Strategies for the Circular Economy: Circular Districts and Networks

This book explores how firms can develop successful circular strategies through the Circular Economy and Circular Districts approaches. It discusses the challenges of implementing circular models and the opportunities for collaboration and technology synergies in circular districts. It offers insights into strategic thinking, network redesign, and value creation processes and provides case studies and advancements for the scientific community and business world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 144 pages
Publication date: 10 March 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This captivating book delves into two innovative approaches for firms to cultivate successful circular strategies, namely the Circular Economy and Circular Districts. The former explores the challenges firms encounter when translating theoretical circular models into practical realities, shedding light on the opportunities and complexities involved in reshaping corporate strategies through a reflective lens of circular economy principles. The latter approach emerges as a vital component within the emerging new economy systems, and this book endeavors to conceptualize and operationalize its definition.

The Circular District emerges as a powerful catalyst in the energy transition process, fostering industrial collaborations and harnessing technology synergies to enhance circularity and achieve a harmonious blend of economic, environmental, and social objectives.

The book underscores the imperative for firms to adapt their strategic mindset, reimagine their network of relationships, and reassess the value creation process when embracing the circular economy as a tangible alternative. Furthermore, it delves into the transformative journey from circular economy to circular districts, unveiling the motivations that drive firms and supply chains to reevaluate their strategies by considering the perspective of a circular district.

The book concludes by examining business experiences in these two domains, offering valuable insights and proposing advancements for both the scientific community and the business world.

This comprehensive book blends theoretical frameworks with practical applications, making it an invaluable resource for scholars engaged in the fields of sustainable operations, closed-loop supply chain management, green supply chain management, and circular supply chains. Moreover, the operationalization of the concept of circular districts provides a genuine and original theoretical contribution, appealing to students enrolled in Executive programs, MBA programs, and PhD programs.

Weight: 460g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032458175