Can the Adoption of Circular Economy Practices Foster Supply Chain Resilience and Performance Improvements?

IF 13.3 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Business Strategy and The Environment Pub Date : 2025-09-11 DOI:10.1002/bse.70193

Roberta Pellegrino, Barbara Gaudenzi, Luca Fraccascia, Andrea Genovese, Luigi Jesus Basile

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Abstract

While a growing literature is showing interest in the circular economy (CE) paradigm, there is still a lack of consensus on whether the adoption of CE practices can help to cope with supply risks arising from an increasingly uncertain business environment in order to increase supply chain resilience (SCRES) and improve a firm's performance. Through a survey of Italian enterprises engaged with CE practices, this study aims to fill this literature gap, investigating whether the adoption of CE practices can initiate a path of increased SCRES, which can lead firms to improve their overall performance, thus proactively responding to environments characterised by high levels of supply risk. This study contributes to the debates about the paths connecting CE practices and firms' performance, especially in the context of vulnerabilities and disturbances, empirically demonstrating how firms might exploit the potential of CE by investing in SCRES. This study sheds light on the relationship between CE and SCRES, particularly underlying the most relevant paths of relationships between CE and those SCRES capabilities that can lead to performance improvements, particularly when the level of supply risk increases.

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采用循环经济实践能否促进供应链弹性和绩效改善？

虽然越来越多的文献显示出对循环经济（CE）范式的兴趣，但对于采用循环经济实践是否有助于应对日益不确定的商业环境所带来的供应风险，以提高供应链弹性（SCRES）和提高公司绩效，仍然缺乏共识。通过对从事CE实践的意大利企业的调查，本研究旨在填补这一文献空白，调查采用CE实践是否可以启动增加SCRES的路径，这可以导致公司提高其整体绩效，从而主动应对以高水平供应风险为特征的环境。本研究有助于讨论连接CE实践和企业绩效的路径，特别是在脆弱性和干扰的背景下，实证地展示了企业如何通过投资于SCRES来利用CE的潜力。这项研究揭示了CE和SCRES之间的关系，特别是潜在的CE和SCRES能力之间关系的最相关路径，这些关系可以导致性能改进，特别是当供应风险水平增加时。

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Business Strategy and The Environment Multiple-

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22.50

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19.40%

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336

期刊介绍： Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE) is a leading academic journal focused on business strategies for improving the natural environment. It publishes peer-reviewed research on various topics such as systems and standards, environmental performance, disclosure, eco-innovation, corporate environmental management tools, organizations and management, supply chains, circular economy, governance, green finance, industry sectors, and responses to climate change and other contemporary environmental issues. The journal aims to provide original contributions that enhance the understanding of sustainability in business. Its target audience includes academics, practitioners, business managers, and consultants. However, BSE does not accept papers on corporate social responsibility (CSR), as this topic is covered by its sibling journal Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. The journal is indexed in several databases and collections such as ABI/INFORM Collection, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, BIOBASE, Emerald Management Reviews, GeoArchive, Environment Index, GEOBASE, INSPEC, Technology Collection, and Web of Science.