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Title Circular disruption: Digitalisation as a driver of circular economy business models
ID_Doc 2441
Authors Neligan, A; Baumgartner, RJ; Geissdoerfer, M; Schöggl, JP
Title Circular disruption: Digitalisation as a driver of circular economy business models
Year 2023
Published Business Strategy And The Environment, 32, 3
DOI 10.1002/bse.3100
Abstract New circular business models can evolve at all stages of the life cycle of a product. Digitalisation can drive disruptive innovations, new business models and novel ways of collaboration and thus can accelerate the economic transition to more resource-efficient and circular production systems. Yet, there is little empirical research on the enabling role of digitalisation for a circular economy. To address this gap, this paper investigates the role of digitalisation in facilitating circular business models, based on the empirical analysis of a data set of 599 German manufacturing firms and 296 industrial service providers. While relatively few German firms rely on new business models to foster their resource efficiency strategy, we find this share higher for companies with a strong digital focus in the manufacturing sector. This suggests that digitalisation can indeed be a driving force for the implementation of circular business models.
Author Keywords business models; circular economy; digitalisation; disruptive innovation; product-service systems; resource efficiency
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000797929200001
WoS Category Business; Environmental Studies; Management
Research Area Business & Economics; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/bse.3100
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