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Is Circular Economy a New Driver to Sustainability?

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Operations Management for Social Good (POMS 2018)

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As an emerging topic, circular economy is said by several authors to be a new driver to sustainability, while others claim its just a new concept within the sustainability spectrum. This study aims to analyse the relation between the constructs of circular economy and sustainability, supported by a literature review.

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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil (CAPES)-Finance Code 001.

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    Lorena Gamboa Abadia & Marly Monteiro de Carvalho

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Abadia, L.G., de Carvalho, M.M. (2020). Is Circular Economy a New Driver to Sustainability?. In: Leiras, A., González-Calderón, C., de Brito Junior, I., Villa, S., Yoshizaki, H. (eds) Operations Management for Social Good. POMS 2018. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23816-2_111

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