The Role of Digital Technologies in Business Model Transition Toward Circular Economy in the Building Industry

Davide Chiaroni (), Matteo Orlandi () and Andrea Urbinati ()
Additional contact information
Davide Chiaroni: School of Management, Politecnico di Milano
Matteo Orlandi: Arup Italia
Andrea Urbinati: School of Industrial Engineering, LIUC Università Cattaneo

A chapter in Digitalization, 2021, pp 39-58 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The circular business model has recently emerged as a new research field in the Circular Economy literature to call scholars and practitioners in strategic and innovation management for analyzing the transition of companies from a linear to a circular model. Among the several managerial practices put in place by companies to undertake this transition, the adoption of digital technologies is assuming a pivotal role. Nevertheless, the role digital technologies play, both in terms of functionalities and circular value targets that can be reached because of their adoption, is still largely unexplored. Accordingly, this study investigates how a set of digital technologies can effectively improve the circularity of a building and shows, through the first-hand analysis of exemplary projects in which a leader company operating in the building industry is involved, the role of digital technologies in supporting the business model transition of companies toward Circular Economy.

Keywords: Digital technologies; Circular economy; Business model; Circular business models; Building industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

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:mgmchp:978-3-030-69380-0_3

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783030693800

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-69380-0_3

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Management for Professionals from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().