Implementing and monitoring circular business models: An analysis of Italian SMEs

DM Salvioni, L Bosetti, T Fornasari - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The transition from a linear to a circular economy (CE) is at the center of the debate among
institutions, enterprises, practitioners, and scholars. Small-and medium-sized enterprises …

What is the relation between circular economy and sustainability? Answers from frontrunner companies engaged with circular economy practices

AM Walker, K Opferkuch, E Roos Lindgreen… - Circular Economy and …, 2022 - Springer
The circular economy (CE) concept has become a major interest for companies, promising
new business opportunities and a decrease in environmental impacts. Though research on …

Circular economy. The Greek industry leaders' way towards a transformational shift

M Trigkas, G Karagouni, K Mpyrou… - Resources, Conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Circular Economy (CE) has caught the eye of scholars, practitioners and policy makers. Τhe
discussion so far seems to touch mainly the meso and macro level, while investigations on …

[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 …

Mapping the diffusion of circular economy good practices: Success factors and sustainable challenges

L Rocca, M Veneziani, C Carini - Business Strategy and the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shifting from a linear to a circular economy (CE) is a path promoted from different national
and supranational organizations from many years but how that circularity is put in place by …

Overcoming the main barriers of circular economy implementation through a new visualization tool for circular business models

A Bianchini, J Rossi, M Pellegrini - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is a huge gap between the broad concept of circular economy (CE) and its practical
implementation in the industrial sector due to several types of barriers, which shall be led …

Enabling factors and strategies for the transition toward a circular economy (CE)

CA De Mattos, TLM De Albuquerque - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
This study aims to identify and analyze the enabling factors and strategies for the structuring
and diffusion of a circular business model. Circular model structuring involves several …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of circular economy practices in small and medium-sized enterprises: Evidence from Europe

PK Dey, C Malesios, S Chowdhury, K Saha… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Circular Economy (CE) practices have the potential to enhance sustainability performance of
organisations and therefore can help respond to United Nations Sustainability Development …

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 …

Implementation of circular economy business models by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): Barriers and enablers

V Rizos, A Behrens, W Van der Gaast, E Hofman… - Sustainability, 2016 - mdpi.com
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly aware of the benefits of
closing loops and improving resource efficiency, such as saving material costs, creating …