Circular economy at the micro level: A dynamic view of incumbents’ struggles and challenges in the textile industry

Franco, María A.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.09.056

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“…So far, the most prominent definition of CE has been provided by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation [3], who defines CE as a "system restorative and regenerative by design, which aims to maintain products, components and materials at their highest utility and value" [2,25,[27][28][29]. The CE concept has its roots in other schools of thought, such as industrial ecology, industrial symbiosis, blue economy, Product-Service System, cradle-to-cradle, and biomimicry [2,27,29,30]. However, the body of knowledge regarding CE is still in its infancy [4].…”

Section: Circular Economymentioning

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“…The micro level highlights the transition towards CE made by a single company [29]. At the meso level, the focus of the study is extended from the single company to comprise inter-firm collaboration through industrial symbiosis, in order to establish so-called eco-industrial parks [24].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In their study, Cheng, Barton, and Prabhu [57] have pointed out the crucial role of sensors like radio frequency identification (RFID) in tracing spare parts. Consequently, the IoT technology may also support material tracking [6,29], playing a crucial role and contributing greatly to the collection of end-of-life products and waste management [5], thus helping to close the loop through reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Given the exploratory nature of the research and the fact that the body of knowledge about CE is in its infancy [4,29], a case study was considered as the most suitable methodology for the empirical investigation [59]. In fact, case studies allow "how" questions to be answered with a relatively full understanding of the complexity and nature of the phenomenon [60].…”

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Exploring How Usage-Focused Business Models Enable Circular Economy through Digital Technologies

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Recent studies advocate that digital technologies are key enabling factors for the introduction of servitized business models. At the same time, these technologies support the implementation of the circular economy (CE) paradigm into businesses. Despite this general agreement, the literature still overlooks how digital technologies enable such a CE transition. To fill the gap, this paper develops a conceptual framework, based on the literature and a case study of a company implementing a usage-focused servitized business model in the household appliance industry. This study focuses on the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, and analytics, and identifies eight specific functionalities enabled by such technologies (improving product design, attracting target customers, monitoring and tracking product activity, providing technical support, providing preventive and predictive maintenance, optimizing the product usage, upgrading the product, enhancing renovation and end-of-life activities). By investigating how these functionalities affect three CE value drivers (increasing resource efficiency, extending lifespan, and closing the loop), the conceptual framework developed in this paper advances knowledge about the role of digital technologies as an enabler of the CE within usage-focused business models. Finally, this study shows how digital technologies help overcome the drawback of usage-focused business models for the adoption of CE pointed out by previous literature.

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“…Further interest in resource productivity appears in the literature review of [64] from Environmental Policy and Economics, which is a sink to literature reviews published in 2017 and a source to [65]. The latter is the first study in the Main Path to focus on metrics measuring products' circularity and is a source to the [4,66] from Business and Economics focuses on supply chain in a CE context and is a sink and a source to three conceptual papers. [67] addresses building theoretical foundation for circular chemical industry in China and is a sink to [2] and a source to [63].…”

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A Systematic Literature Network Analysis of Existing Themes and Emerging Research Trends in Circular Economy

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The debate about Circular Economy (CE) has been increasingly enriched by academics through a vast array of contributions, based on several theoretical perspectives and emanating from several research domains. However, current research still falls short of providing a holistic and broader view of CE, one that combines existing themes and emerging research trends. Accordingly, based on a Systematic Literature Network Analysis, this paper tackles this gap. First, a Citation Network Analysis is used to unearth the development of the CE literature based on papers' references, whilst the Main Path is traced to detect the seminal papers in the field through time. Second, to consider the literature in its broader extent, a Keywords Co-Occurrence Network Analysis is conducted based on papers' keywords, whereby all papers in the dataset, including the non-cited papers, are assessed. Additionally, a Global Citation Score analysis is conducted to uncover the recent breakthrough research, in addition to the Burst Analysis used to detect the dynamic development of CE literature over time. By doing so, the paper explores the development of the CE body of knowledge, reveals its dynamic evolution over time, detects its main theoretical perspectives and research domains, and highlights its emerging topics. Our findings unfold the evidence of eight main trends of research about CE, unearth the path through which the CE concept emerged and has been growing, and concludes with promising avenues for future research.Sustainability 2020, 12, 1633 2 of 24 of CE, we explore the process of knowledge conception, dissemination and progress through a dynamic lens, with the aim to unearth its ongoing evolution. Accordingly, our main research question is: What are the existing themes and emerging research trends in Circular Economy?With this aim, we conduct a Systematic Literature Network Analysis (SLNA), which consists of a novel literature review method based on a dynamic approach that allows for uncovering how academics have addressed a specific topic over time since its early appearance. In other words, the SLNA results would complement the already existing systematic literature reviews about CE, in the sense that they supplement the reader with a synthesis of the dynamic development of the field, and a set of CE research development themes based on objective measurements.Scholars designed the SLNA as a quantitative-based method that builds on both systematic literature review and bibliographic network analysis [8]. The SLNA allows for embracing the knowledge of a field in its broader view and inherent value by identifying the main paths and key issues shaping its growth in a more rigorous way compared to conventional literature reviews [9]. Indeed, a conventional literature review usually relies on content analyses, which omit the dynamic evolution of the research. Moreover, the selection and categorization of literature relies on subjective, rather than objective tools. On the contrary, the SLNA relies on objective tools and algorithms (e...

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Circular economy at the micro level: A dynamic view of incumbents’ struggles and challenges in the textile industry

Cited by 340 publications

References 53 publications

Exploring How Usage-Focused Business Models Enable Circular Economy through Digital Technologies

Exploring How Usage-Focused Business Models Enable Circular Economy through Digital Technologies

A Systematic Literature Network Analysis of Existing Themes and Emerging Research Trends in Circular Economy

When Fashion Brands Try to Adopt a Circular Economy

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