How to innovate business models for a circular economy?

Mechthild Donner () and Hugo de Vries ()
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Mechthild Donner: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Hugo de Vries: UMR IATE - Ingénierie des Agro-polymères et Technologies Émergentes - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - UM - Université de Montpellier - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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Abstract: The aim of this study was to understand how business models innovate in order to contribute to the transition to a circular economy via agricultural waste and by-product valorisation. Eight cases have been studied in the framework of the H2020 project NOAW. There are two main ways how business models innovate in order to valorise agro-waste and by-products. The first consists in innovating the business model itself via either completely new start-ups or business reconfigurations and evolutions from rather classical farm or food processing activities to specialised companies or integrated business parks. The second way is to adapt single business model elements.

Keywords: circular economy; business model; innovation; agricultural waste (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03-26
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Published in Spring of Innovation 2020, Mar 2020, Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle, Spain

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