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Blockchain and the circular economy: potential tensions and critical reflections from practice
Abstract
Blockchain technology and the circular economy (CE) are two emergent concepts that can change the way we live for decades. Arrival of Industry 4.0 is set to transform organisational activities through various technological innovations. Blockchain is such a critical technology. Yet, the breadth of the blockchain concept and its application require nuanced investigation in different contexts, including examining some tensions with the applications. This paper examines how blockchain technology is likely to transform and advance circular economy realisation. Using grounded theory building from multiple case studies, we present early evidence linking the blockchain application to circular economy dimensions of regenerate, share, optimise, loop, virtualise, and exchange (ReSOLVE model). Case studies of blockchain application in various industrial sectors, at different adoption levels, for diverse organisational purposes are analysed and discussed. We systematically examine the practices, gaps, potential tensions, and critical reflections. Our study concludes with a summary of research propositions, limitations, and future research directions.
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- Authors
- Kouhizadeh, M., Zhu, Q., & Sarkis, J.
- Venue
- Production Planning & Control
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2019-12-09
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 11-12
- Pages
- 950-966
- ISSN
- 0953-7287 (ISSN-L)
- 1366-5871
- OpenAlex
- W2995963897
- Cited by
- 508
- References
- 59
- FWCI
- 83.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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