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

4.10 Case Theta 89 89 customer groups. New customers who are not necessarily interested in an outdoor brand but are interested i ...

90 4 Case Description and Within-Case Analysis its production. The organization owns and operates eight sugarcane mills in Brazi ...

4.10 Case Theta 91 91 output with the same amount of input. The organization’s motivation to engage in the circular economy conc ...

92 4 Case Description and Within-Case Analysis was able to add profitable loops to the production process. As a result, ‘waste m ...

4.11 Case Iota 93 93 Ta b l e 15 Overview of circular economy approach of case Iota^3 Innovation Type Circular Economy Approach ...

94 4 Case Description and Within-Case Analysis are therefore committed to protecting the environment in their daily work, as des ...

4.11 Case Iota 95 95 from us or even once the retailer has bought it from us (...) at each step of the supply chain, at each lev ...

96 4 Case Description and Within-Case Analysis they manufacture their products, how they take account for their waste streams (. ...

97 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations This chapter presents, interprets, and disc ...

98 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations This is because the circular economy approaches as described in the framework in cha ...

5.1 Implementation of the Circular Economy Concept 99 99 or two approaches and are at a very early stage in their transformation ...

100 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations have significant weaknesses towards the end of the lifecycle. Both cases do not hav ...

5.1 Implementation of the Circular Economy Concept 101 101 shall be achieved (Windolph et al. 2014). Literature states that inte ...

102 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations organizations to engage in a circular economy. Analysis shows that organizations us ...

5.2 Impacts of Circular Economy Implementation on Organizations 103 103 The within-case analysis already revealed that implement ...

104 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations also cases from the parquet and office chair industries mentioned the topic as nega ...

5.2 Impacts of Circular Economy Implementation on Organizations 105 105 input can be generated. Under the assumption of reasonab ...

106 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations Table 18 Interview comments on high R&D expenses Case Alpha “The recycled polye ...

5.2 Impacts of Circular Economy Implementation on Organizations 107 107 The statements above lead to the conclusion that althoug ...

108 5 Result of Analysis and Interpretations German Quote 62). As stated before it is important to note that this circular econo ...