.... Industry practitioners should focus on developing required necessary skills and compatibility tools for successful implementation of BCT. Originality/value This study contributes to the growing body of literature on blockchain-enabled circular economy systems by developing a causal understanding...

...Nishant Agrawal; Sachin Modgil; Mathiyazhagan Kaliyan Purpose The purpose of this study is to establish connections between blockchain (BC) technologies, supply chain finance (SCF) and the circular economy (CE) to enhance sustainable operations. Design/methodology/approach A systematic...

...Sourav Mondal; Saumya Singh; Himanshu Gupta Purpose This study aims to identify and conduct an in-depth analysis of barriers and drivers influencing “Green Entrepreneurship” (GE) and “Circular Economy” (CE) in relation to “sustainable development” (SD) using a systematic review and comprehensive...

... of a circular economy. Design/methodology/approach The authors have adopted exploratory research using a three-pronged approach. In Stage 1, we collected data through multiple sources – the published literature, empirical case studies, field visits and interviews with local stakeholders including local...

...Vishal Shukla; Sanjeev Prashar; M. Ramkumar Purpose This study seeks to investigate the ability of blockchain technology (BCT) to increase circular economy (CE) practices in the electronics industry, emphasising India and Taiwan. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a mixed-methods...

...: political environment (PE), regulatory environment (RE) and business environment (BE). Energy and environmental efficiency Circular economy Sustainable energy transition Low carbon energy systems Benchmarking Bootstrap DEA Truncated regression Modern societies owe their economic welfare...

... Licensed re-use rights only Circular economy Environment sustainability Metaverse Sustainable development Green finance Technological innovations Industrial activities contribute approximately 21% of global carbon emissions, creating an environmental footprint that necessitates immediate...

...Tais Provensi; Maiara Lais Marcon; Simone Sehnem; Lucila M.S. Campos; Adriane Farias S.L. de Queiroz Purpose This study aims to analyze how the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) guidelines and the Circular Economy (CE) are being internalized in the companies that are part of the Corporate...

...Richard Ohene Asiedu; De-Graft Owusu-Manu; Samuel Gyimah; David John Edwards; Alexander Baah Amoakwa Purpose To transition into a green/circular economy (CE), both academics and industrialists have undertaken research into various areas of circular business models (CBM), yet despite numerous...

...Areej Aftab Siddiqui; Arij Lahmar; Parul Singh; Kashika Arora; Ashutosh Samadhiya; Anil Kumar Purpose This paper examines the dynamic interplay between Circular Economy (CE) and Supply Chain (SC). Further, this paper develops a framework indicating the transition from conventional SC to SC 4.0...

...Dattatraya Balasaheb Sabale; Mahender Singh Kaswan; Rajeev Rathi; Vishwas Yadav Purpose In the current era, the focus on circular economy (CE) has gained substantial momentum among the research communities across the manufacturing world. It has become the need of the hour to act fast due...

...Surajit Bag Purpose The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of restorative supply chain practices on sustainability performance in a circular economy (CE). The moderating effect of supply chain managers' perceived professional status on restorative supply chain practices...

... in upstream, midstream, and downstream SC (Mishra et al., 2023 ; Ahmed et al., 2020 ; Xu et al., 2021). It is this holistic approach to GSCM that has led to the concept of circular economy (CE) that promote a system-wide approach rather than individual innovations (Coenen et...

...Mukesh Kondala; Sai Sudhakar Nudurupati; Raja Phani Pappu Purpose The circular economy (CE) represents an industry-wide transition from linear to circular processes. There has been a proliferation of literature on CE in the last decade. However, the existing studies on the adaption of CE in small...

...Mysha Maliha; Md. Abdul Moktadir; Surajit Bag; Alexandros I. Stefanakis Purpose The global resolution of embracing dynamic and intertwined production systems has made it necessary to adopt viable systems like circular economy (CE) to ensure excellency in the business. However, in emerging...

... on Scopus on 11th February 2022 Website: www.scopus.com (Industry 4.0 OR smart manufacturing OR intelligent manufacturing OR smart production OR smart factory) AND (sustainability OR Sustainable business models OR TBL OR circular economy OR green economy) AND (LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, “j”) OR LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE...

...Anurag Mishra; Pankaj Dutta; S. Jayasankar; Priya Jain; K. Mathiyazhagan Purpose This paper presents a systematic literature review of the various aspects of reverse logistics (RL) and closed-loop supply chains (CLSC) in implementing and achieving circular economy (CE) motives. CE is identified...

...Amit Patel; Sumer Singh Purpose This study aims to highlight the impacts of a rapidly growing automobile industry on the environment and how implementation of Circular Economy (CE) principles and strategies can help us in improving its sustainability without compromising on our existing economic...

...João Francisco Pinto Anaruma; Jorge Henrique Caldeira de Oliveira; Francisco Anaruma Filho; Wesley Ricardo de Souza Freitas; Adriano Alves Teixeira Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze and map the main areas of the Circular Economy literature of the first two decades of 21st century...

...John Thorley; Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes; Anthony Anosike Purpose Over the last decade, circular economy (CE) has gathered interest from both industrialists and academics alike. Whilst CE research is widespread in such areas as supply chain and larger organisations, there is limited research into how...