Circular economy is a strategy for sustainable production and waste management. However,
a definition of reliable metrics to evaluate its performance and identification of conditions in …

Abstract Product-Service Systems (PSS) are widely recognised as promising models for
increasing circularity and sustainability in business, but the extent to which they contribute to …

This introductory paper to the special issue “Circular economy and sustainability: The role of
technology, producers, consumers and policy” serves three main goals. The first one is to …

The digital sharing economy is commonly thought to promote sustainable consumption and
improve material efficiency through better utilization of existing product stocks. However, the …

Business model (BM) innovation for sustainability is hampered by a lack of tools for
environmental assessment and guidance at the BM level. Conventional life cycle …

This paper introduces business model life cycle assessment (BM-LCA), a new method for
quantifying the environmental impacts of business models. Such a method is needed to …

This study adds to the existing literature on the sharing economy by critically evaluating its
macro-level impacts and those of technological innovation on sustainability in the United …

Durability has become a valuable design aspect for designers, manufacturers, service
providers, and end-of-life actors. Nowadays, developing products for new business models …

Despite the widely recognized potential of product‐as‐a‐service (PaaS) business models to
contribute to the circular economy, many industrial case studies have reported that several …

Product service systems (PSS) are an example of a novel business model billed as having
the potential to significantly reduce the environmental burdens of production and …