Implications of an interpretive understanding of LCA practice
研究发现，行业采用生命周期评估（LCA）更多受个人偏好和偶然事件影响，而非传统认为的区位和行业等结构性因素，这对推动LCA应用有重要启示。
Abstract Despite the desirability of a life cycle perspective and many attempts to facilitate life cycle assessment (LCA), industry has been relatively slow to adopt LCA. In this research, we thus set out to investigate the underpinnings of LCA practice in industry. A literature review shows that the present understanding is that ‘structural’ conditions such as location and sector determine the use of LCA in industry. However, a field study of two companies in the Swedish forest product industry (thus in the same sector and country) indicates that LCA practice is shaped more by individual preferences and chance events. Our results imply a more interpretive understanding of LCA practice than has been put forward by previous research. The two types of understanding are discussed and their implications for practitioners in industry, organizations promoting the use of LCA and further research are presented. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.