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Resource-miser business models

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  • Walter R. Stahel

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In 1994, the 'Factor 10-Club' was founded to draw the attention of engineers and society at large to the need to dematerialise the economies of industrialised countries by 90%, or a Factor 10. This ecology-based approach neglected the need for new business models. Around the year 2000, a new political vision of sustainable growth was formulated that was more influenced by economists and policy makers, that is still struggling today. The main challenge of resource efficiency is a change in the economic mindset that goes with it, from the industrial economy of production optimisation to a service economy optimising the performance of goods in utilisation. This paper sketches some of this challenge.

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  • Walter R. Stahel, 2007. "Resource-miser business models," International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(5/6), pages 483-495.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijetma:v:7:y:2007:i:5/6:p:483-495
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    1. Julia L. K. Nußholz, 2017. "Circular Business Models: Defining a Concept and Framing an Emerging Research Field," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(10), pages 1-16, October.
    2. Rémi Beulque & Franck Aggeri, 2015. "Circular economy at the glance of business models - learnings from automotive end-of-life - XXIVth International Conference on Strategic Management [L’économie circulaire au prisme des business mod," Post-Print hal-01168201, HAL.
    3. Florian Lüdeke‐Freund & Stefan Gold & Nancy M. P. Bocken, 2019. "A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 23(1), pages 36-61, February.
    4. Tomasz Rokicki & Aleksandra Perkowska & Bogdan Klepacki & Hubert Szczepaniuk & Edyta Karolina Szczepaniuk & Stanisław Bereziński & Paulina Ziółkowska, 2020. "The Importance of Higher Education in the EU Countries in Achieving the Objectives of the Circular Economy in the Energy Sector," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-17, August.

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