Megatrends in Circular Economy: Avenues for Relevant Advancements in Organizations

Simone Sehnem (), Edson Kuzma (), Dulcimar José Julkovsky (), Matheus Bochi Frare () and Diego Vazquez-Brust ()
Additional contact information
Simone Sehnem: Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina — UNOESC
Edson Kuzma: Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina — UNOESC
Dulcimar José Julkovsky: Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina — UNOESC
Matheus Bochi Frare: Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina — UNOESC
Diego Vazquez-Brust: Portsmouth University

Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2021, vol. 1, issue 1, 173-208

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study is to systematize the main findings of 38 previous systematic literature reviews (SLRs) in circular economy. From this previous mapping, we outline main themes and limitations in the SLRs analysed, then we synthesize the findings of previous SLR to identify mega-trends in CE reserach. Finally, we propose avenues for future circular economy research. Our analysis indicates three main types of limitations of SLR in CE: The first are shortcomings in the SLR methods, the second is the low maturity of CE research and the third the limited dissemination of CE practices. These limitations coalesce to constrain the empirical and theoretical relevance of knowledge accumulated. A main contribution of our meta-analysis is to identify a paucity of accumulated knowledge in critical areas needed for theory building, such as conceptual clarity, limited identification of antecedents, mediators and moderators and opaque understanding of boundary conditions. We conclude that more rigorous empirical research is needed to further build knowledge and generate CE-specific theory. Finally, 7 main areas for further research are proposed, indicating potential theoretical lenses when appropriate.

Keywords: Circular economy; Systematic literature review; Meta-synthesis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (6)

Downloads: (external link)
http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43615-021-00036-x Abstract (text/html)
Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:circec:v:1:y:2021:i:1:d:10.1007_s43615-021-00036-x

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.springer.com/journal/43615

DOI: 10.1007/s43615-021-00036-x

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Circular Economy and Sustainability from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().