For about two decades, mass customization (MC) is considered as a proper business model for the markets characterized by heterogeneous needs of customers. It can be considered as a win-win strategy that benefits both customers and companies. However, when it comes to environmental impacts of MC, things are less clear and more challenging. This paper aims at investigating how a MC business model performs in terms of environmental sustainability based on an empirical analysis.

Is Sustainable Mass Customization an Oxymoron? An Empirical Study to Analyze the Environmental Impacts of a MC Business Model

2014

Abstract

For about two decades, mass customization (MC) is considered as a proper business model for the markets characterized by heterogeneous needs of customers. It can be considered as a win-win strategy that benefits both customers and companies. However, when it comes to environmental impacts of MC, things are less clear and more challenging. This paper aims at investigating how a MC business model performs in terms of environmental sustainability based on an empirical analysis.
2014
Istituto di Sistemi e Tecnologie Industriali Intelligenti per il Manifatturiero Avanzato - STIIMA (ex ITIA)
978-3-319-04270-1
Mass customization
Sustainability
Business model
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