The circular strategic tool: coupling strategic decision making and the circular economy Available to Purchase

Reinalda Blanco Pereira is a professor at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) in Brazil and has a PhD in Production Engineering. Also is a member of the research group on Sustainable Production Systems (LESP). Author and co-author of more than 19 articles, book and book chapters. And works in the areas of Strategies, Environmental Economics, Management Models, Circular Economy, Bioeconomy, Knowledge Management and Production Management. She has 23 years of experience in Higher Education, as a teacher, coordinator and advisor in undergraduate and specialization courses.

Rodrigo Salvador’s research and expertise are primarily focused around making production systems more environmentally sustainable, by fomenting greater circularity and seeking to lower environmental impacts based on life cycle assessment (LCA). He is currently an assistant professor at the Technical University of Denmark, working on the aforementioned themes. Rodrigo holds a PhD, a Master and a Bachelor in Industrial Engineering from the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR). To date, he counts more than 30 journal publications on those themes, and has collaborated in projects funded by the private initiative and governmental organizations.

Antonio Carlos De Francisco He has over 22 years of experience in higher education and leading projects on Sustainability, Sustainable Production Systems, Quality of Life at Work, Life Cycle Thinking, Circular Economy, Renewable energy and fuels, innovation. Leader of 10+ projects; Author and co-author of 200+ papers, Author and co-author 400+ articles; Author and co-author 40+ books and chapters; Supervised 100+ undergraduate and graduate students, Has projects with 10+ companies. Professor of the PPGEP – Post-Graduate Program in Production Engineering at Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná – UTFPR (master’s and doctoral courses).