IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v10y2018i7p2452-d157859.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Guidance on the Conceptual Design of Sustainable Product–Service Systems

Author

Listed:
  • Chong-Wen Chen

    (Department of Information Communication, Yuan Ze University, 135 Yuan-Tung Rd., Taoyuan City 32003, Taiwan)

Abstract

The product–service system (PSS) has great potential to promote the circular economy (CE) and sustainability. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of associating social values with sustainable PSS because social actors, including stakeholders, institutions, and communities, are the key to organizational innovation and behavior change. However, it is still not clear how companies can incorporate the social context into service strategies and co-create sustainable value with their stakeholders. Through overall discussions on related studies, this concept paper proposes theoretically based guidance for developing sustainable product–service offerings in the early planning phase. A case scenario of recycling is presented to demonstrate the operation of the proposed approach. The results suggest that companies should expand the scope of their understanding of customer problems beyond the product use. Engaging in social issues such as skill empowerment and job creation can generate long-term benefits and strengthen the brand image. In addition, working with communities and other enterprises via incentives or interactive activities can foster open innovation for CE. The proposed approach serves to assist designers in handling more comprehensive contexts of sustainability and allow better preparations for resource integration in the early PSS design phase.

Suggested Citation

  • Chong-Wen Chen, 2018. "Guidance on the Conceptual Design of Sustainable Product–Service Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-15, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:7:p:2452-:d:157859
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2452/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/7/2452/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Arnold Tukker, 2004. "Eight types of product–service system: eight ways to sustainability? Experiences from SusProNet," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(4), pages 246-260, July.
    2. Tuananh Tran & Joon Young Park, 2016. "Development of a Novel Co-Creative Framework for Redesigning Product Service Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-16, May.
    3. Vargo, Stephen L. & Maglio, Paul P. & Akaka, Melissa Archpru, 2008. "On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 145-152, June.
    4. Garrette Clark & Justin Kosoris & Long Nguyen Hong & Marcel Crul, 2009. "Design for Sustainability: Current Trends in Sustainable Product Design and Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 1(3), pages 1-16, August.
    5. Marcus Linder & Mats Williander, 2017. "Circular Business Model Innovation: Inherent Uncertainties," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(2), pages 182-196, February.
    6. Mateusz Lewandowski, 2016. "Designing the Business Models for Circular Economy—Towards the Conceptual Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-28, January.
    7. Stamm, Andreas & Dantas, Eva & Fischer, Doris & Ganguly, Sunayana & Rennkamp, Britta, 2009. "Sustainability-oriented innovation systems: towards decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures?," IDOS Discussion Papers 20/2009, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Konstantinos Mantalovas & Gaetano Di Mino & Ana Jimenez Del Barco Carrion & Elisabeth Keijzer & Björn Kalman & Tony Parry & Davide Lo Presti, 2020. "European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-19, September.
    2. Konstantinos I. Roumeliotis & Nikolaos D. Tselikas & Dimitrios K. Nasiopoulos, 2023. "Unveiling Sustainability in Ecommerce: GPT-Powered Software for Identifying Sustainable Product Features," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-26, August.
    3. Natalia Muñoz López & Jose Luis Santolaya Sáenz & Anna Biedermann & Ana Serrano Tierz, 2020. "Sustainability Assessment of Product–Service Systems Using Flows between Systems Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-20, April.
    4. Carlos Galera-Zarco & José Antonio Campos, 2021. "Exploring Servitization in Industrial Construction: A Sustainable Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-19, July.
    5. Sudusinghe, Jayani Ishara & Seuring, Stefan, 2022. "Supply chain collaboration and sustainability performance in circular economy: A systematic literature review," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 245(C).
    6. Estephania Delgadillo & Tatiana Reyes & Rupert J Baumgartner, 2021. "Towards territorial product-service systems: A framework linking resources, networks and value creation," Post-Print halshs-03520232, HAL.
    7. Konstantinos Mantalovas & Gaetano Di Mino, 2019. "The Sustainability of Reclaimed Asphalt as a Resource for Road Pavement Management through a Circular Economic Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-20, April.
    8. Rita Henriques & Filipa Figueiredo & João Nunes, 2023. "Product-Services for a Resource-Efficient and Circular Economy: An Updated Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-24, August.
