Summary: This study explores the transition from a linear economy to a circular economy (CE) and identifies barriers to pro-environmental behavior within the context of a specific company in the energy-intensive concrete industry. The CE represents a fundamental shift from the traditional linear model of “take, make, dispose” to a more sustainable approach focused on reducing […]

Summary: The article explores the factors driving the recognition of circular economy (CE) business opportunities within the Finnish wood construction industry. Through a multiple case study of six entrepreneurs, the research identifies six key drivers influencing the recognition of business opportunities: environmental conditions, social capital, prior knowledge, systematic search, cognition, and entrepreneurial alertness. The study shows […]

Summary: The article examines the strategic decisions made by a pioneering company in the circular economy (CE) sector over 20 years. The study focuses on a company in the construction waste recycling business, and how it navigated challenges related to path dependency and lock-in while implementing circular business models (CBMs). The company explored both closing and […]

Summary: We present a literature review to examine sustainability in the use of critical materials in electric vehicle batteries. We present a holistic review of social sciences, materials science, environmental policy, and innovation management literatures. We explicate the wickedness and complex causalities involved in the sustainability of electric mobility. We discuss sustainability tensions related to 1) […]

Summary: We write of studying the dynamic and intimate subject of trust, and how different ethnographic methodologies can be used (and experienced by the researcher) during the study of unfolding and dynamic events. Thinking of the sensitivities in ethnographic research, this paper brings value for those studying unfolding and dynamic phenomena such as social aspects […]

Krista Leppänen’s blog text on the circular economy in sustainability reporting. The emergence of the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) has sparked discussions about its impact on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While direct impacts on SMEs are waiting in the future, some indirect requirements might be surprisingly close. Set to take effect […]

Krista Leppänen’s blog text on the circular economy in sustainability reporting. In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in corporate sustainability reporting, with more companies highlighting their efforts to be responsible. However, despite its growing importance, circular economy (CE) is still not as present in these reports as it should be. Dagiliene et al. (2020) […]

Summary: We studied humor as a resistive practice in a workplace with highly educated employees. This study took place as an at-home ethnography, with the first author being a full member of the research site. We described acts of resistant behavior through a form of humor we identified as Installation Humor. This type of study […]

Summary: This longitudinal qualitative research in a developing country with food loss challenges in the post-harvest supply chain examines how sustainable business models (SBM) can be developed within agri-innovation systems in such a way that the two integrate with a systemic understanding for reducing food loss and value loss. First, the study identifies the various […]

Summary: This groundbreaking handbook leads the way in accelerating the transition to a sustainable circular economy by introducing the concept of a catalyst as a positive and enhancing driving force for sustainability. Catalysts create and maintain favorable conditions for complex systemic sustainability transition changes, and a discussion and understanding of catalysts is required to move […]