Revisiting Industrial Organization: Product Service Systems Insight
2018 (English)In: Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN 0959-6526, E-ISSN 1879-1786, Vol. 96, p. 1459-1477Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This literature review puts forward a comparison between the traditional seller, usually represented by classic Industrial Organization (IO) models, and system providers, which are illustrated by Product Service System (PSS) models. A multidisciplinary systematic literature review, that compares PSS and IO models, is conducted, and ends up in to define PSS as a technology. It highlights the differences and similarities between classic IO and classic PSS and evaluate the weakness and strengths of different models. In total, 148 articles from different disciplines have been investigated, and a different understanding of PSS is provided. A new IO framework, that considers classic sellers and PSSs providers, is established to preserve PSS specificities and stress the role of policy maker and competition for PSSs expansion.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2018. Vol. 96, p. 1459-1477
Keywords [en]
Industrial organisation, PSS, marketing, sustainability, cleantech, environment, economic theory, service
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-149459DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.145ISI: 000444364400125Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85049329857OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-149459DiVA, id: diva2:1229941
2018-07-022018-07-022021-06-17Bibliographically approved