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Three propositions to unify circular economy research: A review

dc.contributor.authorBorrello, M
dc.contributor.authorPascucci, S
dc.contributor.authorCembalo, L
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-29T15:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2020-05-15
dc.description.abstractTransitioning into a circular economy (CE) has been recently proposed as an agenda for reconciling global industrial systems with natural equilibria, but the current understanding of CE is ambiguous among scholars. Informed by recent growing CE literature, this study summarizes through three key propositions a set of indisputable insights emerging from the CE debate. In particular, the paper: remarks how CE takes stock of concepts of other schools of thought to drive policy interventions; depicts CE as a systemic transition of global industrial systems; and highlights the role of eco-effectiveness to upgrade business-centered approaches to sustainability. The proposed propositions are expected to contribute to reducing ambiguities in the CE debate and to convey coherence to future research.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipe Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 12 (10), article 4069en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/SU12104069
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/122227
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMDPIen_GB
dc.rights© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_GB
dc.subjectsocio-technical transitionen_GB
dc.subjectsustainability transitionen_GB
dc.subjectmultilevel perspectiveen_GB
dc.subjectrecyclingen_GB
dc.subjectupcyclingen_GB
dc.subjectdowncyclingen_GB
dc.subjectbiorefineryen_GB
dc.subjectservitizationen_GB
dc.subjectcircular business modelen_GB
dc.titleThree propositions to unify circular economy research: A reviewen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2020-07-29T15:25:25Z
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from MDPI via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.journalSustainabilityen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2020-05-11
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_GB
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2020-05-11
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2020-07-29T15:23:28Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2020-07-29T15:25:33Z
refterms.panelCen_GB


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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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