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Title/Author:	Innovation in a Circular Economy: Conceptual, Empirical and Policy Underpinnings for Transition Through an Eco-Innovation Pathway // Ana Isabel de Jesus Correia Fernandes Oliveira Silva.
Author:	Silva, Ana Isabel de Jesus Correia Fernandes Oliveira,
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Innovation in a Circular Economy: Conceptual, Empirical and Policy Underpinnings for Transition Through an Eco-Innovation Pathway /
Silva, Ana Isabel de Jesus Correia Fernandes Oliveira,

Innovation in a Circular Economy: Conceptual, Empirical and Policy Underpinnings for Transition Through an Eco-Innovation Pathway /Ana Isabel de Jesus Correia Fernandes Oliveira Silva. - 1 electronic resource (352 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-10, Section: A.

As the world seeks answers to the defining challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability, several hypotheses are being canvased in the search for a solution to decouple economic growth and social development from resource exploitation. Among those, the circular economy (CE) emerged as an operational response defined by its opposition to a harvesting-wasting economic model, proposing instead restorative and regenerative activities. But reconfiguring existing paradigms is not trivial.Aligning innovation activities with more sustainable paths is a central requirement for the desired socio-techno-economic paradigm shift. This work proposes that a new pathway is needed for gearing the sustainable innovation agenda towards a CE, and foster structural change. CE-inducing eco-innovation (EI) must, however, be monitored and measured, and implications to socio-cultural agents, organisational strategies and policy priorities have to be bore in mind, if we are to ascertain if progress is being made.As CE and the EI - CE nexus research is still in its early days, this work adds to the discussion by contributing (1) to the theoretical development of these concepts and their interrelations; (2) to the empirical definition of pro CE EI proxies; and (3) to the prospective anticipation of CE developments. Within the sustainability debate, and using an innovation studies perspective, this research adopted a mixed methods approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods such as literature reviews, bibliometrics, patent and trademark analysis (using the specific case of Portugal), and foresight techniques (Delphi study).he overall findings suggest that CE's main ideas are arguably timely. CE's establishment within the sustainability debate seems, nevertheless, dependent on overcoming short term barriers constraining its further development, of technological and economic nature, but also of a socio-cultural kind. CE is argued as a multidimensional, multi-actor approach reliant on "systemic transformative" innovation, thus dependent on a combination of "harder", (technological, R&D-driven), and "softer" (non-technological change in social and business culture) knowledge. The empirical diagnosis of an innovation system's pro circularity tendencies proved to be informative as to assess convergence to circularity. In the Portuguese case, it successfully shed light on ongoing dynamics related with signs of effective transformation towards CE activities, even if highlighting structural limitations associated with systemic failures regarding actors and networks.Redirectinginnovation systems towards a more "circular" paradigm is, therefore, deeply dependent on an institutional "coordination role" enabling "framework conditions" directly linked to a systemic action.That is, associating bottom-up measures to top-down policies in a coherent strategic roadmap, in order to avoid mismatches and contradictory incentives. This pointed to the usefulness of rethinking innovation policy design. In one hand, to address market and system failures, leading to underinvestment and lack of connectivity in innovation. In the other hand, to promote the diffusion of CE related information for enterprises and civil society, in order to encourage market awareness and change mind-sets towards "circular" behaviours. As the conceptual and practical implementation challenge remains pressing, this work added important underpinnings for fine-tuning a CE inducing "policy mix".

