An exploration of firms’ awareness and behavior of developing circular economy: An empirical research in China

Liu, Yong; Yin, Bo

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.04.002

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“…The eco-industrial park is a specialization of industrial parks in which relationships between business organizations are sought to improve competitive advantage [42,43,51,56]. On one hand, such a strategy, when pursued for increased environmental sustainability, needs coherence, commitment, and a lack of contradictions by policymakers [47,57]. At the same time, it cannot be the only viable strategy to stimulate the development of a circular economy, as it excludes potential cooperation among organizations not within the boundaries of the eco-industrial parks, and also situations in which the concentration of firms in a specifically designed park is not possible.…”

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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Abstract:The transition to a circular economy bodes well for a future of environmentally sustainable growth and economic development. The implications and advantages of a shift to a circular economy have been extensively demonstrated by the literature on the subject. What has not been sufficiently investigated is how this paradigm can be enabled through the inter-organisational cooperation among different business enterprises. In order to illustrate this point, in this paper we aim to contribute to the circular economy debate by describing and discussing such a meta-model of inter-organisational cooperation. The present study is therefore based on the analysis of three cases from an equal number of industries, from which we identified factors of potential impact for the stimulation of cooperation in a circular economy perspective. Last, but not least, we discuss the relations between the case studies and try to formulate all possible implications for both managers and research.

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“…As for customers' behaviour, studies show that customers are not willing to pay more for cleaner products and services [57,58]. The circular economy per se does not necessarily determine an increased cost to the final customer.…”

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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“…Studies on the macro-level of cities [44][45][46], economic areas [47,48], and national and global industries, particularly logistics and waste [7,14,[49][50][51][52], were only included if they informed implementation on the meso-level, as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Other implementation studies focus on reviewing and informing policy [13,16,17,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67], specifically on product design for the CE [8,9,14,[64][65][66] as well as assessments of firms' [67,68], consumers' [69][70][71], and officials' [72] awareness of and attitudes towards the CE's concepts and its components. Two contributions are concerned with business model research [73,74].…”

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“…The fourth goal aims to create and preserve economic, social, and ecological value to maximize ecosystem function and human well-being [1,2,6,15,55,64,68,79,80]. Authors [2,6,15] therefore argue for an integration of the three in the CE and Geng et al [44] claim that the "CE aims for simultaneous positive outcomes for the Chinese economy, society, and the environment" (p. 997) while in reality economic growth and environmental protection might often be conflicting [54].…”

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Supply Chain Configurations in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

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Abstract:As the circular economy (CE) gains traction in literature and practice, several academic communities are opening up spaces that move away from the CE as a pure engineering concept. This systematic literature review (n = 77) analyses and discusses the fragmented body of knowledge on the meso-level of supply chains (SCs): (a) to find common ground that underpins the current implementation of the CE on this level; and (b) to identify drivers, inhibitors, and enablers from which CE SC configurations emerge. The review finds that there remain differences in CE definitions that result from claimed antecedents and scopes, resulting in distinct research streams. On the meso-level, eco-industrial parks, environmental SCs, and closed-loop SCs each face significant challenges. The latter potentially offers the largest environmental benefits but engenders radical changes for business models and exposes SCs to more risk. We firstly argue for moving away from using a prescriptive set of practices as definitions for the CE towards a set of overarching goals to allow for the inclusion of future practices and techniques. Secondly, we highlight that research going beyond the meso-level to consider the wider social and institutional environment is needed to solve current challenges.

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“…Waste is a pressing environmental, social and economic issue. The circular economy approach could transform the function of resources in an economy [9]. Circular economy is an industrial system that is restorative or regenerative by intention and dsesign [4].…”

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Environmental issues elimination through circular economy

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Abstract. Environmental efforts of European Union are currently going towards circular economy. Tools like Extended Producer Responsibility and Eco-design were established. The circular economy deals with resources availability issue on one hand and waste management on the other hand. There are few pioneering companies all over the world with some kind of circular economy practice. Generally the concept is not very wide-spread. The paper aims to evaluate possibility of transition towards circular economy in Slovak industrial companies. They need to have an active approach to material treatment of their products after usage stage. Innovation is another important pre-condition for the transition. Main problem of current cradle to grave system is landfilling of valuable materials after one cycle of usage. Their potential value for next manufacturing cycles is lost. Companies may do not see connection between waste management and material resource prices and volatility of supplies. Municipalities are responsible for municipal waste collection and treatment in Slovakia. The circular economy operates by cradle to cradle principle. Company manages material flow until the material comes back to the beginning of manufacturing process by itself or by another partners. Stable material supplies with quite low costs are provided this way. It is necessary to deal with environmental problems in phase of product design. Questionnaire survey results show on one hand low involvement of industrial companies in waste management area, however on the other hand they are open to environmental innovations in future.

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An exploration of firms’ awareness and behavior of developing circular economy: An empirical research in China

Cited by 257 publications

References 30 publications

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

Supply Chain Configurations in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

Environmental issues elimination through circular economy

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