A Review and Typology of Circular Economy Business Model Patterns

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 36-61

  Lüdeke Freund, Florian ^a   Gold, Stefan ^b   Bocken, Nancy M P ^c,d  

^a ESMT European School of Management and Technology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

business model; circular economy; review; supply chain; typology; value creation

Indexed keywords

REPAIR; REVIEWS;

BUSINESS MODEL DESIGNS; BUSINESS MODELING; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ORGANIC FEEDSTOCKS; REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE; TYPOLOGY; VALUE CREATION;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

LITERATURE REVIEW; MODEL; RECYCLING; REFURBISHMENT; RESOURCE USE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 85045956639     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12763     Document Type: Review

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