Manufacturers aim to design product-service systems (PSS) which integrate services with products to attain sustained competitive advantage from a life cycle perspective. PSS design should be customised solutions which are aligned to integrated stakeholders' capabilities, a subject which the...

Doubts have long existed whether an equitable mortgagee possesses a power of sale, in the absence of a court order. Furthermore, it has been unclear whether an equitable mortgagee can sell only the equitable legal estate which has been mortgaged, or the entire legal and equitable estate. The...

The Circular Economy is increasingly seen as a possible solution to address sustainable development. An economic system that minimises resource input into and waste, emission, and energy leakage out of the system is hoped to mitigate negative impacts without jeopardising growth and prosperity....

The capability to rapidly and successfully move into new business models is an important source of sustainable competitive advantage and a key leverage to improve the sustainability performance of organisations. However, research suggests that many business model innovations fail. Despite the...

Manufacturers aim to design product-service systems (PSS) which integrate services with products to attain sustained competitive advantage from a life cycle perspective. PSS design should be customised solutions which are aligned to integrated stakeholders' capabilities, a subject which the...

Business model innovation is increasingly recognised to be a central part of strategic management that generates the decisive competitive advantages for a growing number of organisations. This is particularly relevant in the areas of corporate sustainability strategy and sustainable...

Organisations increasingly understand that meeting their sustainability ambitions does not only require new technologies, but innovation on the business model level. To facilitate the design of more sustainable business models, a range of new tools and techniques have been developed. While this...

This article looks at the growing trend for disappointed beneficiaries to challenge testator's testamentary provisions, and examines the case of Larke v. Nugus, which confirmed that a solicitor's professional duty is to supply information surrounding the execution of a will to those who might...

This article considers the formality for a testator to make a valid will, and discusses how readily a testator's wishes can be ignored after death when he is no longer capable of expressing them. It looks then at the means by which a will can be made for someone who lacks mental capacity to do...