Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy

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Employee skills for circular business model implementation: A taxonomy
 
Straub, Lucas; Hartley, Kris; Dyakonov, Ivan; Gupta, Harsh; van Vuuren, Detlef; Kirchherr, Julian
(2023) Journal of Cleaner Production, volume 410
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Abstract
A growing body of scholarship has examined circular business models as a pathway towards sustainability. However, employee skills to support such business models have been largely overlooked. Addressing this research gap, this article proposes a comprehensive skill taxonomy for start-ups embracing circular economy transition. As the first large-N effort to ... read more
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Keywords: Capabilities, Circular business models, Circular economy, Skill taxonomy, Skills, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Building and Construction, General Environmental Science, Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137027
ISSN: 0959-6526
Publisher: Elsevier
Note: Funding Information: A stronger effort by businesses is needed to identify and develop circular thinking among all employees. CBM implementation is influenced by decisions across all business functions including in strategic management, marketing, logistics, digital and finance – and execution of these functions from upper management to the ‘ground level.’ This holistic perspective is under-recognized but has the potential to support novel thinking about CBM implementation and the employee skills needed for it. Circular narratives (through circular storytelling) can promote understanding and recognition of circular skills among the employee base and beyond, enabling wider CE transition towards the mainstream. Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
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