Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry

Urbinati, Andrea; Franzò, Simone; Chiaroni, Davide

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2021.01.022

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“…There is still a lack of literature analysing barriers and enablers to CBM adoption (Urbinati et al, 2021). Barriers to CBM implementation are usually categorised as regulatory, financial, technical, organisational, value chain and consumer barriers (Circular Economy Initiative Deutschland and Acatech, 2020).…”

Section: Theoretical Background: From Circular Economy To Circular Bu...mentioning

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The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups

2022

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The circular economy is commonly acknowledged as a solution to ecological problems such as resource depletion and waste emissions. New economic opportunities emerge by transitioning from a linear to a circular economy and innovative business models are needed to translate these opportunities into business reality. In recent years, researchers have investigated a variety of approaches to circular business models, but few studies have been conducted associating internal company dynamics with sustainable circular business approaches. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to investigate the internal dynamics of young and small-scale companies in Germany that adopt a sustainable circular business model. This study focuses on internal barriers, enablers, competences and drivers to sustainable circular business model implementation. A case-based research design was applied, drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 founders of businesses and organisations with a sustainable circular business model. The study develops four strategies to overcome barriers to sustainable circular business model adoption in young and small-scale companies: (1) humancenteredness in all activities affected by circular business model adoption, (2) high commitment for circularity on the managerial level, (3) requirement of special skills and competences and (4) consideration of cultural aspects inside and outside the company. Further empirical research about established and international incumbents with a sustainable circular business model is needed to be able to compare the internal dynamics of big and small companies in international contexts.

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The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups

2022

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“…Under the implementation of the Reform and Opening up Policy, the city's rate of GDP increment was approximately 71.66% from 1953 to 1984 according to the Shijiazhuang Industry and Information Bureau. The quantity of enterprise has expanded rapidly, and the business scale has enlarged continuously with diversified product features [38,63,64]. SJZ city has become a crucial industrial town in China over the last several decades due to its industrial system with reasonable layout, complete structure, and strong comprehensive strength.…”

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Exploring the Effects of Contextual Factors on Residential Land Prices Using an Extended Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Model

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A spatial and temporal heterogeneity analysis of residential land prices, in general, is crucial for maintaining high-quality economic development. Previous studies have attempted to explain the geographical evolution rule by studying spatial-temporal heterogeneity, but they have neglected the contextual information, such as school district, industrial zone, population density, and job density, associated with residential land prices. Therefore, in this study, we consider contextual factors and propose a revised local regression algorithm called the contextualized geographically and temporally weighted regression (CGTWR), to effectively address spatiotemporal heterogeneity, and to creatively extend the feasibility of importing the contextualization into the GTWR model. The quantitative impact of contextual information on residential land prices was identified in Shijiazhuang (SJZ) city from 1974 to 2021. Empirical analyses demonstrated that school district and industrial zone factors played important roles in residential land prices. Notably, the distance from a residential area to an industrial zone was significantly positively correlated with residential land prices. In addition, a positive relationship between school districts and residential land prices was also observed. Finally, the R2 value of the CGTWR model was 92%, which was superior to those of ordinary least squares (OLS, 76%), geographically weighted regression (GWR, 85%), contextualized geographically weighted regression (CGWR, 86%), and GTWR (90%) models. These evaluation results indicate that the CGTWR algorithm, which incorporates contextual information and spatiotemporal variation, could provide policy makers with evidence for understanding the nature of varying relationships within a land price dataset in China.

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“…The most frequently discussed referenced example is the circular business model, whose emergence is related to the use of sustainable models in the circular economy (Figure 1). A. Urbinati et al [73] reference the opinion of W.R. Stahel [74] that the circular economy (CE) is an economic paradigm that is unlike the most common and traditional linear "take, make, dispose" model. Its goal is to minimize the use of raw materials, extend the life of the product as much as possible to get the maximum value from it, and when it reaches the end of its life, reuse spare parts and components to reduce the overall demand for raw materials.…”

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Transformation of Business Models in Spa Enterprises for Medical Purposes in Situations of Epidemic Threats

Szromek

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The suspension of tourism due to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an almost complete halt in the activities of the tourism industry. This paper attempts to assess the ability to use the potential of health tourism enterprises in counteracting the SARS-CoV-2 virus pandemic and to propose a sustainable transformation of the business model of the health tourism enterprise, taking into account the determinants of sustainable tourism and health crises. The author presents the results of research conducted in March 2021 among 19 managers of the largest spa enterprises in Poland. The managers' experiences from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic indicate that sanatoriums and other health tourism facilities, during periods of health and humanitarian crises, can successfully play a preventive and relieving role for healthcare facilities by implementing post-COVID treatment, conducting vaccinations, organizing isolators for people in quarantine, and even treating patients who do not have symptoms but require hospitalization. The transformation of the business model of these companies, in the form of a sustainable SusHT-CANVAS+ business model, is proposed and the mentioned critical activities are positioned in the model in the form of sustainable value.

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Enablers and Barriers for Circular Business Models: an empirical analysis in the Italian automotive industry

Cited by 98 publications

References 62 publications

The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups

The impact of internal company dynamics on sustainable circular business development: Insights from circular startups

Exploring the Effects of Contextual Factors on Residential Land Prices Using an Extended Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression Model

Transformation of Business Models in Spa Enterprises for Medical Purposes in Situations of Epidemic Threats

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