Breaking circular economy barriers

J Grafström, S Aasma - Journal of cleaner production, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite high estimated gains of a circular economy implementation, progress on the macro,
meso and micro level is sluggish. The purpose of this paper is to examine, from a theoretical …

[HTML][HTML] Promoting circular economy transition: A study about perceptions and awareness by different stakeholders groups

SK van Langen, C Vassillo, P Ghisellini… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The interest into Circular Economy (CE), mainly emerged recently in response to
climate change, environmental damage, and the limits of a linear economy, requires a …

[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 …

Circular economy practices and industry 4.0 technologies: A strategic move of automobile industry

Z Yu, SAR Khan, M Umar - Business Strategy and the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The fourth industrial revolution (IR4. 0) toward automation and digitalization is the new trend
among automobile production systems. Indubitably, the automobile industry has been …

Industry 4.0, cleaner production and circular economy: An integrative framework for evaluating ethical and sustainable business performance of manufacturing …

H Gupta, A Kumar, P Wasan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Organizations are increasingly facing pressure for changing manufacturing models from
traditional to sustainable which accordingly reinforces the need for assessing their …

Dynamic capabilities for circular manufacturing supply chains—Exploring the role of Industry 4.0 and resilience

A Chari, D Niedenzu, M Despeisse… - … Strategy and the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An organisation's sustainability performance is influenced by its capabilities (skills,
resources and competences) which in turn affects the performance of its entire supply chain …

Critical factors for enhancing the circular economy in waste management

H Salmenperä, K Pitkänen, P Kautto… - Journal of cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular and efficient material use faces challenges stemming from present practices. The
current way of managing waste needs revising if material circularity is to increase. Earlier …

Review of construction and demolition waste management in China and USA

MS Aslam, B Huang, L Cui - Journal of environmental management, 2020 - Elsevier
It has been observed that the massive urbanization has boosted up infinite construction in
the developed as well as developing countries. The construction and demolition waste has …

Towards a collaboration framework for circular economy: The role of dynamic capabilities and open innovation

J Köhler, SD Sönnichsen… - Business Strategy and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transitioning from linear to circular production systems requires interactions that include
cross‐sectoral collaboration in networks. Understanding the role of collaboration within …

Barriers to the circular economy: Evidence from the European Union (EU)

J Kirchherr, L Piscicelli, R Bour, E Kostense-Smit… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
The circular economy concept is much discussed in the European Union (EU), but only
limited progress has been accomplished so far regarding its implementation. Most scholarly …