Sustainable product innovation : entrepreneurship for human well-being

Detailing sustainability challenges facing our global society in the 21st century, this unique text makes a well-supported business case for sustainable product development. --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Rafinejad, Dariush, 1943- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Plantation, FL : J. Ross Publishing, Inc., [2017]
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781604277883
1604277882
1604271477
9781604271478
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • The sustainability challenge
  • Transition toward sustainable development and business strategy
  • Sustainability frameworks and industrial ecology
  • Life-cycle assessment
  • Technology and product strategy
  • The product development and commercialization process
  • User-inspired innovation and design thinking : user-need research
  • Design for excellence and sustainability
  • Design for end-of-life management : a zero-waste strategy
  • Public policy and building inherent safety by design
  • Sustainability standards and product ratings
  • Decision analysis and modeling in product development : system dynamics modeling
  • Return on investment : intellectual property protection.