Circular economy in Italian SMEs: A multi-method study

Mura, Matteo; Longo, Mariolina; Zanni, Sara

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118821

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“…Braun et al (2018) stated that the lack of government support and bureaucracy burden is the barrier for enterprises to implement the CE. Mura, Longo, and Zanni (2020) have highlighted the difficulties related to bureaucracy as a barrier in the CE practices, especially for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises, on issues related to waste and water regulations. Jia et al (2018) described the inadequacy of political support in an emerging economy, Bangladesh.…”

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Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

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The transition to the circular economy (CE) creates value through the closed‐loop systems, reverse logistics, product life cycle management, and clean production in terms of corporate environmental management. During this transition process, the organization faces many barriers such as financial, organizational, technology‐based, social, policy‐related, market‐based, and logistics‐based barriers. The objectives of this study are to propose a framework highlighting policy‐related barriers for a supply chain in the transition to CE and finally discuss potential implications on enhancing corporate environmental performance of a business. Further, this study evaluates the causal relationships between the policy‐related barriers using fuzzy Decision‐Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) method. The application was conducted in an apparel firm in Turkey. From findings, lack of legislation for efficient CE (C4), lack of mandatory requirements and responsibilities for manufacturers/suppliers for the CE (C17), and lack of government support for environmentally friendly policies (C2) are revealed as the most important barriers, respectively. It is found that lack of attitude and awareness about CE in government institutions (C19) is the most influencing factor, whereas lack of effective recycling policies to achieve quality in waste management (C8) is the most influenced factor. The recommendations were developed for enhancing the corporate environmental performance of businesses through incentives and unique rewards, improving communication among stakeholders, the government's perception of CE and current linear economy, cooperation with nongovernmental organization (NGOs) and civil actions, the vision of government towards circular principles, the circular public procurement, the local governments in circular policymaking, and awareness of bureaucracy and government officials.

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“…Small-and medium-scale enterprises were another category mentioned in 4% of the total publications. These papers reviewed the possibilities of transitioning from a linear economy to a circular economy in this type of businesses particularly in Europe with Italy and Spain as case studies [44][45][46]. Other range of industries mentioned in the papers used in the study included clothing and textile, mining, construction, transportation and logistics, tourism and electronics, e.g.…”

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A Review of Circular Economy Studies in Developed Countries and Its Potential Adoption in Developing Countries

Halog

Anieke

2021

Circ.Econ.Sust.

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Global industrialization has accounted for large amounts of generated waste, which have accumulated over the years. To guarantee that the future generations will have sufficient resources like food, water and prosperity, it is therefore necessary to transition from a linear economy to a circular economy. Circular economy is one concept, which has continued to gain traction over the years as an effective approach to achieve global, national and local sustainability. A systematic review was employed in this research project with the purpose of identifying how the practical contributions of circular economy have been pursued actively in Australia and other developed countries by reviewing existing and relevant published studies on circular economy in these countries. The result produced a total of 70 final articles, which were collected and analysed for the study considering mainly the year of publication, research methodology, geographical context and industrial applications. Furthermore, the study highlighted very little attention is given to circular economy in many low-income and medium-income countries, and thus, this study explored how this transformative notion can be adopted in developing countries with the participation of key stakeholders to solve waste mismanagement problems.

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“…Many organizations are in transition stage from linear economy to circular economy. Adopting the concept of circular economy (CE) by SMEs may give emerging business opportunities to them ( Mura et al., 2020 ). According to Lieder and Rashid (2016) , organizations should adopt the principles of CE for being sustainable in their operations.…”

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Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges

Kumar

Singh

Dwivedi

2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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In the era of Industry 4.0 and circular economy, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are under huge pressure to make their manufacturing operations ethical and sustainable. Business with ethical and sustainable operations has become the need of the day in the present environment of Industry 4.0 and circular economy. It has been observed that the application of Industry 4.0 technologies may help in achieving the goal of ethical and sustainable operations. Although a lot of research has been done in context to larger enterprises, limited research is available on the application of Industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations. The espousal of Industry 4.0 technologies is a challenging task for SMEs due to various operational and financial constraints. The problem is more acute, specifically in context to developing countries like India. Keeping in mind the role of technologies in ethical business and circular economy, we have identified fifteen challenges, impacting the application of Industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs. A questionnaire was designed for collecting the response from industry and academic experts. On the collected data, the DEMATEL approach has been applied to check the degree of influence and interrelationship among challenges. It has also helped in the categorization of factors as cause and effect. Sensitivity analysis is also performed to validate the results obtained from the DEMATEL approach. Authors have observed that lack of motivation from partners and customers on the application of I4.0 technologies is the leading challenge. Fear of failure of I4.0 technologies is the main effect group challenge. The findings of the study will help SMEs in formulating strategies for implementing Industry 4.0 technologies for ethical and sustainable business processes.

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Circular economy in Italian SMEs: A multi-method study

Cited by 168 publications

References 45 publications

Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

Circular economy and the policy: A framework for improving the corporate environmental management in supply chains

A Review of Circular Economy Studies in Developed Countries and Its Potential Adoption in Developing Countries

Application of industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs for ethical and sustainable operations: Analysis of challenges

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