Corporate-entrepreneur collaborations to advance a circular economy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 188, Issue , 2018, Pages 20-37

  Veleva, Vesela ^a   Bodkin, Gavin ^b  

^a Department of Management ^*  (United States)

^b Circular Blu   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular business models; Circular economy; Environmental entrepreneurs; Product reuse; Sustainability; Waste repurposing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BUSINESS MODELS; CIRCULAR ECONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS; PRODUCT REUSE; REPURPOSING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85047454048     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.196     Document Type: Article

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