Circularity and Digitalisation in German Textile Manufacturing: Towards a Blueprint for Strategy Development and Implementation DOI Open Access
Tina Wiegand, Martín Wynn

Processes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(12), P. 2697 - 2697

Published: Nov. 29, 2024

Textile and clothing (T&C) production consumption have been steadily increasing for many years, accompanied by significant resource consumption, waste generation, environmental impact. Germany holds a pivotal position in the industry, both within EU globally, as leading producer, importer, exporter of T&C. The circular economy (CE) concept has emerged promising solution to address industry’s negative impacts emphasising reduction, reuse, recycling resources across value chain. Digital technologies (DTs) are increasingly recognised key enablers facilitators this transition, promoting efficiency circularity manufacturing processes. However, extent which these implemented German T&C industry remains largely underexplored. This study seeks investigate role DTs advancing CE practices manufacturing. Employing process mapping technology profiling, research adopts an inductive, qualitative approach based on primary interview data explore three areas: (1) current practices, (2) deployment supportive DTs, (3) challenges implementing DTs. findings reveal that adoption is set accelerate among manufacturers, driven regulatory compliance market pressures, with playing critical enabling transition. proposes new operational framework designed facilitate shift towards more textile sector, aligning ambitious goals European Union broader societal objectives.

Language: Английский

Navigating Digital Servitization for the Twin Transition: How Manufacturers Can Support Customers With Digitalization and Sustainability DOI Creative Commons
Taylan Kilinc, David Sjödin, Vinit Parida

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Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 18, 2025

ABSTRACT As industrial sustainability concerns mount, manufacturers engaged in digital servitization grapple with the twin transition of configuring and implementing solutions to meet their customers' objectives. To address this challenge, a socio‐technical systems theory‐based framework is proposed. Drawing on case studies three undertaking sustainability, servitization, theory research, our highlights key processes navigating transition. It emphasizes importance contextual factors defining customer twin‐transition roadmap, outlines steps reconfiguring technical social subsystems, stresses joint optimization based feedback metrics. This systematic approach guides supporting customers through transition, emphasizing iterative for sustained success. Our findings contribute growing research by conceptualizing underlying offering practical insights.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable innovations in business-to-business at the crossroad: emerging paradoxes in the fashion industry DOI
Andrea Runfola, Giulia Monteverde, Simone Guercini

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Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 26, 2025

Purpose Relying on the market as network approach from Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) Group, this paper considers sustainable innovations according to circular economy approach. The aims identify main sustainability paradoxes that emerge for suppliers of innovative materials, thus affecting their business relationships. Design/methodology/approach adopts a qualitative methodological by investigating four case studies fashion in Italian context. Each study particularly embraces differently. applies analysis method industrial marketing setting counts primary data company interviews secondary sources. Findings This highlights presence scenario materials: product performance paradox, sourcing production bifurcation paradox misleading perceptions paradox. These affect all company’s Originality/value focuses B2B markets originally contributes literature advancing major driver innovation, exploring paradoxes. work enriches extant perspective conceptualizing emerging

Language: Английский

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Advancing Green Supply Chains Through Downstream Digitalization: An Information Processing Theory Perspective DOI
Graça Miranda Silva, Pier Paolo Patrucco,

P.J. Gomes

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Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101015 - 101015

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Digital Capabilities and Circular Economy Practices to Enhance Environmental and Economic Performance: The Role of Digital Technology‐Environmental Strategy Alignment DOI
Hülya Türkcan, Salih Zeki İMAMOĞLU, Hüseyin İnce

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 30, 2025

ABSTRACT Although digitalization and circularity are two major topics today, studies on their relations also effects firm outcomes still scarce. In this regard, revealing the impact of digital capabilities circular economy practices how they relate to performance advances related literature. Moreover, there is no study in literature strengthen relationship between practices. Accordingly, research investigates with moderating effect technology‐environmental business strategy alignment. Furthermore, impacts environmental economic examined. Based survey data from 204 manufacturing firms, reveals that practices, alignment strengthens relationship. It further demonstrated indirectly affect through mediating role This research, therefore, opens a new avenue for future exploration contributes by providing novel in‐depth explanation demonstrating strengthening alignment, within context developing country. offers thorough perspective practitioners provide greater value importance performance.

