02252nas a2200313   4500000000100000008004100001260005600042653002100098653001900119653002000138653002500158653002700183653001800210653001800228653001900246653001900265100001700284700002000301700001700321700002200338700001900360700001700379700002000396700002000416245008300436856004700519520135000566020002201916       2023                            d  c11/2022bSpringer International PublishingaHamburg10acircular economy10aclimate change10adigital devices10aenvironmental impact10aplatform cooperativism10apublic policy10asocial impact10asoftware tools10asustainability1 aMireia Roura1 aLeandro Navarro1 aRoc Meseguer1 aVolker Wohlgemuth1 aStefan Naumann1 aGrit Behrens1 aHans-Knud Arndt1 aMaximilian Höb00aProperty Rights in Servitisation: A Practical Assessment with Reused Computers  u/sites/default/files/dsg/Enviroinfo-22.pdf3 aThe circular economy of computers is about producing fewer, more durable and reusable products while investing in expanding their life span through a functional service economy. Reuse is often mentioned as a sustainable solution to linear consumption’s negative impacts. Shared ownership has potential advantages in life span extension computers over individual ownership. Moreover, it allows understanding how computers are used during their reuse phase to estimate lifecycle impacts and evaluate circular business models. This paper aims to identify specific success factors and barriers for shared property in four empirical cases of reused and servitised computers launched by eReuse, a collaborative computer reuse platform in Barcelona. The scope of the study is the impact of reused computers under different ownership-sharing scenarios and roles involved. Ethnographic action research and quantitative data help us analyse to what extent shared ownership models manage to lengthen the life span of computers and what roles and life extension strategies are beneficial to its optimal functionality. We found that roles as maintainers or activities such as product and software upgrading are essential to ensuring the dynamism and flexibility required to keep computers functional for an extended lifespan under a shared ownership model.  a978-3-031-18311-9