Corporate-entrepreneur collaborations to advance a circular economy

Designing business models in circular economy: A systematic literature review and research agenda

“…In addition, the managerial commitment of the top executives mediates the effectiveness of relationships along the supply chain with all the involved actors. Some scholars have shown that a growing number of companies are able to partner with each other and to extend the collaboration towards policymakers and institutions, to reduce waste and advance product reuse, thanks to sustainability commitments and the sharing of zero‐waste goals (Veleva & Bodkin, ). Moreover, research suggest defining good practices or standards (with upstream stakeholders, such as suppliers) to drive down costs and promote these practices or standards (with downstream stakeholders, such as customers), to improve customer awareness and engagement, as well as to sensitize purchase decisions.…”

“…involved in a circular business model, enabling and supporting the active involvement of external actors along all the phases of a circular lifecycle (Fisher et al, 2018; Moreno, Court, Wright, & Charnley, ). In addition, the role of the managerial commitment is even more relevant to explore in future studies (Ünal, Urbinati, & Chiaroni, ; Veleva & Bodkin, ). Indeed, as circular business models require the involvement of a large and complex system of actors—and this may mean additional inertia challenges for companies—the commitment of managers to make the transition can address these issues most effectively (Hopkinson et al, ).…”

Temporal Comparative Analysis of Industrial Symbiosis in a Business Network: Opportunities of Circular Economy

“…Ghisellini, Cialani and Ulgiati define CE as a new business model that allows achieving sustainable development [34]. The CE as a strategy to decouple the idea that economic growth is achieved through resource depletion [35], promoting a circular business model that aims to preserve the value of material resources by decreasing and closing resource flows [36].…”

“…Thus, the use of CE will seek to encourage and guide industrial parks to develop incorporating ecosystem services, involving techniques and technologies for the park to be integrated, turning to restorative services [41]. Incorporating CE into BN requires a new economic paradigm, requiring innovation and new business models to achieve waste-free production, new product design, material reuse and remanufacturing [35]. Representing a movement towards a more sustainable industrial system [54].…”

Unlocking the Linear Lock-In: Mapping Research on Barriers to Transition

“…The translation of these paradigms into strategic goals and agendas for private businesses, public institutions, and cities frameworks has become increasingly relevant [5]. This phenomenon is attributed to, inter alia, the spreading awareness of natural resource exploitation, rocketing increases in waste [6], and other environmental externalities of current linear and open-ended production-consumption processes of our contemporary economic system [7][8][9]. Implementing the necessary changes to move from linear to circular thinking is however challenging and complex.…”