Language: Английский

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Unpacking financial aspects of circular economy: A systematic literature review DOI Creative Commons

Qianqian Ma,

Bing Xu, Umit Bititci

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Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 384, P. 125507 - 125507

Published: May 2, 2025

Language: Английский

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Made of oysters, hemp and shuttlecocks: a study of cross-industrial collaboration for the circular economy DOI

Anne Ratsimandresy,

Joe Miemczyk

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 2, 2025

Purpose Recent supply chain research highlights the importance of studying collaborative practices to achieve a circular economy. It shows that one lever for scaling up model could be systemic operations involving collaborations going beyond traditional industrial boundaries in order access new resources chains. This paper thus aims study cross-industrial (CICCs), how they emerge, function and what factors affect their development outcomes. Design/methodology/approach is an explorative, qualitative four networks straddling different sectors. The theoretical approach based on inter-organisational proximity framework which captures geographical, cognitive, organisational, institutional social convergence these collaborations. Findings proposes five dimensions need acted create right level this varies over phases emergence functioning CICCs. efforts bring actors together depend degree actions needed other contextual relevant Practical implications Managers policy makers can benefit from provides first list facilitating obstacles realisation collaborations, along with examples help organisations industries converge effective Originality/value contributes body knowledge innovations by adopting organisational network as unit analysis analysing them specific context operations.

Language: Английский

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Blockchain‐enabled supply chain finance strategies for a circular economy revolution DOI
Sachin Modgil, Shivam Gupta, Bobo Zhang

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Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 33(7), P. 7006 - 7020

Published: June 27, 2024

Abstract This study is centred on introducing a distinctive landscape towards circular economy powered by blockchain‐enabled supply chain finance strategies. Our research examines five cases engaged in helping organisations achieve their targets. The objective to establish comprehensive framework for economy. Within these secondary data‐based case studies, we identify the challenges faced typical linear and how modern blockchain‐driven platforms are businesses contribute outcome of our proposes three‐step approach unveiling blockchain technologies, strategies enablers contributing 10R principles. underscores across globe can serve as valuable examples other organisations, encompassing sectors from manufacturing core‐service based such e‐commerce. These involve complex chains, hence, be solution foster In conclusion, not only provides theoretical practical insights implications policymakers but also lays groundwork potential future this domain.

Language: Английский

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Implementing Industry 4.0 and circular economy through the developmental culture perspective—Driving a competitive advantage in the manufacturing industry DOI
Vichathorn Piyathanavong, Sun Olapiriyakul, Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes

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Business Strategy and the Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Sept. 14, 2024

Abstract The transition towards Industry 4.0 and circular economy (CE) is increasingly important for the manufacturing sector in emerging context, where culture plays an role. This study explores how organisational culture, i.e., developmental influences CE to achieve a competitive advantage. findings are based on 354 survey responses from firms Thailand. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was adopted explore mediation effect of between advantage direct relationships. examined as firm's intrinsic factor advancing implementation. adoption analysed. results indicate positive influence their impact implies that should align cultural characteristics with part strategic approaches adopting principles. expands literature by incorporating improve understanding influencing leads effective

Language: Английский

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Strengthening SMEs competitiveness and performance via industrial internet: Technological, organizational, and environmental pathways DOI Creative Commons
Shaofeng Wang, Mengjia Gao, Hao Zhang

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Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Oct. 15, 2024

The industrial internet acts as a crucial accelerator for driving enterprise digital transformation and plays vital role in enhancing performance competitiveness. However, our understanding of how small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) leverage the to improve their competitiveness remains limited. This study developed "Digital paths chain" framework shed light on key factors that drive SMEs adopt its influence Data from 314 Chinese were collected analyzed using fsQCA PLS-SEM examine this model. Our findings highlight positive impact adoption competitive advantage. results technology, organization, environment (TOE) adoption. Industrial positively impacts advantage through integration, application, drive. offers valuable insights businesses, policymakers, other stakeholders engaged initiatives internet.

Language: Английский

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Circular Economy Realities DOI Creative Commons
Pauline Deutz, Walter J.V. Vermeulen, Rupert J. Baumgartner

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Routledge eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 22, 2024

This book addresses the realities of circular economy, a resource efficiency concept that has risen to global prominence in academic, policy and business circles over last decade.Considered an approach sustainable growth, volume critically analyses how emerging applications economy are practice.The stems from international, interdisciplinary project exploring discourses, policies, implementation impacts across public, private third sector accounts.It draws on wide range case studies, UK, Portugal, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, France, Chile, China, Nigeria, Taiwan Vietnam, highlighting experiences both shaped were by places which they happening.It provides guide researching complex phenomenon such as involves collaboration competition between multiple stakeholders different sectors places.Synthesising perspectives employed project, makes recommendations for contexts, including assessment sustainability implications, whilst indicating limited potential activity bring social economic benefits without explicit motivation those happen.Benefitting extensive empirical research, this critical sustain ability context will appeal broad readership academics, upper-level students, practitioners policy-makers development, business, economics, geography, sociology environmental engineering.

Language: Английский

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