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Value creation in circular economy business for sustainability: A stakeholder relationship perspective

23.5.2023 14:03

 This study examined how and what kind value is created within stakeholder relationships in CE business. We conducted a single case study of an energy company that has developed a CE business......

Sustainability Project Champions as Environmental Leaders in a City Organization: Driving the Urban Circular Economy

5.5.2023 10:10

 While the role of projects in sustainability change is widely recognized, the understanding of project managers’ behaviour in sustainability projects is limited. We examine project champions......

Industrial ecosystem renewal towards circularity to achieve the benefits of reuse - Learning from circular construction

6.3.2023 14:39

 We conducted a qualitative case study of two concrete-element reuse pilot projects. Renewal towards circularity requires changes in the construction industry ecosystem. Industrial renewal......

Particularizing Nonhuman Nature in Stakeholder Theory: The Recognition Approach

13.2.2023 12:52

 The focus of this article is on stakeholder theory and nonhuman stakeholders. The article examines how nonhumans, such as animals and nature, can be recognized as stakeholders. We utilize the......

The leadership moment in circular start-ups

31.1.2023 10:50

 The purpose of this study was to explore leadership in circular start-ups. Circular start-ups are playing a key role in involving businesses in tackling the issues of environmental crisis.......

Demand-Pull Instruments to Support the Circular Economy: A Global Perspective

24.1.2023 10:47

 The article examines different regulatory approaches to circular economy globally. It identifies different legal perspectives to circular economy and how they have been regulated in different......

Stakeholder engagement practices of companies in the context of a circular economy in Finland: A longitudinal study

18.1.2023 12:17

 The study identifies and organizes the stakeholder engagement practices of companies in the context of a circular economy in Finland. The study first examines stakeholder engagement practices in......

Re-imagining Sustainable Futures in Business

17.1.2023 10:34

 The interview was originally published 4.1.2023 in Springer Naturen The Source-blog.As this year’s World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos, we speak to Hanna Lehtimäki, Professor of......

Images of the future of a circular economy: The case of Finland

26.9.2022 15:42

 The article focused on anticipating alternative futures of the circular economy in 2050 in Finland. The research is based on expert interviews, on the basis of which four different alternative......

Innovating for circularity: Bridging business model and supply chain design

24.8.2022 12:01

 Implementing true circularity challenges companies to innovate their business models both at the micro level within operations and processes, and at the meso level within supply chains and......