Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Circular Economy research: From theory to practice -- Chapter 3: Conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0: synthesizing the 10Rs hierarchy of value retention options -- Chapter 4: Working with new conceptualization of Circular Economy 3.0 -- Chapter 5: The...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how purchasing organizations implement supplier diversity (SD) initiatives over time. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study approach was conducted. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with participants from purchasing organizations,...

The German government intends to establish standards for responsible sourcing of metals, and laid out its objectives in a position paper in January 2023 ("Paths to sus­tainable and resilient raw material supplies"). German firms source much of the metals they use through traders, exchanges and...

The drivers of the economic crisis from the pandemic differ from what transpired during the 2007-8 global financial crisis. The clear similarity is that the impact of both has been dire on economies leading to economic recession and aside from the Great Depression and the 2007-8 crisis this...

Many development programs are based on short-term interventions, either because of external funding constraints or because it is assumed that impacts persist post program termination ("sustainability"). Using a novel randomized phase-out research method, we provide experimental tests of the...