Citation:
D. Keskin, H. Brezet, J.C. Diehl, Commercializing Sustainable Innovations in the Market through Entrepreneurship, Proceedings of the 1st CIRP Industrial Product-Service Systems (IPS2) Conference, Cranfield University, 1-2 April 2009, pp280
Abstract:
The system innovations for sustainability require changes at multiple-domains (social, cultural, institutional
and technological) and multiple-levels (micro-, meso-, and macro-levels) of the socio-technological system.
From a sustainable production and consumption view, systems innovations can be enhanced through a
PSS strategy at organisational level. This can be achieved through new entrepreneurial entries because of
their potential in commercialising sustainable innovations and consequently bringing the necessary
institutional change that favours such innovations.
This paper aims at investigating how sustainability-driven entrepreneurs enhance the commercialisation of
sustainable PSS and the consequences of this process and the potential role of design in it.
