The current linear system of production and consumption is unsustainable. In the food
sector, despite the fact that valuable natural resources are intensively used to produce and …

The circular economy stands at a crossroads between true systemic change and rebranded
business-as-usual. It will either evolve to become functional—optimizing technical …

Companies use planned obsolescence as a central marketing strategy to motivate their
customers to (re) buy new and upcoming products. These companies try to increase their …

In the last decade, design innovation has gained increasing prominence in the marketplace,
with a growing number of firms innovating not only through technology but also through …

We study the tension between competitive screening and contract enforcement where a
principal trades repeatedly with one among several agents, moral hazard and adverse …

The industrial revolution has fuelled excessive production and consumption of products to
the extent that is decimating the environment. To mitigate this issue, the newly discovered …

We study how career concerns affect the dynamics of incentives in a multi-period contract,
when the agent's productivity is a stochastic function of his past productivity and investment …

A new employee may work hard to build his reputation. This effect is greatest when he starts.
The longer he is employed at his job, the more the firm will already have learned about his …

The frequency of interaction facilitates collusion by reducing gains from defection. Theory
has shown that under imperfect monitoring flexibility may hinder cooperation by inducing …

Circular economy practices and its implementation is paramount to drive the design of
circular and reverse supply chains, thus enabling products to enter the chain again through …