A communities of practice approach to promoting regional circular economy innovation: evidence from East Wales

Liu, Zheng; James, Steffan; Walpole, Gary; White, Gareth

doi:10.1080/09654313.2022.2132785

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“…"The concept was originally adopted to explain learning, and more recently innovation across work, organizational and spatial settings. Communities of practice (CoPs) are defined as groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems, or a passion about a topic, and who deepen their knowledge and expertise in this area by interacting on an ongoing basis" (Liu et al, 2023) [17]. Two dimensions of communities of practice interest us here: their self-organized nature and the fact that they bring together individuals who are similar to each other.…”

Section: Communities Of Practicementioning

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How to Change Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes toward a Circular Economy: An Exploratory Framework to Reduce the Gap between Circular Intentions and Circular Actions

Fonrouge

2024

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Entrepreneurs are aware of the importance of having practices for circularizing their resources. However, the rare previous research specifically in entrepreneurship shows a gap between intentions and implementation with numerous barriers (structural, contextual, and cultural). This article proposes a first framework to reduce this gap between intentions and circular actions. These solutions are based on the theory of attitude changes, which states that changes in individuals’ attitudes are more significant if they are preceded by an inexpensive act (Binding Communication Approach). As this is a still little-explored subject that mixes circular entrepreneurship and environmental psychology, the research method is exploratory, based on an analysis of previous writings in these two distinct fields, with the proposal of a first formalization starting from the example of solutions based on inexpensive acts (communities of practices, prizes, and tools). Conclusions are proposed regarding the characteristics of this type of preparatory act necessary to change entrepreneur attitude toward circular economy practices.

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Section: Communities Of Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

How to Change Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes toward a Circular Economy: An Exploratory Framework to Reduce the Gap between Circular Intentions and Circular Actions

Fonrouge

2024

Sustainability

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Introducing ethical theory to the triple helix model: Supererogatory acts in crisis innovation

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White

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Integration of open innovation, circularity and sustainability: A systematic mapping of connections, analysis of indicators and future prospects

Ahmad,

Daddi,

Iraldo

2024

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We carried out this novel study to explore various connections of open innovation (OI) with circular economy (CE) and/or sustainable development (SD) and analyse the maturity of their integration based on various characteristics. We followed a systematic literature review approach to identify, select and analyse studies, published from 2012 to 2023. Our study used various keywords to search for the relevant articles in Scopus and Web of Science databases. After this, we presented the bibliometric, contents and indicators' analyses. Overall, the results revealed that OI approaches were used to enhance business capabilities to circularity and/or sustainability. OI appeared to be linked with all three dimensions of sustainability, whereas CE was more associated with environmental pillar. The study also documented a framework of 75 sustainability variables, with at least 27 indicators related to OI, circularity and sustainability. We evaluated the maturity of indicators and integrating parameters based on their frequent usage. In comparison with environmental and social dimensions, numerous studies lacked in including the economic aspects. Comparatively, more studies were based on micro‐level analysis. Recycling was found to be the most commonly used CE strategy. For OI, inbound model was mostly used, whereas use and disposal life cycle phases were focused more. Overall, there were more environmental indicators that were used more frequently. In a sense, we found the integration of OI, CE and/or SD more mature for environmental category and less for economic aspect. Based on the findings, we outlined various future research directions and practical implications.

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A communities of practice approach to promoting regional circular economy innovation: evidence from East Wales

Cited by 5 publications

References 60 publications

How to Change Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes toward a Circular Economy: An Exploratory Framework to Reduce the Gap between Circular Intentions and Circular Actions

How to Change Entrepreneurs’ Attitudes toward a Circular Economy: An Exploratory Framework to Reduce the Gap between Circular Intentions and Circular Actions

Introducing ethical theory to the triple helix model: Supererogatory acts in crisis innovation

Integration of open innovation, circularity and sustainability: A systematic mapping of connections, analysis of indicators and future prospects

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