Management Decision: Volume 57 Issue 4

Supplier relationship management for circular economy: Influence of external pressures and top management commitment

Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran, Stephen J. Childe, Thanos Papadopoulos, Petri Helo

With considerable international awareness of circular economy (CE), the purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework, informed by institutional theory and upper…

Global non-fossil fuel consumption: driving factors, disparities, and trends

Jiandong Chen, Yinyin Wu, Chong Xu, Malin Song, Xin Liu

Non-fossil fuels are receiving increasing attention within the context of addressing global climate challenges. Based on a review of non-fossil fuel consumption in major countries…

Evaluating indicators for international manufacturing network under circular economy

Shraddha Mishra, Surya Prakash Singh, John Johansen, Yang Cheng, Sami Farooq

The purpose of this paper is to find the driving factors for effective and efficient management of international manufacturing network (IMN) which has become increasingly…

The role of new product development in underpinning the circular economy: A systematic review and integrative framework

Marco Antonio Paula Pinheiro, Bruno Michel Roman Pais Seles, Paula De Camargo Fiorini, Daniel Jugend, Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Hermes Moretti Ribeiro da Silva, Hengky Latan

The purpose of this paper is to identify and systematize journal articles that relate to new product development (NPD) within a circular economy (CE) and to present an integrative…

Examining the role of dynamic remanufacturing capability on supply chain resilience in circular economy

Surajit Bag, Shivam Gupta, Cyril Foropon

Worldwide, facing increasing resources pressure, more and more manufacturing firms aim to circular economy (CE), which is a system characterized by the application of…

Towards building circular economy: A cross-cultural study of consumers’ purchase intentions for reconstructed products

Jighyasu Gaur, Venkatesh Mani, Pratyush Banerjee, Mehdi Amini, Ritu Gupta

Extant literature provides insights about consumers’ purchase intentions (PI) and willingness to pay for reconstructed products but does not capture cross-cultural differences…

When stakeholder pressure drives the circular economy: Measuring the mediating role of innovation capabilities

Suresh Kumar Jakhar, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Sunil Luthra, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of stakeholder pressures on firm’s circular economy (CE) initiatives. The organizational responses are quite heterogeneous even…

Cognitive biases of consumers as barriers in transition towards circular economy

Poonam Singh, Elisa Giacosa

The purpose of this paper is to identify the cognitive biases of consumer and explain how they are creating barriers in transition towards circular economy (CE).

Interplay of organizational justice, psychological empowerment, organizational citizenship behavior, and job satisfaction in the context of circular economy

Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ajai Pratap Singh

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to examine relevant organizational “human” aspects that support circular economy (CE); and second, to investigate the influence of…

Acceptance of remanufactured products in the circular economy: an empirical study in India

Deepak Singhal, Sushant Tripathy, Sarat Kumar Jena

Acceptance of remanufactured products by the consumers is highly essential for the success of closed loop supply chain and for achieving the goal of circular economy. However, the…

Drivers and barriers to circular economy implementation: An explorative study in Pakistan’s automobile industry

Martin Agyemang, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Venkatesh Mani, Syed Tahaur Rehman, Horsten Kusi-Sarpong

Circular economy (CE) has gained considerable attention from researchers and practitioners over the past few years because of its potential social and environmental benefits…

When challenges impede the process: For circular economy-driven sustainability practices in food supply chain

Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Pravin P. Patil, Shaofeng Liu

The food organisations are pushing to adopt circular economy initiatives to enhance economic–ecological–social sustainability of supply chains. The adoption of circular economy…

Green product attributes and green purchase behavior: A theory of planned behavior perspective with implications for circular economy

Aasha Sharma, Cyril Foropon

Nowadays, understanding green consumers has become very critical given its implications for marketers to understand and communicate green purchase patterns on the one hand, and to…

Circular business models: level of maturity

Simone Sehnem, Lucila M.S. Campos, Dulcimar José Julkovski, Carla Fabiana Cazella

The purpose of this paper is to analyze circular business models of Brazilian companies.

Circular economy in the manufacturing sector: benefits, opportunities and barriers

Vikas Kumar, Ihsan Sezersan, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Ernesto D.R.S. Gonzalez, Moh’d Anwer AL-Shboul

In recent years, circular economy (CE) has come to prominence as an alternative to the classic approach of “make-use-dispose”. How companies can exploit the opportunities of CE to…

Collaborative carbon emission reduction in supply chains: an evolutionary game-theoretic study

Bangdong Zhi, Xiaohong Liu, Junlin Chen, Fu Jia

The purpose of this paper is to employ an emerging phenomenon in China concerning collaborative carbon emission reduction (CCER) to investigate: first, the coordination of…

Building sustainable circular agriculture in China: economic viability and entrepreneurship

Qin Zhu, Renan Jia, Xiaohua Lin

In the context of China, the purpose of this paper is to empirically answer three related questions: Could circular agriculture (CA) attain economic, ecological and social…