Market information in life cycle assessment
Table 6.3 The consequence of the three default cultural perspectives on the
assumptions used in LCA system delimitation
Cultural perspective:
Default assumptions
regarding:
Individualist
Hierarchist
Egalitarian
Ties between companies Few
Forced
Many
Market segmentation
Low willingness to
substitute very
different products
Substitution may be
forced when necessary
High willingness to
substitute very different
products
Geographical markets
Global trade only
restricted by transport
costs and availability
Regulated markets
Localised markets
Market trend
Growing
Controlled growth
Stagnating to
decreasing
Production constraints
Only for co-products
with a low value
relative to the
remaining co-products
from the same
process
Quotas apply
Strict quotas apply
Important factors for
decisions on capital
investment
Competitiveness,
mainly determined by
labour costs and skills
required
Externalities included
in decisions
Production costs play a
minor role for
decisions
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