Circular Economy and Technological Innovation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 61206
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainability and sustainable development; firms’ strategic and supply chain management; corporate social responsibility and consumer environmentalism; multi-channel retailing and electronic commerce; product/technology life cycle analysis
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Interests: B2B relationships; firm strategic orientations; firm sustainable orientation; sustainable product design; corporate social responsibility; sustainable marketing; green marketing; sales strategy; brand identity; international marketing; marketing and well-being; innovation; organizational mindsets; dei in marketing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Businesses and consumers are currently facing unprecedented sustainability challenges; hence, sustainable development requires disruptive changes in the way our businesses and consumers act. The concept of circular economy presents a new model of design, production, consumption and disposal, which aims at tackling global issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, pollution, and inequity. The circular economy model offers a new approach of technological innovation and integration between natural ecosystems, business operations, our daily lives, and waste management. Innovative technologies can help businesses lead the transition to an inclusive, circular economy faster and more efficiently and empower consumers to be more responsible contributors. Many companies, such as Patagonia, Adidas, Nike, and Allbirds are already leveraging these newer technologies to design waste and pollution out of their supply chains while keeping products and materials in use to create positive economic, environmental, and societal impact. Meanwhile, a prominent movement in consumer environmentalism has been emerging, as consumers have started to demand accountable businesses and sustainable products.
Although the number of studies focusing on circular economy, and the impact of technological innovation on business and consumer sustainability has been increasing in recent years, our knowledge on these topics is still far from satisfactory, given rapid developments in the field. The purpose of this Special Issue is to facilitate an in-depth discussion on circular economy and technological innovation as a path toward sustainability and provide a forum for researchers in this area to disseminate research findings that can shed light on these critical issues. While the Special Issue is open to empirical research articles that offer theoretical and practical contributions to the areas of interest based on varied research methods, viz., qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods, conceptual articles are also welcome.
We solicit both original research articles and reviews for submission to the Special Issue. Research topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Circular economy;
- Technological innovation toward sustainability;
- Sustainable production and consumption;
- Sustainable supply chain management;
- The impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development;
- Waste management;
- Recycling and upcycling;
- Consumer environmentalism;
- Sharing economy;
- Collaborative consumption.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Ting Chi
Dr. Babu John-Mariadoss
Guest Editors
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