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M. Aurisicchio et al.
MSSs as new business models for materials that need circular management; map and
address the technical, social and business challenges posed by resources in supply
chains based on MSSs; and understand how MSSs would disrupt current business
models and supply chains.
7.6 Conclusions
MSSs introduce new business models, in which material suppliers sell material
performance as a service to producers, who, in turn, sell access to products to
consumers. MSSs can help secure resources as material suppliers retain ownership
of the materials embodied in products contributing to treating resources as banks and
guaranteeing a future supply. MSSs have the potential to contribute to a paradigm
shift in existing thinking about material resource management, leading to new and
disruptive business models and accelerating the shift towards a structural change in
consumption systems for a circular economy. Research on MSSs is ambitious and
risky, but it has high potential to produce findings that could be transformative for
industrial ecology and our society.
References
Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E (2011) Material efficiency: a white paper. Resour
Conserv Recycl 55:362–381
Baxter WL, Aurisicchio M (2018) Ownership by design. In: Peck J, Shu S (eds) Psychological
ownership and consumer behavior. Springer, Cham, pp 119–134
Baxter WL, Aurisicchio M, Childs PRN (2015) A psychological ownership approach to designing
object attachment. J Eng Des 26:140–156
Bocken NMP, Short SW, Rana P, Evans S (2014) A literature and practice review to develop
sustainable business model archetypes. J Clean Prod 65:42–56
Bocken NMP, de Pauw I, Bakker C, van der Grinten B (2016) Product design and business model
strategies for a circular economy. J Ind Prod Eng 33:308–320
Ceschin F (2013) Critical factors for implementing and diffusing sustainable product-Service
systems: insights from innovation studies and companies’ experiences. J Clean Prod 45:74–88
Corbin L, Gladek E, Tooze J (2018) Materials Demcoracy: an action plan for realising a redistributed
materials economy. Mak Futur 5:1–30
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2015) Towards a circular economy: business rationale for an
accelerated transition
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2019) New plastics economy global commitment
Gregson N, Crang M, Fuller S, Holmes H (2015) Interrogating the circular economy: the moral
economy of resource recovery in the EU. Econ Soc 44:218–243
Krikke H, Hofenk D, Wang Y (2013) Revealing an invisible giant: a comprehensive survey into
return practices within original (closed-loop) supply chains. Resour Conserv Recycl 73:239–250
Lüdeke-Freund F, Gold S, Bocken NMP (2019) A review and typology of circular economy business
model patterns. J Ind Ecol 23:36–61
McAloone TC, Pigosso DCA (2018) Designing product service systems for a circular economy. In:
Charter M (ed) Designing for the circular economy. Routledge, pp 102–112
M. Aurisicchio et al.
MSSs as new business models for materials that need circular management; map and
address the technical, social and business challenges posed by resources in supply
chains based on MSSs; and understand how MSSs would disrupt current business
models and supply chains.
7.6 Conclusions
MSSs introduce new business models, in which material suppliers sell material
performance as a service to producers, who, in turn, sell access to products to
consumers. MSSs can help secure resources as material suppliers retain ownership
of the materials embodied in products contributing to treating resources as banks and
guaranteeing a future supply. MSSs have the potential to contribute to a paradigm
shift in existing thinking about material resource management, leading to new and
disruptive business models and accelerating the shift towards a structural change in
consumption systems for a circular economy. Research on MSSs is ambitious and
risky, but it has high potential to produce findings that could be transformative for
industrial ecology and our society.
References
Allwood JM, Ashby MF, Gutowski TG, Worrell E (2011) Material efficiency: a white paper. Resour
Conserv Recycl 55:362–381
Baxter WL, Aurisicchio M (2018) Ownership by design. In: Peck J, Shu S (eds) Psychological
ownership and consumer behavior. Springer, Cham, pp 119–134
Baxter WL, Aurisicchio M, Childs PRN (2015) A psychological ownership approach to designing
object attachment. J Eng Des 26:140–156
Bocken NMP, Short SW, Rana P, Evans S (2014) A literature and practice review to develop
sustainable business model archetypes. J Clean Prod 65:42–56
Bocken NMP, de Pauw I, Bakker C, van der Grinten B (2016) Product design and business model
strategies for a circular economy. J Ind Prod Eng 33:308–320
Ceschin F (2013) Critical factors for implementing and diffusing sustainable product-Service
systems: insights from innovation studies and companies’ experiences. J Clean Prod 45:74–88
Corbin L, Gladek E, Tooze J (2018) Materials Demcoracy: an action plan for realising a redistributed
materials economy. Mak Futur 5:1–30
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2015) Towards a circular economy: business rationale for an
accelerated transition
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (2019) New plastics economy global commitment
Gregson N, Crang M, Fuller S, Holmes H (2015) Interrogating the circular economy: the moral
economy of resource recovery in the EU. Econ Soc 44:218–243
Krikke H, Hofenk D, Wang Y (2013) Revealing an invisible giant: a comprehensive survey into
return practices within original (closed-loop) supply chains. Resour Conserv Recycl 73:239–250
Lüdeke-Freund F, Gold S, Bocken NMP (2019) A review and typology of circular economy business
model patterns. J Ind Ecol 23:36–61
McAloone TC, Pigosso DCA (2018) Designing product service systems for a circular economy. In:
Charter M (ed) Designing for the circular economy. Routledge, pp 102–112