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Stakeholder interests in a transition towards sustainable circular economy

In this case study, stakeholders´ interests were examined regarding a circular economy (CE) in Finland. The study focused on the key stakeholders identified in the CICAT2025 research project. A......

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Triggering sustainability communication in a B2B context: combining action research and sensemaking

This is a action research on initiating sustainability communication in a shipbuilding network. The research data consists of 16 interviews in the network. The key findings are twofold. First, we......

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Financial Drivers and Inhibitors of Circular Economy Business

Despite the finance industry’s growing interest towards and crucial role in pursuing sustainable development, scholars’ interest in the connection of finance and sustainability, the Circular......

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The interagency cycle in sustainability transition

This chapter develops the concept of interagency as a research approach to better understand nonhuman agency and materiality in sustainability transitions. Interagency is a process that becomes......

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Sustainability is a Privilege

Being sustainable is a privilege. While at first that statement may seem quite harsh and out of place, it is in fact a reminder that sustainable living and actions are often for those whose basic......

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Coopetition and Alignment in Circular Economy Ecosystems - Beverage Package Recycling System and Circular Economy Service Platform

The increasing pressures towards more environmentally friendly operations, drive companies to work together to forward shared objectives. To achieve system-level outcomes in advancing circular......

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The Debate If Agents Matter vs. the System Matters in Sustainability Transitions—A Review of the Literature

Agency in sustainability transitions through a literature review. In the discipline of sustainability transitions the knowledge on agency is scattered. Agency is a mean to enable CE.Authors: Katariina......

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Circular-Oriented Innovation for Solving Grand Environmental Challenges: A Multiple-case Study

Innovator firms play a key role in fighting grand environmental challenges (GECs) via circular-oriented innovation. The prior literature has acknowledged two innovator firm types, “born circulars”......

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A systematic literature review of the transition to the circular economy in business organizations: Obstacles, catalysts and ambivalences

We conducted a systematic literature review of barriers and catalysts to circular economy implementation in companies. With 69 articles covering the topic, in this review, we identified clear......

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Defined Is Half Solved? The Regulatory Barriers for Circular Economy Business

This article identifies and examines regulatory barriers that hinder the development of the circular economy transition and argues that such barriers must be defined before they can be solved.The......

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