Adoption of circular economy practices in small and medium-sized enterprises: Evidence from Europe

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作者
Dey, Prasanta Kumar [1 ]
Malesios, Chrysovalantis [2 ]
Chowdhury, Soumyadeb [3 ]
Saha, Krishnendu [4 ]
Budhwar, Pawan [1 ]
De, Debashree [5 ]
机构
[1] Aston Univ, Aston Business Sch, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England
[2] Agr Univ Athens, Dept Agr Econ & Rural Dev, Athens, Greece
[3] TBS Business Sch, Operat & Management Sci Dept, 1 Pl Alphonse Jourdain, F-31068 Toulouse, France
[4] Birmingham City Univ, Ctr Appl Finance & Econ, 15 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham B5 5JU, W Midlands, England
[5] Univ Essex, Essex Business Sch, Wivenhoe Pk, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England
基金
欧盟地平线“2020”;
关键词
Circular economy; Sustainability performance; Small and medium sized enterprises; Closed loop supply chain; Resource-based view; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS MODELS; SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION; GREEN LOGISTICS; PERFORMANCE; IMPLEMENTATION; OPPORTUNITIES; PERSPECTIVE; PROCUREMENT; PARADIGM;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108496
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Circular Economy (CE) practices have the potential to enhance sustainability performance of organisations and therefore can help respond to United Nations Sustainability Development Goals. The aim of this research is to examine the adoption of CE in Euroepan small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and its impact on sustainability performance. We analyse the current state of CE practices and its impact on sustainability performance across key CE fields of action (design, procurement, production, distribution, consumption and recover) for SMEs in France, Greece, Spain and the UK A mixed-methods approach (survey, interviews, case studies) is undertaken to collect data from around 100 SMEs in each country, employing resource-based view as the theoretical lens. Our findings reveal that CE adoption can result into superior environmental performance through energy and resource efficiency, and waste reduction. Moreover, the 'design' function contributes the most towards the adoption of CE in SMEs, whereas the 'recover' function contributes the least, considering the current state-of-practices. From a theoretical perspective, we outline the issues and challenges, impact of support from customers and policymakers, and self-motivation of SMEs to adopt CE. Based on the findings, we propose an implementation framework for SMEs to develop organisation wide strategic initiatives for CE adoption in business operations.
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