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Sustainable Furniture that Grows with End-Users

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Bosch, Tim, Verploegen, Karin, Grösser, Stefan N., van Rhijn, Gu·2017·Dynamics of Long-Life Assets
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-45438-2_16
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Economically and environmentally it might be more responsible or even feasible to combine products and services to elongate product lifetime. Gispen, a major office furniture producer in the Netherlands, has embraced circular economic principles to create new business, extend product life time and improve the adaptability of their products. In the Use-it-Wisely (UIW) project two applications were developed. To estimate possible business impacts of adapting a circular economy concept for a company, a dynamic business model simulation has been created by using the system dynamics methodology. And second, Gispen has developed a new Circular Economy Design Framework to support circular product design development. A combination of basic principles to design, upgrade, and reuse products according to circular economy principles are included in the framework as well as a circular life cycle assessment methodology. The development process, non-confidential company results of the tool application and directions for future research are described in this chapter.

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  • Breakeven delays with negative initial cash flow are a common barrier for access- or use-oriented (pay-per-use or leasing) PSS (AR A and B).

    “Breakeven delays with negative initial cash flow for access or use-oriented (pay-per-use or leasing) PSS (AR A and B) [38]”

    From Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems (2019) · cites this paper as [38]

    The Results (section 2.1.2) say that circular-economy assets with long usage cycles generate long delays and high negative initial cash flows in a pay-per-use scenario, making lease models less usable. This supports the barrier described, but the paper’s finding is bounded to long-usage-cycle assets and does not establish that it is common across access- or use-oriented PSS generally. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • Circular economy and product-service systems are indicated as promising approaches to improve the furniture sector.

    “CE and PSS are indicated as promising approaches to this end [34,38,39].”

    From Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems (2019) · cites this paper as [38]

  • This research shows another approach for servitization in the context of CE than that commonly discussed in previous literature: product development initiatives for CE occurring concurrently with the business model development of PSS.

    “Moreover, this research contributes to the literature by showing another approach for servitization in the context of CE than that commonly discussed in previous literature [6,15,38], which addresses the occurrence of product development initiatives for CE concurrently with the business model development of PSS.”

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  • The results of this research are consistent with findings of previous literature, confirming common barriers and favorable conditions for the implementation of circular economy-oriented PSS in the furniture sector.

    “The results of this research are consistent with findings of previous literature [38,39], confirming common barriers or favorable conditions for the implementation of circular economy-oriented PSS in the furniture sector.”

    From Configuring New Business Models for Circular Economy through Product–Service Systems (2019) · cites this paper as [38]

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Authors
Bosch, T., Verploegen, K., Grösser, S. N., & van Rhijn, G.
Affiliations
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL)
  • Bern University of Applied Sciences (CH)
Corresponding author
Bosch, Tim
ORCID
Bosch, Tim
Venue
Dynamics of Long-Life Assets
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published
2017
Pages
303-326
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-45438-2_16
OpenAlex
W2586419737
Cited by
15
References
15
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2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
FWCI
6.02
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
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  • Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen) (acceptedVersion)
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  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Sustainable Design and Development
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
Keywords
circular economy, office furniture, product life extension, product adaptability, system dynamics, product reuse, product upgrading

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