Modern Circular Economy: Corporate Strategy, Supply Chain, and Industrial Symbiosis

Cristina Maranesi and Pietro De Giovanni
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Cristina Maranesi: Department of Business and Management, Luiss University, Viale Romania, 00197 Rome, Italy
Pietro De Giovanni: Department of Business and Management, Luiss University, Viale Romania, 00197 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-25

Abstract: This paper analyses the firms’ chances to consider circular economy as a part of the corporate strategy. The analysis of four Italian firms engaged in circular economy programs allows us to detect its connections with the corporate strategy, the real activities involved, the supply chain network ensuring circularity, the industrial symbiosis, as well as the links with performance. Our findings highlight that circular economy is a true business lever when the corporate strategy complements and supports its development. This allows firms to achieve high level targets that go beyond the traditional targets of social, environmental, and economic performance, and include circular supply chain, eco-innovations, and industrial symbiosis.

Keywords: circular economy; corporate strategies; performance; eco-innovation; industrial symbiosis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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