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Hervé Corvellec.

Hervé Corvellec

Professor

Hervé Corvellec.

A decoupling perspective on circular business model implementation: Illustrations from Swedish apparel

Författare

  • Herman Stål
  • Hervé Corvellec

Summary, in English

Abstract Drawing on the concept of decoupling, from institutional theory in organizational studies, this paper explains how organizations mitigate demands for circularity. Seven Swedish apparel companies that have started collecting used clothes as a form of engagement with circular business models serve as case studies. The paper shows how outsourcing and internal separation allow these companies to buffer their business model and core way of creating value from emerging demands. It also shows how companies pro-actively work at influencing institutional demands for circularity by making these demands compatible with their own interests. The concept of decoupling thereby provides key insights into the development and implementation, or absence thereof, of circular business models.

Avdelning/ar

  • Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

Publiceringsår

2018

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

630-643

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volym

171

Issue

Supplement C

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Elsevier

Ämne

  • Business Administration

Nyckelord

  • Circular business models
  • Circular economy
  • Decoupling
  • Sustainable business models
  • Institutional theory
  • Product-service-systems

Aktiv

Published

Projekt

  • Signs of the future show the way
  • From waste management to waste prevention. Closing implementation gaps through sustainable action nets

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0959-6526