PSS for the BoP: A Review from DfS to Sustainable Business Model

PSS pour la BoP: Une revue de DfS à Business Model Durable.

Eduardo Méndez-León (1) , Tatiana Reyes-Carrillo (1) , René Díaz-Pichardo (2)

1 CREIDD - Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes Interdisciplinaires sur le Développement Durable
2 Groupe ESC Troyes en Champagne

The domains of Design and Business have provided useful and practical information for the complex problems faced at the BoP. Autonomous propositions of innovation and strategy were respectively developed by both areas of knowledge. Nowadays, they are converging on a new and interesting research topic called Sustainable Business Model. The aim of this article, through a narrative literature review, is to understand the evolution of PSS from two different but complementary approaches as well as to identify the topics that have permanently shaped the PSS research in search of sustainable value proposals for the BoP.

Keywords: Design for Sustainability; Sustainable Business Models; PSS; Base of the Pyramid; Value

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environmental and Society; Humanities and Social Sciences; Business administration

Eduardo Méndez-León, Tatiana Reyes-Carrillo, René Díaz-Pichardo. PSS for the BoP: A Review from DfS to Sustainable Business Model. EcoDesign 2019: 11th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Nov 2019, Yokohama, Japan. ⟨hal-02435850⟩