Titre : The functional economy as an innovative business model: the original concept at the proof of legitimacy systems 

Auteurs : Benjamin Serra, Nicolas Buclet,  

Revue : Technology and Innovation 

Numéro : Issue 1</br> 

Volume : 5 

Date : 2020/01/13 

DOI : 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0442 

ISSN : 2399-8571 

Résumé : This article proposes a reinterpretation of Orio Giarini and Walter Stahel’s seminal work on the “new service society” [GIA 89] in the broader scientific context that saw the emergence of a plurality of concepts related to the “functional economy”. It analyzes the legitimate foundations of this use-based transactional mode within L. Boltanski and L. Thévenot’s framework on the “Economies of Worth” [BOL 91]. It shows that the co-authors of The Limits to Certainty conceptualized a specific form of exchange that does not fundamentally call into question the industrial-merchant principles of the economic system, but rather tends to bend its devices in order to improve its performance in economic, social and environmental terms. This analysis allows us to highlight the differences and similarities between the principles underlying their original conception and the principles that underlie the constructions developed in its continuum. 

Éditeur : ISTE OpenScience