From Barriers to Enablers: The Role of Organizational Learning in Transitioning SMEs into the Circular Economy

Scipioni, Sara; Russ, Meir; Niccolini, Federico

doi:10.3390/su13031021

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“…Self-financing, debt financing, and public funds have proven to be the causes of the practice of CE-based business models from a financial perspective in general in SMEs. Scipioni et al (2021) argued that the critical factors of a CE-based business model for the MSME construction sector in Italy are external stakeholders, supply chain stakeholders, and organizational culture. In addition, barriers to and enablers for OL processes related to the CE-based business model from a knowledge perspective (creation, transfer, and retention) are found.…”

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“…The innovations in MSME that they do incrementally in resource loops will consider profits, costs, knowledge, experts, supply, and demand-side; and externally requires government supports such as regulations, standards, and infrastructure; as listed in table 4. Only Scipioni et al (2021) gives rise to a user behavior/market context, while others focus heavily on the operational parts of the business model. Research by Bocken & Geradts (2022), through interviews with 200 managers of leading corporations related to sustainability, found three critical things: market desirability, technical feasibility, and business viability.…”

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“…, Horvath et al (2019),Ceptureanu et al (2018), andScipioni et al (2021) are still limited in research context, especially in locations outside Europe and the US. Research can be conducted in developing countries, particularly in the Asia and Africa regions.…”

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Circular Economy Business Models in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Review

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MSME business should be built based on circular economy (CE)-based business models. The purpose of this article is to presenta review of several articles that have been published in Scopusdiscussing the CE-based business model and MSMEs to findresearch gaps and future research agendas. It used some tools of thetheoretical assay, such as bibliometric analysis, systematic literaturereview, theory, context, and characteristic methodology (TCCM).The paper outlines all findings of analyzed literature about CE’sbusiness model applied by MSME in the Scopus document untilJune 2021. The findings of this study provided more high-qualityevidence about research and practical gaps regarding the CE-basedbusiness model and MSME, which needs more research focuseson market desirability in the future and more understanding ofinternal processes in MSME’s case studies. The implication of thisarticle is to provide a future research agenda based on a collectionof research gaps as a basis for empirical research.JEL Classification: L26, M10, Q56

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“…In an attempt to operationalize the implementation of the concept of sustainable development for businesses, the Circular Economy (CE) concept has received increasing attention worldwide and has become an important field to both scholars and practitioners with a large increase in the number of articles and journals covering the topic during the last years (e.g., [18][19][20]). Although there is no generally accepted definition for the concept of Circular Economy, Kirchherr et al [19] describe it as "an economic system that is based on business models which replace the 'end-of-life' concept with reducing, alternatively reusing, recycling and recovering materials in production/distribution and consumption processes with the aim to accomplish sustainable development, which implies creating environmental quality, economic prosperity and social equity, to the benefit of current and future generations".…”

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Incorporating the Sustainability Concept in the Major Business Excellence Models

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2022

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The concept of sustainability has gained importance over the last years and organizations worldwide are trying to adapt their strategies and their economic, environmental, and social goals in order to achieve what is called corporate sustainability. Despite its importance to organizations, there is no universally accepted approach for implementing and measuring corporate sustainability. Business Excellence Models (BEMs) are widely used all over the world as a means of achieving and sustaining outstanding levels of organizational performance by improving the quality and management of their operations, and have been regarded to promote sustainable development. However, they have often been criticized for focusing more on business and financial results, questioning the extent to which they can adequately promote corporate sustainability. The aim of this paper is to explore the adequacy of the latest versions of three major BEMs to address corporate sustainability, by analyzing their criteria, their core values, and the overall approach of these models. Although the latest versions of these BEMs have been evolved to take into account the growing importance of corporate sustainability, the extent to which this is achieved varies among them, and cannot yet be considered as standardized models for its implementation and measurement. BEMs should provide an extensive list of sustainability indicators, such as the ones described in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards, if they are to be regarded as frameworks that adequately address corporate sustainability.

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“…Another survey-based analysis of 76 companies indicated that significant initial funding costs, as well as a misunderstanding and sense of urgency, are the main CE adoption barriers at the focal-firm level [53]. Moreover, Scipioni et al [54] categorized barriers into those that are internal versus external to the focal firm, and they suggested modes of circular business models that require tailor-made CE solutions.…”

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Apply DEMATEL to Analyzing Key Barriers to Implementing the Circular Economy: An Application for the Textile Sector

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Continuous improvement and innovation are solid foundations for the textile sector to maintain excellent growth and active sustainability. As the limited resources possessed by textile companies generally result in the incapability of implementing circular economy (CE) strategies simultaneously, recently, researchers advocate that organizations should analyze the influential inter-relationship between key barriers to explore the more dominant determinants for designing improved actions for implementing CE in the textile sector. CE implementation in the textile sector appears to be in its infancy. Although much attention has been paid to CE implementation barriers, the present study tries to fill this research gap by analyzing the causal relationships among the CE barriers in the textile sector. Therefore, the twelve barriers are identified by an extensive literature review, and the application of the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) based on the expert options from the textile sector. Subsequently, the causal inter-relationship among the key CE barriers is based on expert opinions using the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL). The results of this study indicate that three key barriers require quick action: “consumers lack knowledge and awareness about reused/recycle (B1)”, “lack of successful business models and frameworks to implement CE (B3)”, and “lack of an information exchange system between different stakeholders (B8)”. In addition, the results provide significant managerial implications, including implementations of CE in the textile sector. Not only should the government build regulations and friendly laws and encourage environmentally-friendly materials but the textile companies should also focus or monitor the recycling methods and quality to overcome the CE implementation issues. In addition, this study contributes to the textile sector transition toward CE by using the novel methodology for determining and prioritizing the key barriers. Finally, this work would help top management and the practitioners to better design effective infrastructural strategies for the textile sector transition towards CE.

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From Barriers to Enablers: The Role of Organizational Learning in Transitioning SMEs into the Circular Economy

Cited by 31 publications

References 113 publications

Circular Economy Business Models in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Review

Circular Economy Business Models in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises: A Review

Incorporating the Sustainability Concept in the Major Business Excellence Models

Apply DEMATEL to Analyzing Key Barriers to Implementing the Circular Economy: An Application for the Textile Sector

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