Circular business models: Current aspects that influence implementation and unaddressed subjects

Salvador, Rodrigo; Barros, Murillo Vetroni; Luz, Leila Mendes da; Piekarski, Cassiano Moro; Francisco, Antônio Carlos de

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119555

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“…Despite this, the potential significance of social enterprise as a business form (in legal, financial and cultural terms) does not currently seem to be appreciated in the literature on CBM. It did not feature amongst the significant terms constituting the field generated by the bibliometric analysis within a systematic literature review of the field [56]. This means that although sharing and circular business models may be increasingly understood as physical resource use systems and as market structures, the role played by business form and organizational culture risks being under-appreciated.…”

Section: Social Enterprisementioning

confidence: 99%

Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things

2020

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Over the last decade there has been increasing interest in the concept of the sharing economy, which replaces the focus on individual ownership with a focus on access to goods and services through borrowing, hiring or sharing. This study investigates the efficacy of extending the library concept to include more items, such as those that are used infrequently. The aim is to explore how Libraries of Things (LoTs) operate and the potential to broaden their appeal, reach and sustainability. This study adopts a multiple case study method to provide a snapshot of six LoTs in the UK. Findings indicate that all LoTs shared common environmental and social values, with the most prevalent values being to use the library concept to reduce resource use and waste and to enable more equitable access to goods. All relied on volunteers and public support, in the form of free or discounted space and none were yet economically self-sufficient. This poses important questions about the future for LoTs and whether they could or even should, transition towards the mainstream to make a more substantive contribution to creating a more socially equitable and environmentally sustainable economy.

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Section: Social Enterprisementioning

confidence: 99%

Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things

2020

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“…Although this process is aimed at creating positive organizational and environmental impacts, CE-oriented BMI may be associated with a high level of uncertainty, challenges and complexity. For instance, some authors (Tura et al, 2017;Linder and Williander, 2017;Evans et al, 2017;Salvador et al, 2019) have focused on the barriers and drivers of CBMs implementation. Finally, existing differences between sectors of the economy require a different application of CE-oriented innovations.…”

Section: From Business Models To Circular Business Modelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It has been argued by e.g. (Linder and Williander, 2017) (Salvador et al, 2019), that since producers maintain the ownership over the product, the return flow of used goods is facilitated, hence these businesses support the practices of repair, remanufacturing, upgrading, recycling.…”

Section: Business Models Based On Circular Usementioning

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Which Innovations for a Circular Business Model? A Product Life-Cycle Approach

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D’Amato

2020

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“…More specifically, closing material flows involves transforming outputs into inputs (i.e., from waste into secondary raw materials) [4]. Slowing material flows refers to reducing the time that it takes products, materials and components to exit the economic system and become waste, which can be achieved by maximizing and preserving their value [5]. Lastly, narrowing material flows can be interpreted in two ways: from the production side, it refers to increasing material efficiency of products and services [6].…”

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“…A transition towards a CE requires systemic changes in the systems of production and consumption, including social practices such as regulations, norms and consumption patterns [7]. Circular Business Models (CBMs) are considered a tool for planning, organizing and implementing circularity at the firm level [5]. This makes them particularly appealing to the private sector due to their potential for reconciling circularity (i.e., narrowing, slowing and closing resource flows) and commercial value creation [8].…”

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Exploring Paradoxical Tensions in Circular Business Models—Cases from North Europe

Morales

2020

Sustainability

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Circular Business Models (CBMs) are a tool that allows private sector organizations to reconcile circularity (i.e., narrowing, slowing and closing resource flows) and commercial value creation. However, these two elements are not always aligned; they can be contradictory. This makes the relationship between circularity and commercial value creation, in the context of CBMs, a paradoxical tension. These types of tensions are particularly challenging since the elements that create the tension cannot be removed, instead, both elements must remain in place and the tension between them must be continuously managed. This article explores the main paradoxical tensions and management strategies in the context of CBMs through an integrative literature review as well as an empirical study. The integrative review helped identify three literature streams that provide key insights regarding paradoxical tensions of CBMs, namely corporate sustainability, servitization and circular economy. The empirical study suggested six paradoxical tensions inherent to CBMs: (1) using waste as a resource; (2) design of circular products; (3) improving aesthetics of used products; (4) matching supply and demand; (5) Balancing costs in circular activities; and (6) managing resistance from the value chain. The findings from the literature review as well as the empirical study are compared and discussed. Overall, this article sheds light on the paradoxical tension between circularity and commercial value creation that sits at the core of CBMs as well as the potential managerial strategies suitable for dealing with this tension.

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Circular business models: Current aspects that influence implementation and unaddressed subjects

Cited by 115 publications

References 130 publications

Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things

Access Over Ownership: Case Studies of Libraries of Things

Which Innovations for a Circular Business Model? A Product Life-Cycle Approach

Exploring Paradoxical Tensions in Circular Business Models—Cases from North Europe

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