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Leading the Loop: Anchor‐Led Orchestration in Nascent Circular Ecosystems—A Qualitative Case Study

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition towards a circular economy necessitates coordinated, systemic change across value chains. Yet the role of anchor firms in initiating and orchestrating nascent circular ecosystems remains underexplored. Using an inductive, qualitative single‐case design, we analyse a German mid‐sized entrepreneurial firm, drawing on 21 interviews
Johann Felix Mader, Patrick Spieth
wiley   +1 more source

Development cooperation of local communities (inter-municipal cooperation – IMC) under the implementation of local government reform

Aspekti Publìčnogo Upravlìnnâ, 2017
The hereby article has analyzed the issue of the territorial communities’ cooperation (intermunicipal cooperation – IMC), in particular in the framework of the on-going local self-government reform in Ukraine. It is proved justification of the researches
N. A. Kostina
doaj   +1 more source

LOCAL FINANCE IN POLAND IN VIEW OF THE EUROPEAN CHARTER OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Economics & Sociology, 2008
Local government in Poland exists already 18 years, half of it on the all three tiers of the administrative division i.e. in gminas, poviats and voivodships. The period is long enough to look critically at principles of its activity. The goal of this paper is to analyze the compatibility of the Polish local government financial system with the ...
Agata Bury, Piotr Bury
openaire   +2 more sources

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

The concept of local government in the constitutions of selected European Union countries

Journal of Modern Science
Objectives This study attempts to compare the differences and similarities among the fourteen member states of the EU. The central research question is analysing the various constitutional guarantees granted to local self-governments, which, despite the ...
Marcin Radziłowicz
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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

Artificial Intelligence–Driven and Digital Practices for Circular Business and Finance: Insights for Advancing Hubs for Circularity

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The emerging concept of Hubs for Circularity (H4Cs) presents an opportunity to create collaborative, self‐sustaining regional industrial ecosystems that drive circular economy transitions at scale. However, the operationalisation of H4Cs faces financial, organisational and data‐driven challenges.
Aditya Tripathi, Marcos R. Machado, Laura Spierdijk, Devrim Murat Yazan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

SYSTEM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN SWEDEN [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2013
Sweden is a unitary state with a history of strong local government involvement in public affairs. Local government has played an important role in the welfare state system with many responsibilities for the delivery of public services to citizens ...
DOINA POPESCU
doaj  

Sectoral Heterogeneity in Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure: Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies Across Industries, 2001–2023

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines sectoral heterogeneity in corporate biodiversity disclosure (CBD) among Chinese listed firms over the period 2001–2023. Drawing on stakeholder, institutional, and resource dependency theories, it investigates how environmental exposure, ownership structures, and market dynamics influence biodiversity risk recognition and ...
Orkun Bayram, Irmak Aksoy, Yavuz Selim Balcıoğlu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Article 9 of the European Charter of Local Self-Government in the Czech Republic [PDF]

, 2018
This article deals with economic autonomy of municipalities in the Czech Republic. It analyses how the principles mentioned in the European Charter of Local Self-Government are met in the Czech legal system. The article brings the definition of local tax
Radvan, Michal
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