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    Drivers and barriers to circular practices at the micro-level: Case studies
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    In order to illustrate the drivers and barriers to the adoption of CE innovations at the micro-(firm) level, in this chapter, we present case studies of firms in different sectors.
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    Introduction
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    More than a decade ago, three of us joined forces to write a book on the role of innovation in environmental protection. The title of that book ""Eco-Innovation: When Sustainability and Competitiveness Shake Hands"" captured our conviction to explore win-win solutions for a wider impact. Continuing our journey with this new book, we realize the world has changed quite a bit in a decade. Today, we find that the environment and innovation are both pertinent centrepieces of the highest policy and business agendas. Among all efforts to link competitiveness and sustainability, the concept of circular economy (CE) is probably the one with the highest momentum.
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    Managerial and public policy implications
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    The aim of this chapter is to discuss some of the managerial and public policy implications deriving from the analysis of the CE at the micro-level. The former refers to measures private decision makers in firms can take in order to facilitate the uptake of circular practices in-house. The latter includes framework conditions and specific policies that public policy-makers can implement in order to encourage such uptake, by either activating the drivers or mitigating the barriers to their development or adoption.
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    The micro-level approach to the circular economy
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    The CE is a multidimensional and multi-level concept. This multidimensionality is addressed by most authors in the CE literature.
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    At the crossroad: The circular economy within the broader picture
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    Although the CE has emerged as an important concept in current debates about sustainability and also in policy-making at the public sector and company levels, it has certainly not emerged from scrap. On the contrary, it builds on several previous approaches and, in turn, overlaps, contributes and interacts with them.
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    Conclusions
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    Sustainability and competitiveness have long been the subject of debate, and it has become clear by now that they can be achieved at the same time, creating a win-win situation for businesses and the environment. In this context, the circular economy (CE) draws a desirable future end state of an economic system that is fully circular, sustainable and also competitive. It stands thus in the tradition of related earlier sustainability concepts. Many academic, policy and private debates recognize that the current way of living is not sustainable. Since the eighties of the past century, science has addressed the issue of ""(un-) sustainability"".
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    Defining the CE: A review of definitions, taxonomies and classifications
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    This chapter provides a thorough literature review on existing definitions, classifications and taxonomies of the CE. This is a necessary exercise, as most researchers and practitioners recognize that the CE is an ""umbrella concept"". There are different approaches to circularity, and a commonly agreed definition of the CE currently does not exist. Precisely determining the concept is a difficult task.
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    Drivers and barriers to the CE: A micro-/meso-level analysis
    ( 2021)
    Rio, Pablo del
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    Kiefer, Christoph P. orcid-logo
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    Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier
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    Könnölä, Totti
    An appropriate analysis of the adoption of CE innovations (CEIs) should be based on the application of an analytical framework which takes into account the wide array of determinants which influence their uptake. As mentioned in a previous chapter, CE innovations are a subset of all eco-innovations which, in turn, are a subset of all innovations. Therefore, such an analytical framework should consider the barriers and drivers of innovation in the general innovation literature, but also take into account the particularities of eco-innovations and CE innovations.