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Title Circular supply chain management: A definition and structured literature review
ID_Doc 20900
Authors Farooque, M; Zhang, A; Thürer, M; Qu, T; Huisingh, D
Title Circular supply chain management: A definition and structured literature review
Year 2019
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.303
Abstract Circular economy is increasingly recognized as a better alternative to the dominant linear (take, make, and dispose) economic model. Circular Supply Chain Management (CSCM), which integrates the philosophy of the circular economy into supply chain management, offers a new and compelling perspective to the supply chain sustainability domain. Consequently, there is increasing research interest. However, a review of the extant literature shows that a comprehensive integrated view of CSCM is still absent in the extant literature. This prohibits a clear distinction compared to other supply chain sustainability concepts and hinders further progress of the field. In response, this research first classifies various terminologies related to supply chain sustainability and conceptualizes a unifying definition of CSCM. Using this definition as a base, it then conducts a structured literature review of 261 research articles on the current state of CSCM research. Based on the review results, the researchers call for further studies in the following directions that are important but received little or no attention: design for circularity, procurement and CSCM, biodegradable packaging, circular supply chain collaboration and coordination, drivers and barriers of CSCM, circular consumption, product liabilities and producer's responsibility, and technologies and CSCM. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author Keywords Supply chain management; Circular economy; Circular supply chain; Circular supply chain management; Sustainable supply chain; Sustainability
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000470947000073
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF http://repository.essex.ac.uk/27964/1/CSCM%20Review%20paper_JCLP_authors_copy.pdf
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