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1. Product-as-a-Service: An accelerator to create an environmentally sustainable closed loop supply chain : (Multiple interview study from a retailer’s perspective)
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO)Abstract : Abstract Purpose: The purpose of the research was to define Product-Service-System (PSS) and Product-as-a- Service (PaaS), identify the challenges and match mitigations with them when closing the supply chain from a B2C retailer’s perspective. The following three research questions were defined: RQ1: How are Product-Service-System and Product-as-a-Service defined and related to the environmental sustainability context? RQ2: What are the challenges that B2C-retailers with a Product-as-a-Service model encounter in regard to closing their supply chain loop? RQ3: How can the closed loop supply chain related challenges that B2C-retailers encounter be mitigated to unfold the environmentally sustainable potential of PaaS business models? Methodology: A systematic literature review was used for defining PaaS and PSS with an environmentally sustainable focus. READ MORE
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2. Cascading Loop Creation : a case study of how digitalisation brings fashion retail product service systems, business partners, and customers together.
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Background – Circular economy (CE) is gaining more and more importance in research, based on the great desire to change the linear fashion economy to a circular. A Product Service System (PSS) can contribute to the achievement of CE, as PSSs, such as take-back or repair services, bring back the garments to the fashion retail company into the CE. READ MORE
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3. Implementing a Take-back Scheme in the Swedish Fashion Industry : a Dynamic Capability Perspective
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Background As of today the textile and fashion industry mainly relies on a linear production model, also referred to as the take-make-waste system. This economy depends solely on the single use of raw materials leaving space for an open-ended production and no intention of salvaging or recovering resources. READ MORE
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4. Obstacles in the textile upcycling chain, a case study of the communication between small-scaled upcycling actors and their processes.
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomiAbstract : Upcycling of textiles is a well-known method to remake worn textiles and decrease the environmental impact coming from the textile industry. Many fast fashion companies have tried to implement upcycling in their own textile value chains to become more circular. READ MORE
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5. Small-Scale Biogas Upgrading System Modeling Tool Development
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : The potential of biogas to decarbonize society depends partially on the success of small-scale systems. Two specific locations where biogas units can be implemented are considered in this study: small farms and small isolated populations. READ MORE
