Enabling Factors and Strategies for the Transition Toward a Circular Economy (CE)

Claudia Aparecida De Mattos and Thiago Lourenço Meira De Albuquerque
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Claudia Aparecida De Mattos: Production Engineering Department, Centro Universitário da FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, SP 09850-901, Brazil
Thiago Lourenço Meira De Albuquerque: Production Engineering Department, Centro Universitário da FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, SP 09850-901, Brazil

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 12, 1-18

Abstract: 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 actors, challenges, and barriers. In this context, the present study allows discussion of the business structure in line with the principles of circularity and can contribute by mapping the factors and strategies to be worked for business development in the circular context, providing an overview and guidance for academics, businesspeople, and professionals. Through a case study method, the research allowed identification of the factors and an in-depth understanding of the strategies and drivers of circular business models; from the empirical research, it will be possible to identify opportunities that align with what is already known, but also what may be specific to the context of emerging countries to enable the circular model.

Keywords: circular economy; business model; strategies; enabling factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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