Abstract
Recently, the circular economy (CE) has attracted
increasing attention as a way to reduce global
sustainability pressures and to enable sustainable
growth. A CE is an industrial system aiming to slow,
close or narrow the cycles of the global economy. The
lock-in to the linear supply chains of today is one of
the major barriers in transition towards a CE, but
academic literature is in its infancy. This paper
develops a framework that helps to structure the vast
concept of SCM in a CE and to classify the core SCM
issues according to specific business models. The
framework is applied in two cases.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 5th P&OM World Confernece |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | 5th World Conference on Production and Operations Management - Havana International Conference Cente, Havana, Cuba Duration: 6 Sep 2016 → 10 Sep 2016 Conference number: 5 |
Conference
| Conference | 5th World Conference on Production and Operations Management |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title | P&OM |
| Country | Cuba |
| City | Havana |
| Period | 6/09/16 → 10/09/16 |
Keywords
- circular economy
- supply chain management
UN SDGs
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