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Title Antecedents of circular manufacturing and its effect on environmental and financial performance: A practice-based view
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Authors Liu, YP; Farooque, M; Lee, CH; Gong, Y; Zhang, ABH
Title Antecedents of circular manufacturing and its effect on environmental and financial performance: A practice-based view
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108866
Abstract Despite the worldwide recognition of the Circular Economy (CE) philosophy, its comprehensive adoption in manufacturing is not well understood in literature and practice. This study theorizes circular manufacturing (CM) by extending the cleaner production concept according to the design thinking of CE. Drawing on the practice-based view, it develops a conceptual model on the antecedents and performance outcomes of CM and the moderating role of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) production technologies on CM-to-environmental and financial per-formance relationships. The research adopts a mixed-methods approach to examine the hypothesized relation-ships. Survey data from 255 Chinese manufacturers are analyzed using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression. Two qualitative case studies verify the survey findings and offer additional insights. The findings suggest that by strengthening a CE culture and integrated management systems, firms can improve CM implementation and consequently environmental and financial performance. However, investing in I4.0 pro-duction technologies may not enhance the impact. Our research contributes to the literature by conceptualizing and operationalizing CM as a new construct. It also provides guidelines for implementing CE in manufacturing.
Author Keywords Circular economy; Circular manufacturing; Cleaner production; Circular product design; Industry 4; 0; Performance
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000981894900001
WoS Category Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing; Operations Research & Management Science
Research Area Engineering; Operations Research & Management Science
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108866
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