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PSS Without PSS Design: Possible Causes, Effects, and Solutions

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Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design

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Product-service systems (PSS) are seen as a cornerstone of a future circular economy. However, in order to achieve the desired environmental benefits, the industrial implementation of PSS design is key. This chapter discusses the apparent lack of an adaptation of design processes to PSS or adoption of PSS design methods within companies, which are nevertheless successfully offering PSS. Based on experiences at two companies and under close regard of the relevant literature, possible causes of this lack of method adaptation/adoption are discussed, and the effects this may have are deliberated. Lastly, potential solutions to this issue and ways forward are introduced and reflected upon focusing on the companies.

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Acknowledgments

I wish to extend my gratitude to the many practitioners who participated in the projects and contributed to this research with their knowledge, time, and dedication. I further wish to thank VINNOVA (particularly its research program “Strategic Innovation”) as well the anonymous company “Navitas” for funding parts of this research.

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  1. Division of Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

    Johannes Matschewsky

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    Keijiro Masui

  3. Osaka University, Suita, Japan

    Shinichi Fukushige

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    Shinsuke Kondoh

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Matschewsky, J. (2017). PSS Without PSS Design: Possible Causes, Effects, and Solutions. In: Matsumoto, M., Masui, K., Fukushige, S., Kondoh, S. (eds) Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design. EcoProduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0471-1_16

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