...Felicia-Adina Kemmner; Hervé Legenvre; Ari-Pekka Hameri Purpose This study examines the role of industry-wide data sharing in facilitating the transition towards a circular economy (CE) using the case of the Digital Product Passport (DPP), a product’s digital twin. It considers the challenges...

...Shiyuan Yin; Mengqi Jiang; Lujie Chen; Fu Jia Purpose Within the current institutional landscape, characterized by increased societal and governmental emphasis on environmental preservation, there is growing interest in the potential of digital transformation (DT) to advance the circular economy...

...Asma-Qamaliah Abdul-Hamid; Mohd Helmi Ali; Lokhman Hakim Osman; Ming-Lang Tseng; Ahmad Raflis Che Omar Purpose This paper aims to contribute significantly to the empirical investigations on adopting Industry 4.0–circular economy in the Malaysian palm oil industry. The paper also aims to theorise...

...Ashish Dwivedi; Priyabrata Chowdhury; Dindayal Agrawal; Sanjoy Kumar Paul; Yangyan Shi Purpose A digital supply chain (DSC) positively enhances circular economy (CE) practices. However, what factors and conditions lead to the implementation of DSC for transitioning toward CE is not yet clear...

... of innovation in the context of circular economy. However, current concepts and models are fragmented and impractical. This paper aims to develop a holistic view integrating the three bodies of knowledge – industrialisation, ecologicalisation and digitalisation (IED) – in order to achieve sustainable...

...Yina Li; Yuzhou Hu; Lixu Li; Jiayan Zheng; Ying Yin; Shaoling Fu Purpose Although the circular economy is widely regarded as an essential strategy for firms, the present understanding of the drivers and outcomes of circular economy implementation is underdeveloped. In this paper, the authors draw...

...Leven J. Zheng; Yuanyuan Anna Wang; Hsuan-Yu Lin; Wei Liu Purpose This paper explores how Industry 4.0 facilitates small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets to gain and maintain organizational legitimacy from the government and market and capture value from circular economy (CE...

... and digitization (L-A-D) capabilities by applying (or not applying) their critical circular economy (CE) and blockchain technology (BCT)-related resources and capabilities that they either already possess or acquire from external agents. Design/methodology/approach An abductive approach, applying exploratory...