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From circular business models to circular business ecosystems

cam.issuedOnline2021-10-19
dc.contributor.authorKanda, Wisdom
dc.contributor.authorGeissdoerfer, Martin
dc.contributor.authorHjelm, Olof
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-20T04:19:52Z
dc.date.available2021-10-20T04:19:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.date.submitted2019-08-29
dc.date.updated2021-10-20T04:19:52Z
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The circular economy aims to minimize resource inputs and waste and emission outputs of the economy and its organizational subsystems. This can benefit both financial and sustainability performance of companies. To analyze industrial implementation of the concept, the prevalent unit of analysis on the firm level is currently the circular business model. Our investigation of nine Swedish biogas companies and one branch organization indicates a range of conceptual shortcomings that challenges this approach. Our comparative case analysis points towards circular ecosystems being a more appropriate concept to describe the high level of coordination between different stakeholders necessary to implement circular systems. This increases the suitability to analyze, plan, and communicate circular economy systems on an organizational level, especially if value chain integration is low. An ecosystem perspective can thus support innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of the circular economy.</jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.77108
dc.identifier.eissn1099-0836
dc.identifier.issn0964-4733
dc.identifier.otherbse2895
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/329659
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bse.2895
dc.subject35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
dc.subject3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour
dc.subject12 Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.titleFrom circular business models to circular business ecosystems
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-04-19
prism.endingPage2829
prism.issueIdentifier6
prism.publicationNameBusiness Strategy and the Environment
prism.startingPage2814
prism.volume30
pubs.funder-project-idSwedish Energy Agency (35624‐3)
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1002/bse.2895

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