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Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source

Research on pricing coordination strategy of closed-loop supply chain based on recycling quality grading under government participation

Alexandria Engineering Journal
A closed-loop supply chain model incorporating government involvement has been developed to optimize the utilization of waste products, quantifying the quality level of such products.
Xin Li, Ya Wang, Yuyang Fu
doaj   +1 more source

What Constitutes an Attractive Product‐as‐a‐Service Offer? Examining Consumer Preferences for (Circular) Business Patterns

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about consumer preferences for combinations of circular business model patterns, despite their potential to benefit the design of product services. This study examines consumer preferences for product‐as‐a‐service offers, combined with circular product attributes, across Sweden and the Netherlands.
Steven Sarasini, Aemiro Melkamu Daniel, Katherine Whalen, Nancy Bocken, Agnieszka Hunka, Tarlan Ahmadov   +5 more
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A multi-objective supply chain optimization model for reliable remanufacturing problems with M/M/m/k queues

Supply Chain Analytics
Product recovery is critical in reducing costs, enhancing profitability, and improving supply chain responsiveness to customer demands. Remanufacturing returned products, as part of the circular economy, is a central strategy in achieving these goals ...
Vahid Hajipour, Shermineh Hadad Kaveh, Fatih Yiğit, Ali Gharaei   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development of remanufacturing systems at original equipment remanufacturers

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)
Abstract Remanufacturing is a strategy for advancing the circular economy, enabling the restoration of used products to meet or exceed original specifications. This study explores the challenges and enablers OERs (Original Equipment Remanufacturers) face in developing remanufacturing systems at their production sites.
Paraskeva Wlazlak, Kerstin Johansen
openaire   +1 more source

Connecting Thoughts and Actions: A Managerial Process Model on Circular Business Model Innovation

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Addressing environmental grand challenges such as resource scarcity requires circular business model innovation (CBMI) that enables firms to efficiently close and slow resource cycles through novel activity systems. Drawing on a grounded theory approach based on 59 in‐depth interviews with top managers from Swiss SMEs, we developed a process ...
Fabian Takacs, Karolin Frankenberger
wiley   +1 more source

Greening the Bottom Line: Public Funding for Circular Economy Initiatives and Financial Stability

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Public funding for circular economy (CE) initiatives plays a crucial role in shaping corporate financial performance, yet its effects remain underexplored. Grounded in the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm, this study investigates the financial impact of CE funding on private firms, using Portugal as a case study. It analyses the financial
Rui Cruz, Marisa R. Ferreira, Carina Silva, María Isabel Sánchez‐Hernández   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cluster Analysis of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis Practices and Their Impact on Sustainability Performance in the Plastics Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how plastics manufacturing firms can be classified according to their level of implementation of circular economy (CE) and industrial symbiosis (IS) practices and how such adoption influences sustainability performance. Using data from plastics manufacturing firms, we integrate cluster analysis with partial least squares ...
Laura Cristina Ramírez‐Rodríguez, Rafael Mora‐Contreras, Carmen Jaca, Marta Ormazabal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez, Wim Van Opstal, Christina Bidmon, Saskia Manshoven, Julian Kirchherr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterisation and dripping anomaly detection in co-axial wire laser-directed energy deposition using acoustic emission

Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Co-axial Wire Laser–Directed Energy Deposition (DED-LB/w) is an emerging metal additive manufacturing (AM) technique that combines near-zero material waste with high deposition efficiency. However, the co-axial wire-feeding configuration is prone to wire-
Yuxuan Xie, Lequn Chen, Zichen Wang, Xian Wu, Peng Chen, Darren Low Wei Wen, Youxiang Chew, A. Senthil Kumar   +7 more
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