Circular economy in Spanish SMEs: challenges and opportunities

M Ormazabal, V Prieto-Sandoval, R Puga-Leal… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The important role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in most economies underpins
this research, which develops an empirical analysis that allows us to explore the potential for …

Key strategies, resources, and capabilities for implementing circular economy in industrial small and medium enterprises

V Prieto‐Sandoval, C Jaca, J Santos… - Corporate Social …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are key actors in the implementation of the circular
economy (CE) concept as a basis for creating sustainable societies. Thus, the main …

The progressive adoption of a circular economy by businesses for cleaner production: An approach from a regional study in Spain

A Aranda-Usón, P Portillo-Tarragona… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The literature on the circular economy at the micro-level has mainly focused on the analysis
of the circular business model and implementation of different circular-related practices, but …

The circular economy and sustainability: a systematic literature review

M Gil-Lamata, MP Latorre-Martínez - Cuad. gest.(Bilbao), 2022 - zaguan.unizar.es
The interest of this study lies in the fact that the transition from a linear to a circular economy
is of key interest in relevant business and academic fields, although the circular economy is …

An overview of the circular economy among SMEs in the Basque country: A multiple case study

M Ormazabal, V Prieto-Sandoval, C Jaca… - Journal of Industrial …, 2016 - econstor.eu
Purpose: This research analyzes the maturity of environmental management as well as the
degree of to which the Circular Economy has been implemented in Basque SMEs …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy in Italian SMEs: A multi-method study

M Mura, M Longo, S Zanni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Climate change, population growth, and current rate of consumption at global scale have
prompted academic and business communities to challenge the current models of …

Assessment of circular economy within Portuguese organizations

LM Fonseca, JP Domingues, MT Pereira, FF Martins… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The move towards a new Circular Economy (CE) economic model has been advocated and
supported in Portugal, however, there is limited research on this topic. To address this gap, a …

Financial resources for the circular economy: A perspective from businesses

A Aranda-Usón, P Portillo-Tarragona… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In recent years, a number of case studies of the circular economy in business have been
analysed by academics. However, some areas of research are little explored at the micro …

[HTML][HTML] Advancing circular economy performance indicators and their application in Spanish companies

J Rincón-Moreno, M Ormazábal, MJ Álvarez… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current research on the circular economy (CE) reveals that, while the concept and its
application have been extensively explored as shown in several case studies, the definition …

Are circular economy policies actually reaching organizations? Evidence from the largest Spanish companies

M Marco-Fondevila, F Llena-Macarulla… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Circular Economy (CE) model has recently gained a lot of attention as an
effective way to cope with the urgent issues related to Climate Change and sustainability …