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Barriers to the Circular Economy – Integration of Perspectives and Domains

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Sustainable development requires disruptive changes and radical innovations, and the capability to deliver this in relation to adapt to a sustainable development is needed in mature large industrial companies. Integration between sustainability and business development is needed, which the Circular Economy model offers. Circular Economy is little implemented in practice, and in the present paper barriers to a transition to Circular Economy is identified. Barriers are financial, structural, operational, attitudinal and technological. They are also, as analyzed in relation to innovation management, characterized by a need to increase integration between a number of different perspectives and domains in industry.

Source: Procedia CIRP

DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2017.03.005

Authors: Sofia Ritzén, Gunilla Ölundh Sandström

Institution: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2620588134

FWCI: 72.77

Cites: 33

Cited by: 748

Related to: 10