Exploratory Study on Circular Economy Approaches A Comparative Analysis of Theory and Practice

2.3 Circular Economy 29 29 2.3.5 Demarcation to Post-Growth Economics The concept of circular economy contradicts certain charac ...

30 2 Theoretical Foundations 2.3.6 Circular Economy in China Following the death of Mao in 1976, China experienced rapid economi ...

2.3 Circular Economy 31 31 China’s commitment to developing the circular economy. For China, the circular economy was not only a ...

32 2 Theoretical Foundations enforced by policies and laws. In other countries is a voluntary engagement and mainly driven by th ...

2.3 Circular Economy 33 33 This set of indicators provides information which can be analyzed to find out about the development o ...

34 2 Theoretical Foundations hampering the implementation of circular economy development, 64.29 percent stated “lack of public ...

2.3 Circular Economy 35 35 Innovation Types Schumpeter, J. A. (2006) subdivides innovation into five different types: product in ...

36 2 Theoretical Foundations identified are: circular supplies, resource recovery, product life extension, sharing platform and ...

2.3 Circular Economy 37 37 Table 2 Analysis framework for this thesis Innovation Type Circular Economy Approach Product Innovati ...

38 2 Theoretical Foundations category is the extension of a products life (product life extension) by gathering, repairing and r ...

39 3 Research Method 3 Research Method For the purpose of investigating the concept of circular economy, a multiple case study a ...

40 3 Research Method lies in further advancing theory on circular economy and providing a conceptual understanding of it (Bansal ...

3.1 Research Design 41 41 been conducted in this research so that patterns could be identified. These patterns have been compare ...

42 3 Research Method 3.2 Multiple Case Study Approach 3.2 Multiple Case Study Approach For this research project the multiple ca ...

3.2 Multiple Case Study Approach 43 43 is on a lower abstraction level than the case layers. In the context of this research pro ...

44 3 Research Method In this thesis, the objective is to enhance theory on circular economy. Therefore the case sample is chosen ...

3.2 Multiple Case Study Approach 45 45 to participate immediately. Nine of the selected cases were willing to participate in the ...

46 3 Research Method disclosed on the circular economy commitment were used in the analysis. All documents used in this inquiry ...

3.2 Multiple Case Study Approach 47 47 Zeta Deputy Head Safe Global • Annual Report 2013 • Safe Environmental Handbook Vol.1 ...

48 3 Research Method statements from the interviews conducted in German a translation into English was necessary. Appendix 8.1 p ...