scholarly journals ECONOMIA CIRCULAR: UM ESTUDO BIBLIOMÉTRICO

2021 ◽  
pp. 17-23
Author(s):  
André Castilho Navarro ◽  
Denise Helena Lombardo Ferreira ◽  
Cibele Roberta Sugahara ◽  
Diego de Melo Conti
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Future Research ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Reducing Costs

O rápido crescimento populacional e o aumento do consumo têm causado desafios econômicos, ambientais e sociais para a sustentabilidade do planeta. Os efeitos da ação antrópica têm se intensificado desde a Revolução Industrial com a atribuição de um modelo econômico linear, baseado na extração e exploração dos recursos naturais, produção e disposição dos resíduos no meio ambiente. Uma abordagem contrastante com essa realidade e que vem ganhando popularidade, principalmente na última década, é a denominada Economia Circular. O estudo bibliométrico realizado nesta pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar a produção científica relacionada com o tema Economia Circular, especificamente em artigos publicados entre 2016 e 2020, proporcionando rumos e estratégias de futuras pesquisas. O estudo demonstrou um crescimento na produção científica nesse período, principalmente nos últimos dois anos, com predomínio de estudos internacionais, o que pode contribuir para a difusão do tema Economia Circular, com a finalidade de favorecer a regeneração dos recursos naturais. Entretanto, ainda existe uma lacuna muito grande entre as publicações brasileiras com relação às internacionais, o que sugere a necessidade de se investir em estudos sobre o tema, de forma a gerar conhecimentos que apoiem a aceleração na transição dos modelos lineares, engajando a economia das organizações brasileiras aos pilares do desenvolvimento sustentável de forma mais equiparada aos países desenvolvidos.  O presente estudo revelou que o tema Economia Circular vem sendo aplicado como uma prática administrativa orientada à redução de custos, melhoria da competitividade e da sustentabilidade. Palavras-Chave: Economia Circular. Sustentabilidade. Competitividade.   Abstract: The rapid population growth and increasing consumption have been causing economic, environmental and social challenges to the sustainability of the planet. The effects of anthropic action have intensified since the Industrial Revolution with the attribution of a linear economic model, based on the extraction and exploitation of natural resources, production and disposal of waste in the environment. A contrasting approach with this reality that has been gaining popularity, especially in the last decade, is the so-called Circular Economy. The bibliometric study carried out in this research aims to identify the scientific production related to the theme of Circular Economy, specifically in articles published between 2016 and 2020, providing directions and strategies for future research. The study showed a growth in scientific production in this period, mainly in the last two years, with a predominance of international studies, which can contribute to the dissemination of the Circular Economy theme, with the purpose of favoring the regeneration of natural resources. However, there is still a very large gap between Brazilian publications in relation to international ones, which suggests the need to invest in studies on the subject, in order to generate knowledge that supports the acceleration in the transition of linear models, engaging the economy of Brazilian organizations to the pillars of sustainable development in a more similar way to developed countries. This study revealed that the Circular Economy theme has been applied as an administrative practice aimed at reducing costs, improving competitiveness and sustainability. Keywords: Circular Economy. Sustainability. Competitiveness.

scholarly journals Development of conceptual principles of the circular economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Sedikova
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Reverse Logistics ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Common Features ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Stable Development

High growth rates of natural resources consumption in recent years, pollution of the environment contribute to the development of theories regarding the future provision of natural resources on the Earth. Thepurpose of the article is to study the concept of sustainable development and the need for its introductioninto economic activity, definition of ideas influencing the modern concept of the circular economy. The concept of stable development and circular economy is analyzed, common features and differences are defined.It has been established that the circular economy is a prerequisite and driver of the fourth industrial revolution. The basis of the circular economy are closed supply chains. They combine the usual processes of adirect supply chain with reverse logistics processes, ranging from product recovery, disassembly and reuseof individual parts.

scholarly journals Introducing a Circular Economy: New Thinking with New Managerial and Policy Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Esposito ◽  
Terence Tse ◽  
Khaled Soufani
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Mass Production ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Economy Model ◽  
Mass Consumption ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
Single Use

Since the industrial revolution, we have been living in a linear economy. Our consumer and “single use” lifestyles have made the planet a “take, make, dispose” world. This refers to a unidirectional model of production: natural resources provide our factory inputs, which are then used to create mass-produced goods to be purchased and, typically, disposed after a single use. This linear economy model of mass production and mass consumption is testing the physical limits of the globe. It is, therefore, unsustainable and a shift toward a circular economy is becoming inevitable.

