Analyzing networks in industrial ecology – a review of Social-Material Network Analyses

Schiller, Frank; Penn, Alexandra S.; Basson, Lauren

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.03.029

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“…Networking, both social and material, is a common theme of several studies concerning the development of IS in existing contexts [13,20,53]. Some of them have deepened the role of tacit and explicit knowledge and ICT tools in order to enhance collaboration [54], others have focused on embeddedness, associated with the concept of trust [55] or proximity [56], for the application of Social Network Analysis (SNA). During time, several authors recognize the potential of IS to create new opportunities and add value to local production systems that find best expression in the model of industrial clusters or districts [11,57,58].…”

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Industrial Symbiosis, Networking and Innovation: The Potential Role of Innovation Poles

2017

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In the literature, there is much debate on how to make Industrial Symbiosis (IS) successful and on the factors that may potentially affect its implementation, including networking and innovation. They have so far found limited space for investigation in favor of other technical and economic aspects, such as the nature of the processes involved, regulatory issues, economic feasibility, and stakeholders involvement. However, in some cases, they may become relevant, especially when considered together and in their synergistic interaction. An interesting context to be considered in this respect is that of the Innovation Poles (IPs), which are government-sponsored consortia, created within EU programs with the objective of stimulating innovation within network of organizations and that promote the competitiveness in specific industries or value-chains at a local or regional level. In the present article, we firstly discuss how these topics have been so far addressed in IS studies, and then we analyze the main features of the IP model with the aim to understand if, and through which mechanisms, it can contribute to the development and spread of IS. A literature overview through desktop analysis and direct research, which particularly focused on the Italian IPs, provided the knowledge basis of the study. The results highlight the positive role that the IP model could play, both for its institutional activity of production and dissemination of knowledge and innovation, and, mostly, if considered as an applicative context for IS.

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Section: Industrial Symbiosis and Networkingmentioning

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2017

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“…According to Schiller et al (Schiller et al 2014) "A sustainable community uses its resources to meet current needs while ensuring that adequate resources are available for future generations. It involves all its citizens in an integrated, long-term planning process to protect the environment, expand economic opportunities, and meet social needs.…”

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“…Regulation and waste management describe the legislative matters setting limitations in terms of possibilities and quantities in regards to flows exchanges between IS firms (Schiller et al 2014). Enforcing waste disposal regulations can trigger networking and synergies among firms, so that they can be able to cope with all imposed limitations.…”

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Modeling and Evaluation of the Possibilities of Forming a Regional Industrial Symbiosis Networks

2018

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Industrial symbiosis (IS) is a term used to describe a network of diverse organizations that make use of different byproducts to improve their ability to achieve common goals, improve environmental conditions, and/or improve business and technical processes. In this paper, we propose a model for evaluation of the possibilities of the establishment of such IS on a regional level. This paper studied a benchmark of seven IS examples, which are used to build a qualitative multi-criteria decision model for evaluation of the development of IS network model. Through these examples, where two are the best known IS cases in the world, we demonstrate the importance of social actors' involvement in IS in their industrial or non-industrial technological processes.

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“…This growing awareness has gradually attracted more scholars of different disciplines, such as engineering, environmental science, economics, ecology, business and management studies, producing a growing body of literature referring to technological, social, and managerial issues (Cohen-Rosenthal, 2000;Posch et al, 2011;Roberts, 2004;Tudor et al, 2007;van Beers et al, 2007). For example, studies refer to the organization of eco-industrial parks (Ashton, 2008), the importance of informal ties in establishing social-material networks (Ashton and Bain, 2012;Schiller et al, 2014), institutional capacity building (Spekkink, 2015), and evolution of inter-organizational networks (Boons et al, 2011;Doménech and Davies, 2011).…”

Section: Industrial Ecologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Particularly, network theory has been introduced to understand sustainability-oriented inter-organizational network structures (Ashton, 2008;Ashton and Bain, 2012;Schiller et al, 2014). Network theory can help to improve the understanding of social/informal connectedness, next to technical/formal connectedness, within the sustainability-oriented networks (Ashton and Bain, 2012;Paquin and Howard-Grenville, 2013;Pina-Stranger and Lazega, 2011).…”

Section: Industrial Ecologymentioning

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Inter-organizational collaboration in bio-based business : sustainability-oriented networks inagro-industrial parks

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Analyzing networks in industrial ecology – a review of Social-Material Network Analyses

Cited by 71 publications

References 119 publications

Industrial Symbiosis, Networking and Innovation: The Potential Role of Innovation Poles

Industrial Symbiosis, Networking and Innovation: The Potential Role of Innovation Poles

Modeling and Evaluation of the Possibilities of Forming a Regional Industrial Symbiosis Networks

Inter-organizational collaboration in bio-based business : sustainability-oriented networks inagro-industrial parks

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