[HTML][HTML] Sustainable development goals and SMEs decisions: Czech Republic vs. Poland

J Šebestová - Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian …, 2020 - ieeca.org
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a “major engine” of economic growth and
socioeconomic development, and reaching many sustainable development goals (SDG) …

Sustainable development of small‐and medium‐sized enterprises in the European Union: A taxonomy of circular economy practices

F Bassi, JG Dias - Business strategy and the environment, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This paper focuses on the implementation of circular economy (CE) practices in small‐and
medium‐sized firms in all 28 European Union (EU) countries. The analyses take into …

[HTML][HTML] Mind the gap: Towards a systematic circular economy encouragement of small and medium-sized companies

D Holzer, R Rauter, E Fleiß, T Stern - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite a growing number of circular economy (CE) strategies, reports, methods and tools,
researchers have provided little empirical evidence on the corporate practices in small and …

SMEs and the circular economy: From policy to difficulties encountered during implementation

M Ghenţa, A Matei - Amfiteatru Econ, 2018 - ceeol.com
Circular economy is a concept that currently received a particular attention due to its
contribution to the European objectives related to economic development under restrictive …

[HTML][HTML] Circular economy and decision models among European SMEs

AM Zamfir, C Mocanu, A Grigorescu - Sustainability, 2017 - mdpi.com
While targeting waste reduction and maintaining the value of products and resources in the
system as much as possible, undertaking circular economy practices at the company level is …

Circular economy and innovation: a systematic literature review

S Herrero-Luna, M Ferrer-Serrano… - Central European …, 2022 - zaguan.unizar.es
The circular economy is presented as the sustainable solution as opposed to the current
linear model of production and resource management, whose effects impact negatively on …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Challenges of the introduction of circular business models within rural SMEs of EU

I Uvarova, D Atstaja, V Korpa - International Journal of Economic …, 2020 - dspace.rsu.lv
Recently the circular economy has got a lot of attention within discussions of policy makers,
academics and practitioners. The circular economy proposes the treatment of environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Studies and investigation about the attitude towards sustainable production, consumption and waste generation in line with circular economy in Romania

ES Lakatos, LI Cioca, V Dan, AO Ciomos, OA Crisan… - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
With a rapidly growing world population and the need to address the issue of consumption
of global resource and its associated environmental impacts and other social and economic …

[HTML][HTML] Is it possible to change from a linear to a circular economy? An overview of opportunities and barriers for European small and medium-sized enterprise …

C Garcés-Ayerbe, P Rivera-Torres… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The Circular Economy is a paradigm shift attempting to replace the end-of-life concept with
reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering materials and to slow down, close and narrow …