The circular ecological economy - a beneficial environment in light of the use of natural resources in the Republic of Moldova

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olesea Cojocaru ◽  
Zorina Siscan
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Conventional Agriculture ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Republic

<p>The welfare of the Republic of Moldova much depends on the use of its natural resources. However, the pace at which the natural resources are exploited exceeds the ability of the environment to regenerate them. Land resources are the main natural wealth of the country. The conservation and increase of effective fertility of the soils becomes the basic task of the owners of agricultural lands. The methods of the conventional agriculture do not work anymore to make the sector competitive at regional and global markets. New concepts and technologies of Green and Circular economy are of more perspective. They also are more effective under the continuous unbalanced extraction of natural resources which causes environmental damage.</p><p>The case of Moldova reflects the global trends. Some international studies have shown that the global consumption of materials per capita has doubled, while the consumption of primary energy has tripled in the last hundred years. In other words, each of us consumes three times as much energy and twice as much material as our predecessors consumed in 1900. Moreover, nowadays there are 7.2 billion consumers compared to 1.6 billion in 1900.</p><p>At the same time, the requirements for quality standards in Green economy are very high and rigid as well as  “the annual financing demand to green the global economy has been estimated to be in range 1.05 USD to 2.59 USD trillion” (UNEP, 2011). That is why the Circular ecological economy is seen as more viable solution for world, regional and national economies. ”Ecological economy” generally refers to an economy in which all the choices regarding production and consumption are made taking into account the welfare of the society and the global health of the environment. ”Circular economy” implies a system of production and consumption that generates as little loss as possible.</p><p>The EU Circular economy Package and CE Stakeholder Platform are a good start for regional economy as well as that of Republic of Moldova as its Associate Member. The beneficial solution for improving the environment of the country consists in redesigning products, production and consumption processes by minimizing waste and transforming that unused part into a resource.</p>

scholarly journals Cultural and Natural Resources in Tourism Island: Bibliometric Mapping

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 724 ◽  
Author(s):  
María del Río-Rama ◽  
Claudia Maldonado-Erazo ◽  
José Álvarez-García ◽  
Amador Durán-Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The United States ◽  
Scientific Production ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Endemic Plant ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Island Ecosystems ◽  
Depth Analysis

Island ecosystems have very specific physical, economic and socio-cultural characteristics, which are shared by most of these ecosystems regardless of their geographical area. These characteristics include well defined geographical boundaries that lead to a greater degree of isolation, lack of economically exploitable resources, great external dependence for consumption, cultural and natural heritage with a high uniqueness level and a high concentration of endemic plant and animal species. All of them are responsible for the high development dependence level linked to the tourism activity of these ecosystems. Thus, island ecosystems are currently an important international tourism destination, where a great diversity of very attractive natural and cultural resources and of great heritage value are concentrated. This fact allows for the development of tourism activities of great heterogeneity among countries or regions of the world that host these island ecosystems. The aim of this research was to identify and analyze, through a bibliometric and bibliographic analysis, the scientific production indexed in the international Scopus database, which addresses the subject of use of cultural and natural resources by tourism in island ecosystems. This scientific mapping allows us to observe the evolution of scientific production in this field of study. The results show that this is a new subject (a large number of transient authors), predominantly affiliated with the United States and Spain. The most followed research lines to date are destination management followed very far by responsible environmental behavior and the impacts of sustainable development. However, the keywords with the highest co-occurrence show that the hot topics are tourism exploitation in the ecotourism field and sustainable tourism development. This research is considered the first bibliometric study carried out which is related to this thematic approach, providing a clear in-depth analysis for researchers and thereby facilitating the approach of future research work.

scholarly journals Towards a Circular Economy for African Islands: an Analysis of Existing Baselines and Strategies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Andriamahefazafy ◽  
P. Failler
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Material Consumption ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe ◽  
Global North ◽  
High Level ◽  
Macarthur Foundation

AbstractIn recent years, the concept of circular economy has gained increasing attention from both businesses and governments. The African continent has started to adopt circular economy–related policies at national or regional levels, but it is not yet mainstream. Literature on circular economy has mainly focused on developed countries in the global north with limited attention given to the potential of circular economy for developing countries especially in the context of African islands. In this paper, we fill this gap by providing existing baselines regarding CE for 9 African islands and present their existing strategies that could foster the development of a circular economy. Adopting the Ellen MacArthur Foundation diagram and the ReX framework, we use different components of the combined frameworks to situate the various initiatives. We show that African islands have led an array of initiatives especially in waste management and also in regenerating natural resources. However, various challenges remain, such as the lack of national umbrella frameworks that would ensure circularity across actions. Countries with more favourable socio-economic and political contexts such as Reunion Island or Mauritius implement policies relating to a circular economy. However, these countries and others, such as Maldives or Seychelles, also have a high level of material consumption that requires changes from production to consumption stages. Countries with challenging contexts, such as Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros and to a lesser extent Cabo Verde, have less dedicated policies but various dispersed activities such as using renewable energy that could contribute to circularity. Extraction of natural resources in these countries remains an important source of growth that requires a systemic change towards circularity. Embracing a circular economy presents various opportunities to African islands especially considering the blue economy agendas adopted in these islands.

