innovate using PSS.
History
School
- Design
Published in
She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and InnovationVolume
4Issue
3Pages
229 - 248Citation
BHAMRA, T.A. ... et al., 2018. Product service systems: A sustainable design strategy for SMEs in the textiles and leather sectors. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation, 4(3), pp. 229-248.Publisher
© Tongji University and Tongji University Press. Published by ElsevierVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2018-07-11Publication date
2018-09-21Notes
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Elsevier under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY-NC-ND). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ISSN
2405-8726Publisher version
Language
- en