Perceptions of Firms Participating in a Circular Economy

Cristoni, Nicoló; Tonelli, Marcello

doi:10.14207/ejsd.2018.v7n4p105

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“…Ormazabal et al (2018) found three factors associated with CE perception by SMEs: material provision, resources reutilisation, and financial advantages. Regarding the SMEs perceptions about CE implementation, Cristoni and Tonelli (2018) analysed the relevance and maturity of CE practices in Italy. The authors found that sourcing, end‐use and design are the most relevant practices along the value chain, while their maturity is more consistent in distribution and production.…”

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A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

2022

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The circular economy (CE) emerged as an alternative model to the linear system to foster sustainable development. Entrepreneurship represents a key factor in capturing new circular business opportunities. Research on circular entrepreneurship remains at an early phase and is correspondingly somewhat dispersed. Thus, the research objective here is to bring entrepreneurship into the focus of discussions on CE through a systematic literature review. In the absence of any systematic review on this theme, this work aims to map the relevant research and identify the themes discussed in the literature straddling entrepreneurship and the CE currently dispersed across the existing literature. Based on a sample of 102 articles collected from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, this approach identified four thematic groups: growing circular SMEs, born circular firms and start-ups, social entrepreneurship in CE, and support ecosystem for circular entrepreneurship. A greater emphasis on the study of growing circular SMEs to the detriment of other groups is observed. Also, research in the field is mainly focused on European countries. We then propose a future research agenda and a conceptual model for the entrepreneurial process in CE as a point of departure for further developing and deepening the literature on circular entrepreneurship.

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A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

2022

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“…Only a small fraction of investigated organizations presents a dedicated set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to their approach to CE. Similarly, some studies point towards low consciousness of the CE potential across various industries, and even lower levels of "alleged CE maturity" [16] (p. 107). Among others, [17] touches upon the importance of CE measurement tools by stating that to "( .…”

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A Critical Review of Academic Approaches, Methods and Tools to Assess Circular Economy at the Micro Level

2020

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Transitioning from the current linear economic development model to a circular economy (CE) is a hot topic in academic literature, public governance, and the corporate domain. Actors have implemented CE strategies to reduce their resource use and its associated impacts, while boosting economic competitiveness and generating positive social impact. Companies are identified as key actors in transitioning to a CE, and many academics have proposed tools to assess CE and guide them in this process. This paper critically reviews such academic ‘assessment approaches’ at the micro level in order to reflect on their key properties. Seventy-four approaches are inventoried through a systematic literature review of academic literature. A critical review framework is constructed and applied, containing four perspectives: A general perspective, a descriptive perspective (methodological aspects), a normative perspective (connections to Sustainable Development), and a prescriptive perspective (implementation-focused). Methodologically, the 74 approaches are highly diverse, having various connections to previously established methodologies. Eighteen of the reviewed assessment approaches include all three dimensions of Sustainable Development (SD), in addition to a ‘circular’ dimension. Roughly one quarter of the approaches apply a participatory design approach. Suggested key desired properties of CE assessment approaches include making use of existing assessment methodologies such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and a closer collaboration between science and practitioners to consider end-user needs in the design of CE assessment approaches.

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“…This subset of the sample is less sectoral driven and more focused on stakeholder perceptions and challenges and limitations for circular business models and business-model innovation for CE [54,105,110]. From a business organisation perspective, several papers mention firms' low awareness of the CE potential, considering it too costly and risky, especially SMEs [111]. On the user/demand side, user willingness to participate and/or adopt circular business models is also addressed, bridging the gap between supply/demand side innovation and stressing the need to engage stakeholders along the process of transformation [112][113][114][115].…”

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Eco-Innovation Diversity in a Circular Economy: Towards Circular Innovation Studies

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Transition to a Circular Economy (CE) is about structural change and is predicated on the introduction of transformative eco-innovation (EI). Research on the CE–EI nexus has recently attracted attention both from an analytical and regulatory perspective. However, in-depth research exploring EI dynamics within the CE is still marginal, especially concerning the trends and dynamics of the pro-CE innovation policy and strategy. This paper addresses this gap by taking advantage of the burgeoning research on CE of the last 20 years and offers a new working synthesis. By implementing a “(systematic) review of (systematic) reviews”, this paper provides a new comprehensive framework for understanding pro-circular innovation strategies and, as a complement, argues the need to advance “circular innovation studies” as an agenda in its own right. Innovations related to recycling and recovery CE strategies along with business-model innovations and systemic/transformative innovations are found to be a major current trend in the research, connecting supply and demand side innovations and also driving other forms of innovation linked to design, product manufacturing, logistics and reverse logistics and end-of-life management and recovery. Additionally, of note is that the conceptual understanding of EI dynamics within a CE is still mainly implicit (rather than explicitly discussed) limiting the possibilities to advance knowledge in the area of innovation for CE: this is why we propose a “circular innovation studies” agenda.

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Perceptions of Firms Participating in a Circular Economy

Cited by 32 publications

References 27 publications

A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

A review of entrepreneurship and circular economy research: State of the art and future directions

A Critical Review of Academic Approaches, Methods and Tools to Assess Circular Economy at the Micro Level

Eco-Innovation Diversity in a Circular Economy: Towards Circular Innovation Studies

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