In the last decade, the concept of ‘Circular Economy' (CE) has gained prominence in the political and corporate discourse around the world. According to its proponents, CE represents a new paradigm that will push the frontiers of environmental sustainability by transforming the relationships...

Recent legislation promotes the adoption of Circular Economy (CE) principles in restructuring supply chains (SCs), being aimed at circling back - through reusing, remanufacturing and recycling actions- end-of-life (EoL) products into production networks. In this sense, the appropriate design of...

The ability of services to pervade all aspects of productivity creates the need for an interdisciplinary framework of service to be developed. It is however critical that any proposed service framework is developed jointly between the service purveyor and the stakeholders involved. An expected...