On Friday 28 January Dr Enes Unal, Lecturer in Circular Economy and Innovation at SWAG合集, presented an online webinar entitled "Whole System Design for Circular Economy". 

If you attended the event and would like to conduct some background reading, or if you couldn't make it but you would like to know more about the topic, you can use your free Alumni Library Online (ALO) service to stay informed.

Here are just a few examples of full-text articles in our databases that you can read on Circular Economy:

In ABI/INFORM

Marino, A., & Pariso, P. (2021). The transition towards to the circular economy: European SMEs' trajectories. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, 8(4), 431-455. 

Fatourou-Sipsi, A., & Symeonidou, I. (2021). Designing [for] the future: Managing architectural parts through the principles of circular economy. IOP Conference Series. Earth and Environmental Science, 899(1).

Bart J A Van, B., Iyer-Raniga, U., Mark, A. A. M. L., & Argus, K. (2021). Comprehensiveness of circular economy assessments of regions: a systematic review at the macro-level. Environmental Research Letters, 16(10).

Murray, A., Skene, K., & Haynes, K. (2017). The Circular Economy: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Concept and Application in a Global Context: JBE. Journal of Business Ethics, 140(3), 369-380.

Mikichurova, O. V., & Vlialko, I. V. (2021). Circular law as a legal basis for a circular economy. IOP Conference Series. Earth and Environmental Science, 915(1).


In EBSCO Business Source - Alumni

Finn, J., Barrie, J., João, E., & Zawdie, G. (2020). A multilevel perspective of transition to a circular economy with particular reference to a community renewable energy niche. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 19(2), 195–220.

Velenturf, A. P. M., Jensen, P. D., Purnell, P., Jopson, J., & Ebner, N. (2019). A Call to Integrate Economic, Social and Environmental Motives into Guidance for Business Support for the Transition to a Circular Economy. Administrative Sciences (2076-3387), 9(4), 92.

Hrabec, D., K暖dela, J., Šomplák, R., Nevrlý, V., & Popela, P. (2020). Circular economy implementation in waste management network design problem: a case study. Central European Journal of Operations Research, 28(4), 1441–1458.

In Emerald

Ünal, E., Urbinati, A. and Chiaroni, D. (2019). Managerial practices for designing circular economy business models: The case of an Italian SME in the office supply industry. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 30(3), 561-589.

Shao, J., Huang, S., Lemus-Aguilar, I. and Ünal, E. (2020). Circular business models generation for automobile remanufacturing industry in China: Barriers and opportunities. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, (31)3, 542-571.

Marrucci, L., Daddi, T. and Iraldo, F. (2021). The circular economy, environmental performance and environmental management systems: the role of absorptive capacity, Journal of Knowledge Management, Ahead-of-print.

Anaruma, J.F.P., Oliveira, J.H.C.d., Anaruma Filho, F., Freitas, W.R.d.S. and Teixeira, A.A. (2021). The first two decades of Circular Economy in the 21st century: a bibliographic review. Benchmarking: An International Journal, Ahead-of-print.

De Angelis, R. (2021). Circular economy: laying the foundations for conceptual and theoretical development in management studies. Management Decision, (59)6, 1209-1227.

Del Giudice, M., Chierici, R., Mazzucchelli, A. and Fiano, F. (2021). Supply chain management in the era of circular economy: the moderating effect of big data. The International Journal of Logistics Management, (32)2, 337-356.

In Sage

Alpsahin Cullen, U. (2021). Exploring a circular business model: Insights from the institutional theory perspective and the business model lens. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Fleischmann, K. (2019). Design-led innovation and Circular Economy practices in regional Queensland. Local Economy, 34(4), 382–402.

Ramakrishna, S., Ngowi, A., Jager, H. D., and Awuzie, B. O. (2020). Emerging Industrial Revolution: Symbiosis of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: The Role of Universities. Science, Technology and Society, 25(3), 505–525.

Bozkurt, Ö., and Xheneti, M. (2022). On the Front Line of the Circular Economy: The Entrepreneurial, Identity and Institutional Work of a Female Entrepreneur towards the Circular Transition. Work, Employment and Society.

Frishammar, J., and Parida, V. (2019). Circular Business Model Transformation: A Roadmap for Incumbent Firms. California Management Review, 61(2), 5–29.

Open Access articles in ScienceDirect from Elsevier

Although Elsevier do not generally permit alumni access to ScienceDirect material, don’t forget there are many articles available via open access (where the author or their institution has paid to make their article publicly available without subscription).

Here are some examples of open access articles in this subject area with direct links to the full text:

Suárez-Eiroa, B., Fernández, E., and Méndez, G. (2021). Integration of the circular economy paradigm under the just and safe operating space narrative: Twelve operational principles based on circularity, sustainability and resilience. Journal of Cleaner Production, 322(129071).

Stumpf, L., Schöggl, J-P., and Baumgartner, R.J. (2021). Climbing up the circularity ladder? – A mixed-methods analysis of circular economy in business practice. Journal of Cleaner Production, 316(128158).

Kirchherr, J. (2021). Circular economy and growth: A critical review of “post-growth” circularity and a plea for a circular economy that grows. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, (106033).

Bauwens, T. (2021). Are the circular economy and economic growth compatible? A case for post-growth circularity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 175(105852).

Calzolari, T., Genovese, A., and Brint, A. (2022). Circular Economy indicators for supply chains: A systematic literature review. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 13(100160).

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