Website Information Security and Privacy Concerns in 4IR: The Moderating Role of Trust in B2C e-Commerce

10.29007/jlq6 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thabang Mofokeng
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Customer Trust

The technology devices introduced in recent years are not only vulnerable to Internet risks but are also unable to elevate the growth of B2C e-commerce. These concerns are particularly relevant today, as the world transitions into the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To date, existing research has largely focused on obstacles to customer loyalty. Studies have tested e-commerce models guided by the establishment of trusting, satisfied and loyal consumers in various international contexts. In South Africa, however, as an emerging market, there has been limited research on the success factors of online shopping.This study examines the influence of security and privacy on trust, seen as a moderator of customer satisfaction, which in turn, has an effect on loyalty towards websites. Based on an exhaustive review of literature, a conceptual model is proposed on the relationships between security and privacy on the one hand, and customer trust, satisfaction and loyalty on the other. A total of 250 structured, self-administered questionnaires was distributed to a purposively selected sample of respondents using face-to-face surveys in Johannesburg, South Africa. A multivariate data analysis technique was used to draw inferences from the data. With an 80.1% response rate, the findings showed that privacy and security do influence customer trust; security strongly influences customer trust and weakly influences satisfaction. In South Africa, customer loyalty towards websites is strongly determined by satisfaction and weakly determined by trust. Trust significantly moderates the effect of customer satisfaction on loyalty. The study implications and limitations are presented and future research directions are suggested.

A Circular Business Model for Cloud Computing Services Providers

10.31355/33 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Hamed Motaghi ◽  
Saeed Nosratabadi ◽  
Thabit Qasem Atobishi
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Sustainable Consumption ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Computing Services ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Cloud Computing Service

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED WITH THE INFORMING SCIENCE INSTITUTE. Aim/Purpose................................................................................................................................................................................................. The main objective of the current study is to develop a business model for service providers of cloud computing which is designed based on circular economy principles and can ensure the sustainable consumption. Background Even though the demand for cloud computing technology is increasing day by day in all over the world, the current the linear economy principles are incapable to ensure society development needs. To consider the benefit of the society and the vendors at the same time, the principles of circular economy can address this issue. Methodology................................................................................................................................................................................................. An extensive literature review on consumption, sustainable consumption, circular economic, business model, and cloud computing were conducted. the proposed model of Osterwalder, Pigneur and Tucci (2005) is admitted designing the circular business model. Contribution................................................................................................................................................................................................. The proposed model of the study is the contribution of this study where provides the guidelines for the cloud computing service providers to achieve both their economic profits and the society’ needs. Findings Finding reveals that if the cloud computing service providers design their business model based on the “access” principle of circular economy, they can meet their economic profits and the society’ needs at a same time. Recommendations for Practitioners.............................................................................................................................................................. It is recommended to the startup and the existing businesses to utilize the proposed model of this study to reach a sustainable development. Recommendation for Researchers................................................................................................................................................................ It proposes a new circular business model and its linkages with community building. Impact on Society............................................................................................................................................................................................ The proposed model of the study provides guidelines to the cloud computing service providers to design a business model which is able not only to meet their economic profit, but also to meet the society’s and customers’ benefits. Future Research............................................................................................................................................................................................... Future researches can build on this research model which proposed in this study to examine the limitations of this model by using empirical researches.

Australia—The Hidden Jewel

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahesh K. Joshi ◽  
J.R. Klein
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The United States ◽  
Dutch Disease

The twenty-first century is being touted as the Asian century. With its stable economy, good governance, education system, and above all the abundant natural resources, will Australia to take its place in the global economy by becoming more entrepreneurial and accelerating its rate of growth, or will it get infected with the so-called Dutch disease? It has been successful in managing trade ties with fast-developing economies like China and India as well as developed countries like the United States. It has participated in the growth of China by providing iron ore and coal. Because it is a low-risk country, it has enabled inflow of large foreign capital investments. A lot will depend on its capability and willingness to invest the capital available in entrepreneurial ventures, its ability to capture the full value chain of natural resources, and to export the finished products instead of raw materials, while building a robust manufacturing sector.

Emerging Industrial Revolution: Symbiosis of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: The Role of Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seeram Ramakrishna ◽  
Alfred Ngowi ◽  
Henk De Jager ◽  
Bankole O. Awuzie
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
New Jobs

Growing consumerism and population worldwide raises concerns about society’s sustainability aspirations. This has led to calls for concerted efforts to shift from the linear economy to a circular economy (CE), which are gaining momentum globally. CE approaches lead to a zero-waste scenario of economic growth and sustainable development. These approaches are based on semi-scientific and empirical concepts with technologies enabling 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) and 6Rs (reuse, recycle, redesign, remanufacture, reduce, recover). Studies estimate that the transition to a CE would save the world in excess of a trillion dollars annually while creating new jobs, business opportunities and economic growth. The emerging industrial revolution will enhance the symbiotic pursuit of new technologies and CE to transform extant production systems and business models for sustainability. This article examines the trends, availability and readiness of fourth industrial revolution (4IR or industry 4.0) technologies (for example, Internet of Things [IoT], artificial intelligence [AI] and nanotechnology) to support and promote CE transitions within the higher education institutional context. Furthermore, it elucidates the role of universities as living laboratories for experimenting the utility of industry 4.0 technologies in driving the shift towards CE futures. The article concludes that universities should play a pivotal role in engendering CE transitions.

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