... only Circular economy Ecosystem orchestration Food waste Digital technologies Food industry Coordination Digitalisation Circular supply chains Circular strategies Economic and Social Research Council This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council...

...Ahmed Mohammed; Kapil Vyas; Bardia Naghshineh; Noorul Shaiful Fitri Abdul Rahman Purpose Food manufacturing faces growing pressure to improve resource efficiency and manage Scope 3 emissions, yet how circular economy ( CE ) strategies and Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies are integrated in practice...

...: No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). 08 01 2026 11 03 2026 23 04 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Circular economy Critical raw materials Resource dependency Resource...

... Circular economy Circular supply chain Single case Supply chain management This research contributes to the discussion on implementing circularity (Kreye, 2026 ; Ratsimandresy and Miemczyk, 2024 ; Sehnem et al., 2019) by identifying the unique characteristics of waste-to-resource...

...Beatrice Colombo; Albachiara Boffelli; Alice Madonna; Paolo Gaiardelli; Matteo Kalchschmidt Purpose This study aims to empirically explain how companies can leverage relational enablers to implement a circular economy (CE). Design/methodology/approach The study uses a multiple case study...

... in changing supply chains is particularly relevant for the implementation of circular economy as it requires fundamentally different ways of organising supply chains (Ciulli et al., 2020 ; Kreye, 2023). For example, to close material loops requires substantial restructuring of forward and reverse...

... of the CC BY 4.0 licence Circular economy Panarchy theory New product development Resource reconfiguration Adaptive cycles Resilience Food industry Supply chain disruptions Extant research has focused on discovering how supply chains (SC) prepare, respond and recover from...

... in facilitating circular economy in general. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is qualitative using 17 semi-directed interviews with circularity brokers. The theoretical approach draws on the network view and builds on recent developments of the theory in the context of circular economy. Findings...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Closed-loop supply chains Circular economy Delphi method Food industry Food supply chain Reverse logistics Sustainability Sustainable supply chain management […]the process of planning, implementing and controlling flows of raw...

...Surajit Bag; Muhammad Sabbir Rahman Purpose A circular economy is a popular approach considered by many firms to address sustainable development goals strategically. Literature indicates that collaborative relationships among supply chain partners facilitate circular economy practices. However...

... Organizational ambidexterity Digital transformation Circular economy Structural equation modeling Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis In the past decade, emerging digital technologies have revolutionized the way organizations worldwide develop business models and capabilities for supply chain...

...Simone Sehnem; Diego Vazquez-Brust; Susana Carla Farias Pereira; Lucila M.S. Campos Purpose This paper aims to investigate overlaps, complementarities and divergences between the literature on circular economy (CE) models and related literature in non-linear production models and frameworks...

... a theoretical framework for identifying relevant barriers to integrating circular economy philosophy in food supply chain management. The study uses 105 responses from Chinese food supply chain stakeholders including food processors, sales and distribution channels, consumers and government officials...