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dc.contributor.authorCatulli, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorReed, Nick
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T22:07:44Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T22:07:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-07-11
dc.identifier.citationCatulli , M & Reed , N 2017 , ' A Personal Construct Psychology based investigation into a Product Service System for renting pushchairs to consumers ' , Business Strategy and the Environment , vol. 26 , no. 5 , pp. 656-671 . https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.1944
dc.identifier.issn0964-4733
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2326-9446/work/150046720
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/19638
dc.descriptionThis is the peer-reviewed version of the following article: Maurizio Catulli and Nick Reed, ‘A Personal Construct Psychology Based Investigation Into a Product Service System for Renting Pushchairs to Consumers’, Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 26(5): 656-671, February 2017, which has been published in final form at DOI: 10.1002/bse.1944. Under embargo. Embargo end date: 1 February 2019. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores how consumers construe a Product Service System (PSS) for the supply of pushchairs. A PSS is a system of products, services, networks of actors and supporting infrastructure designed to be more sustainable than traditional business models. PSS face an implementation challenge in consumer markets and this case based research explores some reasons for this. The study applies Personal Construct Psychology (in particular, Repertory Grid Technique) which has not previously been used in relation to researching PSS. Results suggest that PSS might be difficult to implement in relation to pushchairs. Renting pre-used equipment may meet resistance because of a perceived risk that acquisition by this means might endanger infants. Participants in the study construed buying new products from specialist infant product shops as being the best way of acquiring them. Accordingly PSS providers may, for instance, have to implement certified quality assurance processes in order to reassure consumers.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofBusiness Strategy and the Environment
dc.subjectpersonal construct psychology
dc.subjectproduct service systems
dc.subjectpushchairs
dc.subjectsustainable consumption
dc.subjectrepertory grid technique
dc.titleA Personal Construct Psychology based investigation into a Product Service System for renting pushchairs to consumersen
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research on Management, Economy and Society
dc.contributor.institutionHertfordshire Business School
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology
dc.contributor.institutionHealth and Clinical Psychology Research Group
dc.contributor.institutionBehaviour Change in Health and Business
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Psychology and Sports Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Research in Psychology and Sport Sciences
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2019-02-01
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