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Digital Technologies: Description, Classification, and Links to Circular Economy

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital technologies (DTs) and circular economy (CE) are currently two topics that are expected to contribute significantly to sustainable development, and digitization is generally considered a key enabler of CE. However, most studies only cover the most known Industry 4.0 technologies, and very limited research detailing how DTs can support ...
Laura Piedra‐Muñoz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

New performance indicators for industrial symbiosis: an ecosystem approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper proposes new performance indicators for industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs) based on the ecosystem approach. ISNs are framed as ecosystems where the firms correspond to the organisms and perform specific functions, i.e ...
Fraccascia, Luca   +2 more
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Untangling Companies' Engagement With Biodiversity: A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current rapid and massive biodiversity decline the world is experiencing poses serious threats to the health of natural ecosystems and their ability to provide the services that the socioeconomic system relies on. Organizations are key players in this dynamic, as they have a significant impact on biodiversity while also heavily depending ...
Francesco Testa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mutualism, Parasitism, and Evolutionary Adaptation

open access: yes, 2000
Our investigations concern the role of symbiosis as an enabling mechanism in evolutionary adaptation. Previous work has illustrated how the formation of mutualist groups can guide genetic variation so as to enable the evolution of ultimately independent ...
Pollack, Jordan B.   +2 more
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The applicability of industrial symbiosis praxis to improving the environmental sustainability of supply chains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The environmental impact of supply chains is a complex problem which involves interconnected and interdependent organisations from different industries, sectors and geographical areas.
Batista, Luciano
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Bridging Micro and Macro Perspectives in Circular Business Model Studies: An Integrated Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy requires companies to innovate their ways of doing business by giving rise to circular business models (CBMs). The literature on the topic is wide with a focus on both macro and micro aspects. However, only a few studies in CBM research have attempted to adopt an integrated micro–macro perspective ...
Francesco Cafforio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Companies With Industrial Symbiosis Business Models Can Contribute to the Mainstreaming of Industrial Symbiosis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Companies incorporating industrial symbiosis in their business models (ISBMs) play important roles in the realization of IS solutions. This paper explores how this group can also influence contextual conditions for the wider adoption of these solutions, thus contributing to their mainstreaming.
Kristina Nyström, Murat Mirata
wiley   +1 more source

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