Fostering circular economy through open innovation: Insights from multiple case study

IF 4.8 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Francesco Antonio Perotti, Augusto Bargoni, Paola De Bernardi, Zoltan Rozsa
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This study represents an empirical, comprehensive investigation of two different inter-organisational collaborative approaches, offering a novel perspective on collaborative circular business models in the modern economy. In this vein, we explore how open innovation strategies foster the implementation of circular economy practices within a circular supply chain and a circular ecosystem. In addition, we identify and characterise stakeholders' roles in facilitating the translation of circular principles into a viable business. An inductive theorising approach was employed, leveraging an explorative multiple case study methodology. Data were collected from 13 organisations involved in two collaborative networks, designed to establish upcycling practices to recover waste from the food and beverage industry. A critical realist philosophical positioning underpinned researchers' data collection and analysis. As a result, we outline the nature of two different collaborative approaches to pursue a regenerative production system through open innovation strategies: a circular supply chain and a circular ecosystem architecture. The characterisation of the coordinator and orchestrator of collaborative circular business models is also highlighted in our findings. In sum, this study contributes to the literature on circular economy by unveiling the role of open innovation in fostering circular business development. From a practical standpoint, it offers insights for managers of sustainability-oriented companies willing to implement upcycling practices.
通过开放式创新促进循环经济:多个案例研究的启示
本研究对两种不同的组织间合作方式进行了全面的实证调查,为现代经济中的合作循环商业模式提供了一个新的视角。为此,我们探讨了开放式创新战略如何在循环供应链和循环生态系统中促进循环经济实践的实施。此外,我们还确定并描述了利益相关者在促进将循环原则转化为可行业务方面所扮演的角色。我们采用了归纳理论的方法,利用了探索性多案例研究方法。我们从参与两个合作网络的 13 个组织收集了数据,这两个网络旨在建立升级再循环实践,以回收食品和饮料行业的废物。批判现实主义哲学定位是研究人员收集和分析数据的基础。因此,我们概述了通过开放式创新战略追求再生生产系统的两种不同合作方法的性质:循环供应链和循环生态系统架构。我们的研究结果还强调了协作式循环商业模式的协调者和策划者的特征。总之,本研究通过揭示开放式创新在促进循环型企业发展中的作用,为循环经济文献做出了贡献。从实践的角度来看,它为愿意实施升级再循环实践的可持续发展导向型企业的管理者提供了启示。
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期刊介绍: -To offer rigorous and informed analysis of ethical issues and perspectives relevant to organizations and their relationships with society -To promote scholarly research and advance knowledge in relation to business ethics and corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship by providing cutting edge theoretical and empirical analysis of salient issues and developments -To be responsive to changing concerns and emerging issues in the business ethics and business and society sphere, and to seek to reflect these in the balance of contributions -To be the publication outlet of choice for all types of original research relating to business ethics and business-society relationships. Original articles are welcomed. Each issue will normally contain several major articles, and there will be an occasional FOCUS section which will contain articles on an issue of particular importance and topicality. Other regular features will include editorial interviews, book reviews, comments and responses to published articles, research notes and case studies. Business Ethics: A European Review is well established as an academic research journal which is at the same time readable, user-friendly and authoritative. It publishes both fully refereed scholarly papers and special contributions such as speeches and reviews. The range of contributions reflects the variety and scope of ethical issues faced by business and other organisations world-wide, and at the same time seeks to address the interests and concerns of the journals readership.
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