Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation

Matus, Kira; Xiao, Xin; Zimmerman, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.033

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“…Several sources in the literature point at the importance of the regulatory framework, mainly as a source of potential barriers against the development of such strategies, or as the result of specific policy action to foster environmental sustainability [3,26,[45][46][47][48][49][50][51]. With regard to the regulation and stimuli, the literature stresses the need for coherence among the different measures in use [52,53], to avoid discouraging innovation initiatives. Such coherence, and such incentive or disincentive potential of regulation and fiscal and financial stimuli, will be evaluated in the light of the consequences they produce on business organization innovation processes.…”

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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Abstract:The transition to a circular economy bodes well for a future of environmentally sustainable growth and economic development. The implications and advantages of a shift to a circular economy have been extensively demonstrated by the literature on the subject. What has not been sufficiently investigated is how this paradigm can be enabled through the inter-organisational cooperation among different business enterprises. In order to illustrate this point, in this paper we aim to contribute to the circular economy debate by describing and discussing such a meta-model of inter-organisational cooperation. The present study is therefore based on the analysis of three cases from an equal number of industries, from which we identified factors of potential impact for the stimulation of cooperation in a circular economy perspective. Last, but not least, we discuss the relations between the case studies and try to formulate all possible implications for both managers and research.

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A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

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“…Studies on the macro-level of cities [44][45][46], economic areas [47,48], and national and global industries, particularly logistics and waste [7,14,[49][50][51][52], were only included if they informed implementation on the meso-level, as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Other implementation studies focus on reviewing and informing policy [13,16,17,[53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67], specifically on product design for the CE [8,9,14,[64][65][66] as well as assessments of firms' [67,68], consumers' [69][70][71], and officials' [72] awareness of and attitudes towards the CE's concepts and its components. Two contributions are concerned with business model research [73,74].…”

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“…Authors [2,6,15] therefore argue for an integration of the three in the CE and Geng et al [44] claim that the "CE aims for simultaneous positive outcomes for the Chinese economy, society, and the environment" (p. 997) while in reality economic growth and environmental protection might often be conflicting [54]. Three aspects are especially prominent; social justice in the global economy [2,15,79], declining human health because of pollution and environment degradation-an issue that is particularly prominent in Chinese CE research [16,47,68], and inter-generational justice and human development taking a future perspective [1,2,13,14,80].…”

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“…A number of implementation studies thus focus on resource efficiency specifically, although actual monetary savings are commonly not given in full [23,45] with a few exceptions (compare [20,21]). Increased competitiveness through reduced material and energy consumption is generally assumed rather than stated, although Ferreira et al [31] find that firms seeking competitive advantages proactively implement CE practices-Matus et al [54] however find that at least in some cases economic and environmental goals remain conflicting.…”

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Supply Chain Configurations in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

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Abstract:As the circular economy (CE) gains traction in literature and practice, several academic communities are opening up spaces that move away from the CE as a pure engineering concept. This systematic literature review (n = 77) analyses and discusses the fragmented body of knowledge on the meso-level of supply chains (SCs): (a) to find common ground that underpins the current implementation of the CE on this level; and (b) to identify drivers, inhibitors, and enablers from which CE SC configurations emerge. The review finds that there remain differences in CE definitions that result from claimed antecedents and scopes, resulting in distinct research streams. On the meso-level, eco-industrial parks, environmental SCs, and closed-loop SCs each face significant challenges. The latter potentially offers the largest environmental benefits but engenders radical changes for business models and exposes SCs to more risk. We firstly argue for moving away from using a prescriptive set of practices as definitions for the CE towards a set of overarching goals to allow for the inclusion of future practices and techniques. Secondly, we highlight that research going beyond the meso-level to consider the wider social and institutional environment is needed to solve current challenges.

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“…This enabled further insights and the ability to test propositions derived from previous interviews. All interviews were semistructured and a semiopen questionnaire was adapted from interview studies on similar technology fields (e.g., Matus et al, 2012). The semiopenness allowed for an ongoing adjustment of the questionnaire in the course of the interview series; in combination with the sequenced interview process over several months, interviews were carried out until no new phenomenon were discovered and therefore theoretical saturation was reached (Strauss and Corbin, 2015).…”

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Overcoming Barriers to Successfully Commercializing Carbon Dioxide Utilization

Kant

2017

Front. Energy Res.

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The successful transition to a low-carbon economy hinges on innovative solutions and collaborative action on a global scale. Sustainable entrepreneurship is thereby recognized as a key driver in the creation and transformation of ecologically and socially sustainable economic systems. The purpose of this article is to contribute to this topic by understanding commercialization barriers for strong sustainability-oriented new technology ventures and to derive recommendations to overcome them. A qualitative multilevel approach is applied to identify barriers and drivers within the internal dynamic capabilities of the organization and within the organization's external stakeholders. A model of barriers has been developed based on semi-structured interviews with new carbon dioxide utilization ventures and associated industry players in Canada, the USA, and the European Economic Area. Resulting recommendations to facilitate the (re-)design of a dedicated support system are proposed on four levels: (a) actors, (b) resources, (c) institutional settings, and (d) the coordination of the support system.

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Green chemistry and green engineering in China: drivers, policies and barriers to innovation

Cited by 101 publications

References 33 publications

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

A Meta-Model of Inter-Organisational Cooperation for the Transition to a Circular Economy

Supply Chain Configurations in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review

Overcoming Barriers to Successfully Commercializing Carbon Dioxide Utilization

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