The themes of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and organizing
Life-Cycle Assessment and SOI
The life cycle dimension refers to the physical life cycle of a product from resources extraction to end-of-life treatment. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has become a major research field in literature (Kloeppfer, 2008; Mont, 2004; Spille - maeckers & Vanhoutte, 2006), though it also has some limitations (Schaltegger, 1997). Whilst the emphasis in life-cycle assessment has been on environmental considerations, integrated sustainability analysis has gained research attention as well (Spillemaeckers & Vanhoutte, 2006). Table 1 shows a matrix based on the life-cycle dimension and the triple-bottom line.