    9. Ana Batlles-delaFuente & Luis Jesús Belmonte-Ureña & José Antonio Plaza-Úbeda & Emilio Abad-Segura, 2021. "Sustainable Business Model in the Product-Service System: Analysis of Global Research and Associated EU Legislation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-33, September.
    10. Xiao Chen & Xiaojing Sun & Dongwei Yan & Decheng Wen, 2020. "Perceived Sustainability and Customer Engagement in the Online Shopping Environment: The Rational and Emotional Perspectives," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-16, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Nancy Bocken & Lars Strupeit & Katherine Whalen & Julia Nußholz, 2019. "A Review and Evaluation of Circular Business Model Innovation Tools," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-25, April.
    2. Florian Lüdeke‐Freund & Stefan Gold & Nancy M. P. Bocken, 2019. "A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 23(1), pages 36-61, February.
    3. Friedrich A. Halstenberg & Kai Lindow & Rainer Stark, 2019. "Leveraging Circular Economy through a Methodology for Smart Service Systems Engineering," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-36, June.
    4. Konstantinos Mantalovas & Gaetano Di Mino, 2019. "The Sustainability of Reclaimed Asphalt as a Resource for Road Pavement Management through a Circular Economic Model," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-20, April.
    5. Marlies van Tilburg & Harold Krikke & Wim Lambrechts, 2022. "Supply Chain Relationships in Circular Business Models: Supplier Tactics at Royal Smit Transformers," Logistics, MDPI, vol. 6(4), pages 1-24, October.
    6. Wiebke Reim & David Sjödin & Vinit Parida, 2021. "Circular business model implementation: A capability development case study from the manufacturing industry," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(6), pages 2745-2757, September.
    7. Helen Toxopeus & Elisa Achterberg & Friedemann Polzin, 2021. "How can firms access bank finance for circular business model innovation?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(6), pages 2773-2795, September.
    8. Gianmarco Bressanelli & Federico Adrodegari & Marco Perona & Nicola Saccani, 2018. "Exploring How Usage-Focused Business Models Enable Circular Economy through Digital Technologies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-21, February.
    9. Armaghan Chizaryfard & Paolo Trucco & Cali Nuur, 2021. "The transformation to a circular economy: framing an evolutionary view," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 31(2), pages 475-504, April.
    10. Alessandro Gandolfo & Lorenzo Lupi, 2021. "Circular economy, the transition of an incumbent focal firm: How to successfully reconcile environmental and economic sustainability?," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(7), pages 3297-3308, November.
    11. Pina Puntillo, 2023. "Circular economy business models: Towards achieving sustainable development goals in the waste management sector—Empirical evidence and theoretical implications," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(2), pages 941-954, March.
    12. Nine Klaassen & Arno Scheepens & Bas Flipsen & Joost Vogtlander, 2020. "Eco-Efficient Value Creation of Residential Street Lighting Systems by Simultaneously Analysing the Value, the Costs and the Eco-Costs during the Design and Engineering Phase," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-18, June.
    13. Mariale Moreno & Carolina De los Rios & Zoe Rowe & Fiona Charnley, 2016. "A Conceptual Framework for Circular Design," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(9), pages 1-15, September.
    14. Green, Maxwell H. & Davies, Philip & Ng, Irene C.L., 2017. "Two strands of servitization: A thematic analysis of traditional and customer co-created servitization and future research directions," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 192(C), pages 40-53.
    15. María Jesús Ávila-Gutiérrez & Alejandro Martín-Gómez & Francisco Aguayo-González & Juan Ramón Lama-Ruiz, 2020. "Eco-Holonic 4.0 Circular Business Model to Conceptualize Sustainable Value Chain towards Digital Transition," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-32, March.
    16. Vinit Parida & Joakim Wincent, 2019. "Why and how to compete through sustainability: a review and outline of trends influencing firm and network-level transformation," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 1-19, March.
    17. Gabi Försterling & Ronald Orth & Benjamin Gellert, 2023. "Transition to a Circular Economy in Europe through New Business Models: Barriers, Drivers, and Policy Making," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-40, May.
    18. Konstantinos Mantalovas & Gaetano Di Mino & Ana Jimenez Del Barco Carrion & Elisabeth Keijzer & Björn Kalman & Tony Parry & Davide Lo Presti, 2020. "European National Road Authorities and Circular Economy: An Insight into Their Approaches," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-19, September.
    19. Mechthild Donner & Ivana Radić & Yamna Erraach & Fatima El Hadad-Gauthier, 2022. "Implementation of circular business models for olive oil waste and by-product valorization," Post-Print hal-03756908, HAL.
    20. Pejvak Oghazi & Rana Mostaghel, 2018. "Circular Business Model Challenges and Lessons Learned—An Industrial Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-19, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:7:p:2452-:d:157859. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.