TY - JOUR
T1 - Competitive benefits & incentivisation at internal, supply chain & societal level circular operations in UK agri-food SMEs
AU - Mcdougall, Natalie
AU - Wagner, Beverly
AU - MacBryde, Jillian
PY - 2022/5/31
Y1 - 2022/5/31
N2 - Circular operations offer embedded environmental and economic benefits, with promise to tackle ecological degradation. Circular operations also offer competitive benefits for the firm or supply chain, but these have been widely overlooked. Competitive benefits are important, helping to mitigate barriers of cost and risk and incentivise implementation of circular operations. Adopting a qualitative multi-method approach, this study explores implementation of the circular economy at internal, supply chain and societal levels in UK agri-food SMEs. A natural-resource-based view theoretical lens underpins exploitation of competitive benefits at each level and explains their role in incentivisation. Whilst environmental-economic benefits remain embedded, competitive benefits are brought to the fore. This supports the argument that circular operations can be implemented to purposefully seek competitive gain rather than as an environmental obligation. This new competitive perspective promotes appeal and approachability to circular operations, particularly for agri-food SMEs where implementation may be problematic.
AB - Circular operations offer embedded environmental and economic benefits, with promise to tackle ecological degradation. Circular operations also offer competitive benefits for the firm or supply chain, but these have been widely overlooked. Competitive benefits are important, helping to mitigate barriers of cost and risk and incentivise implementation of circular operations. Adopting a qualitative multi-method approach, this study explores implementation of the circular economy at internal, supply chain and societal levels in UK agri-food SMEs. A natural-resource-based view theoretical lens underpins exploitation of competitive benefits at each level and explains their role in incentivisation. Whilst environmental-economic benefits remain embedded, competitive benefits are brought to the fore. This supports the argument that circular operations can be implemented to purposefully seek competitive gain rather than as an environmental obligation. This new competitive perspective promotes appeal and approachability to circular operations, particularly for agri-food SMEs where implementation may be problematic.
KW - circular operations
KW - competitive benefits
KW - natural-resource-based view
KW - agri-food
UR - https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-business-research
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.060
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.060
M3 - Article
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 144
SP - 1149
EP - 1162
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
ER -