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  1. 1. Design principles for Product-Service Systems : Using a washing machine as an example

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Adam Lagercrantz Zachrisson; Patrik Marusik; [2023]
    Keywords : Product-Service Systems; Product-as-a-Service; Circular economy; Circular design; Washing machines; Produkt-tjänstesystem; Cirkulär ekonomi; Cirkulär design; Tvättmaskiner;

    Abstract : Product-Service Systems (PSS) represents an emerging paradigm in which products and services are integrated to provide enhanced value to customers. By focusing on the specific context of a washing machine, this project explored the opportunities and challenges associated with designing for PSS. READ MORE

  3. 2. How Can Unit Pricing Be Employed and Improve Municipal Waste Management in Shanghai?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Lan Li; [2020]
    Keywords : Pay As You Throw; Unit Pricing; Municipal Solid Waste Management; Source Separation; Waste Reduction; Recycling Behavior; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : China is on a transition to waste management charging reform and pursuing effective eco-nomic incentives on an individual level. Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT)/Unit pricing is recog-nized as an important and effective means to waste prevention and source segregation ren-dered by the government mostly in the developed countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. How to Fully Obtain the Potential Benefits of a Digital Document Management System – A Guide to Successful Implementation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Axel Söderlund Carlborg; [2017]
    Keywords : Connected Manufacturing; Digitisation; Documentation; Document Management; Industry 4.0; Internet of Things; ISO; ISO 9000; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Background Technological advancements over the last decades have resulted in an increased degree of digitalisation within as well as in between companies around the world. As a result, requirements on companies in general are growing and global competition is steadily increasing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Flexible working as an effective tool of organizational productivity increasing: perspectives of property and staff in Alcatel-Lucent Pte. Ltd.

    University essay from KTH/Bygg- och fastighetsekonomi

    Author : Natalia Petrova; [2011]
    Keywords : Flexible working; open space; dynamic working environment; telecommuting; Alcatel-Lucent; Singapore;

    Abstract : Continuous information technology development changed traditional ways of management and business operations. Nowadays there is a high demand for new innovative business solutions and the ways of managing people that enables to fully elicit their potential. READ MORE

  6. 5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Beata Faracik; [2002]
    Keywords : Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE