Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Green Product Lifecycle and Services: Is There a Gap?

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Information Technology in Environmental Engineering

Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering ((ENVENG))

  • 911 Accesses

Abstract

IT Products are often bundled with services. One reason is the development of business structures within the industry nations. The Service enhance by its significance, while the production is transferred to other countries. This change has a great impact to the lifecycle of products. It is an open question, if this development has a positive effect to sustainability or if new problems arise. This chapter discusses alterations to the Product Lifecycle in order to consider the impact of Services to sustainability.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Palevich R (2012) The lean sustainable supply chain. FT Press, Upper Saddle River

    Google Scholar 

  2. Corsten H, Roth S (eds) (2011) Nachhaltigkeit—unternehmerisches Handeln in globaler Verantwortung. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden

    Google Scholar 

  3. Microsoft (2013) Microsoft support lifecycle, http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-gb&C2=1173, last visited 02/17/2013

  4. Bach N, Brehm C, Buchholz W, Petry T (2012) Wertschöpfungsorientierte organisation. Gabler, Wiesbaden

    Google Scholar 

  5. Arar Yardena (2001) Windows XP to ship October 25, http://www.pcworld.com/article/49606/article.html,lastvisited:02/17/2013

  6. Brenner W, Wenger R (eds) (2007) Elektronische Beschaffung, Stand und Entwicklungstendenzen. Springer, Berlin

    Google Scholar 

  7. EU (2013) Anteil der Arbeitskräfte in den Bereichen Landwirtschaft, Industrie und Dienstleistungen, EU-27 (1998 und 2009), http://europa.eu/about-eu/facts-figures/tables/workforce_employed_in_agriculture_de.htm, last visited: 02/11/2013

  8. Skousen M (2007) The big three in economics. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York

    Google Scholar 

  9. Dimitratos P, Jones MV (eds) (2010) Resources, Efficiency and Globalization. Palgrave MacMillan, London

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Volkswagen AG, Berliner Ring 2, 38440, Wolfsburg, Germany

    Timo R. H. von der Dovenmühle & Klaas Schmidt

Authors
  1. Timo R. H. von der Dovenmühle
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Klaas Schmidt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Timo R. H. von der Dovenmühle .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Business & Economics, Institute of Electronic Business Process, Lüneburg, Germany

    Burkhardt Funk

  2. Institute of Electronic Business Process, Lüneburg, Germany

    Peter Niemeyer

  3. Department für Informatik Abt. Wirtschaftsinformatik I, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

    Jorge Marx Gómez

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2014 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

von der Dovenmühle, T.R.H., Schmidt, K. (2014). The Green Product Lifecycle and Services: Is There a Gap?. In: Funk, B., Niemeyer, P., Gómez, J. (eds) Information Technology in Environmental Engineering. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36011-4_14

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation