The aim of this thesis is to introduce the concept of “circular enterprise”, a business operating under the principles of the circular economy. A review of the existent literature concerning the theme of circular economy has been carried out in the first instance and presented in the first chapter. A critical analysis of the concept of sustainable enterprise is introduced in the second chapter, with the aim of verifying its equivalence with the subject of the thesis. Once the differences and analogies between the two concepts have been identified, a possible definition of the circular enterprise is provided. The last two chapters illustrate some examples of circular firms. While the third chapter presents the virtuous practices of three multinational enterprises, the last one shows the results of an analysis conducted by means of a questionnaire on some business realities located within the European territory.
Lo scopo di questa tesi è di presentare la realtà dell’ “impresa circolare”, ovvero quel tipo di impresa che si inserisce in un contesto di economia circolare, facendone propri i principi. Al fine di tale analisi è stato necessario condurre, in prima istanza, una revisione della letteratura esistente sul tema dell’economia circolare, presentata nel primo capitolo. Il secondo capitolo introduce un’analisi critica del concetto di impresa sostenibile, al fine di verificarne un’eventuale corrispondenza con l’oggetto della tesi. Una volta identificate le differenze e le analogie tra i due concetti, il capitolo fornisce una possibile definizione di impresa circolare. Gli ultimi due capitoli presentano alcuni esempi di imprese circolari. Mentre il terzo capitolo verte sulle pratiche virtuose di tre aziende multinazionali, l’ultimo riporta i risultati di un’analisi condotta tramite questionario su alcune realtà imprenditoriali operanti sul territorio europeo.
The Circular Enterprise
PICCOLINI, MARTA
2014/2015
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the concept of “circular enterprise”, a business operating under the principles of the circular economy. A review of the existent literature concerning the theme of circular economy has been carried out in the first instance and presented in the first chapter. A critical analysis of the concept of sustainable enterprise is introduced in the second chapter, with the aim of verifying its equivalence with the subject of the thesis. Once the differences and analogies between the two concepts have been identified, a possible definition of the circular enterprise is provided. The last two chapters illustrate some examples of circular firms. While the third chapter presents the virtuous practices of three multinational enterprises, the last one shows the results of an analysis conducted by means of a questionnaire on some business realities located within the European territory.È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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