@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0440, 

TITLE={Product-service systems as transition enablers for industrial economies}, 
  
AUTHOR={Blandine Laperche, Céline Merlin-Brogniart, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, 
	
VOLUME={5}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1</br>}, 
	
YEAR={2020}, 

URL={http://openscience.fr/Product-service-systems-as-transition-enablers-for-industrial-economies}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0440}, 
	
ISSN={2399-8571}, 
	
ABSTRACT={This article introduces Technologie et Innovation’s special issue on product-service systems (PSS). It examines the origin of the term, presents its topicality through some bibliometric elements, and introduces the main current debates. Product-service systems illustrate the tertiarization of industrial economies, and emphasize the complementarity between goods and services. While the development of services by industry is a relatively old phenomenon, it is currently increasing for economic and environmental reasons. This new topicality can be observed in the significant increase in the number of articles published using this term since the early 2000s. Three main themes characterize the current debates: the environmental impacts of SPS (circular economy), the link between SPS and the functional economy, and the conditions for the production and dissemination of SPS. This special issue contributes to these debates.}}