New Business for Old Europe: Product-Service Development, Competitiveness and Sustainability

by Arnold Tukker (Editor), Ursula Tischner (Editor)

Overview

Explores the business drivers for embarking on product-service development and its relation with sustainability and competitiveness. This book reviews toolkits and approaches, selects best practice, analyzes gaps, examines what opportunities there are in a variety of key areas and translates the lessons into suggested approaches for companies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781874719922
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Arnold Tukker, Ursula Tischner

Table of Contents

Foreword Bas de Leeuw, UNEP DTIE, France Part I: Product-services: The context1. Introduction Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands Part II: Fundamentals concerning competitiveness and sustainability2. Product-services: A specific value proposition Arnold Tukker and Christiaan van den Berg, TNO, The Netherlands, and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany 3. Product-services and competitiveness Arnold Tukker and Christiaan van den Berg, TNO, The Netherlands 4. Product-services and sustainability Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands, and Ursula Tischner and Martijn Verkuijl, econcept, Germany Part III: Product-service development5. The toolbox for product-service development Martijn Verkuijl and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany, and Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands Part IV: Potential for product-services in five need areas6. Introduction to the need area-specific chapters Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands 7. Need area 1: Base materials Rui Fraz8. Need area 2: Information and communication technologiesMartin Charter, Graham Adams and Tom Clark, Centre for Sustainable Design, UK9. Need area 3: OfficesMartijn Verkuijl and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany10. Need area 4: FoodErik Tempelman, Peter Joore, Tom van der Horst and Helma Luiten, TNO, The Netherlands11. Need area 5: HouseholdsAn Vercalsteren and Theo Geerken, VITO, BelgiumPart V: Reflections and conclusions12. Towards an integrated approach to PSS designUrsula Tischner, econcept, Germany, and Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands13. ConclusionsArnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands, and Ursula Tischner, econcept, GermanyAnnex 1: A practical guide for PSS developmentUrsula Tischner, econcept, Germany, and Arnold Tukker, TNO, The NetherlandsAnnex 2: tools, alphabeticalMartijn Verkuijl and Ursula Tischner, econcept, Germany, and Arnold Tukker, TNO, The Netherlands