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520 $a As the world seeks answers to the defining challenges of climate change and environmental sustainability, several hypotheses are being canvased in the search for a solution to decouple economic growth and social development from resource exploitation. Among those, the circular economy (CE) emerged as an operational response defined by its opposition to a harvesting-wasting economic model, proposing instead restorative and regenerative activities. But reconfiguring existing paradigms is not trivial.Aligning innovation activities with more sustainable paths is a central requirement for the desired socio-techno-economic paradigm shift. This work proposes that a new pathway is needed for gearing the sustainable innovation agenda towards a CE, and foster structural change. CE-inducing eco-innovation (EI) must, however, be monitored and measured, and implications to socio-cultural agents, organisational strategies and policy priorities have to be bore in mind, if we are to ascertain if progress is being made.As CE and the EI - CE nexus research is still in its early days, this work adds to the discussion by contributing (1) to the theoretical development of these concepts and their interrelations; (2) to the empirical definition of pro CE EI proxies; and (3) to the prospective anticipation of CE developments. Within the sustainability debate, and using an innovation studies perspective, this research adopted a mixed methods approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods such as literature reviews, bibliometrics, patent and trademark analysis (using the specific case of Portugal), and foresight techniques (Delphi study).he overall findings suggest that CE's main ideas are arguably timely. CE's establishment within the sustainability debate seems, nevertheless, dependent on overcoming short term barriers constraining its further development, of technological and economic nature, but also of a socio-cultural kind. CE is argued as a multidimensional, multi-actor approach reliant on "systemic transformative" innovation, thus dependent on a combination of "harder", (technological, R&D-driven), and "softer" (non-technological change in social and business culture) knowledge. The empirical diagnosis of an innovation system's pro circularity tendencies proved to be informative as to assess convergence to circularity. In the Portuguese case, it successfully shed light on ongoing dynamics related with signs of effective transformation towards CE activities, even if highlighting structural limitations associated with systemic failures regarding actors and networks.Redirectinginnovation systems towards a more "circular" paradigm is, therefore, deeply dependent on an institutional "coordination role" enabling "framework conditions" directly linked to a systemic action.That is, associating bottom-up measures to top-down policies in a coherent strategic roadmap, in order to avoid mismatches and contradictory incentives. This pointed to the usefulness of rethinking innovation policy design. In one hand, to address market and system failures, leading to underinvestment and lack of connectivity in innovation. In the other hand, to promote the diffusion of CE related information for enterprises and civil society, in order to encourage market awareness and change mind-sets towards "circular" behaviours. As the conceptual and practical implementation challenge remains pressing, this work added important underpinnings for fine-tuning a CE inducing "policy mix".
520 $a Num mundo crescentemente interdependente, as alteracoes climaticas e a sustentabilidade ambiental sao questoes globais complexas. A importancia de dissociar desenvolvimento da exploracao de recursos tem propiciado um alargamento de horizontes a novos conceitos. Nesse contexto, a economia circular emergiu como uma resposta operacional, definida pela sua oposicao ao modelo economico atual de exploracao/desperdicio. Contrapoe, ao inves, processos restaurativos e regenerativos. A reconfiguracao dos paradigmas existentes, a este nivel, nao e, contudo, algo trivial.Uma vez que o alinhamento das atividades de inovacao com objetivos mais sustentaveis e um requisito central na alteracao de paradigma socio-tecno-economico, este trabalho foca a necessidade de orientar a agenda de inovacao para a "circularidade". A eco-inovacao pro-circularidade deve, no entanto, ser monitorizada e medida, e as implicacoes para os agentes socioculturais, estrategias organizacionais e prioridades politicas levadas em conta, se quisermos verificar o seu progresso.Nesse ambito, pretendeu-se contribuir para o debate em curso contribuindo para: 1) uma melhor compreensao teorica do papel da eco-inovacao na implementacao de uma economia circular; 2) a definicao e teste de proxiesempiricas de inovacao pro-circularidade; 3) o desenvolvimento de uma visao prospetiva de futuros desenvolvimentos nesta area. No contexto do debate da sustentabilidade, e usando uma perspetiva baseada nos estudos da inovacao, foram adotados metodos quantitativos e qualitativos, incluindo revisoes de literatura, metodos bibliometricos, analise de patentes e de marcas comerciais (usando o caso especifico de Portugal), assim como o uso do metodo prospetivo Delphi.As conclusoes gerais sugerem que as principais ideias da economia circular sao indiscutivelmente oportunas. Dentro do debate da sustentabilidade o estabelecimento de uma economia circular parece, no entanto, dependente de se vencerem barreiras de curto prazo, de natureza tecnologica, economica e sociocultural. A abordagem preconizada pela economia circular e assim tida como multidimensional, multi-ator, dependente de uma inovacao sistemica "transformadora", compreendendo nao so inovacao tecnologica, mas tambem mudancas institucionais abrangentes quanto a politicas publicas, mercados e praticas sociais. O diagnostico empirico das tendencias pro-circularidade de um sistema de inovacao provou ser informativo nessa avaliacao. No caso portugues, permitiu conhecer as atuais dinamicas, sublinhando sinais de transformacao efetivas em direcao a atividades circulares, ao mesmo tempo que assinalou as limitacoes estruturais associadas a falhas sistemicas quanto aos atores e redes (interconexoes). Redirecionar os sistemas de inovacao para um paradigma mais "circular" e, portanto, profundamente dependente de um "papel de coordenacao" institucional que permita "condicoes de enquadramento" diretamente ligadas a uma acao sistemica. Isto e, associando medidas bottom-up e top-downnum roteiro estrategico coerente, a fim de evitar desequilibrios e incentivos contraditorios. Importa, por isso, repensar igualmente os instrumentos das politicas de inovacao. Por um lado, resolvendo falhas de mercado e sistema, que levam a sub-investimento e falta de conectividade. Por outro, promovendo a difusao de informacao para empresas e sociedade civil, a fim de estimular a conscientizacao e mudar mentalidades em relacao a comportamentos "circulares".O desafio de implementacao continua a ser premente, este trabalho pretendeu contudo acrescentar ao debate tendo em vista contribuir para o ajuste do "mix de politicas" indutoras de circularidade.
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