%0 Journal Article
%T Introducing a Circular Economy: New Thinking with New Managerial and Policy Implications
%A Khaled Soufani
%A Mark Esposito
%A Terence Tse
%J California Management Review
%@ 2162-8564
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0008125618764691
%X Since the industrial revolution, we have been living in a linear economy. Our consumer and ˇ°single useˇ± lifestyles have made the planet a ˇ°take, make, disposeˇ± world. This refers to a unidirectional model of production: natural resources provide our factory inputs, which are then used to create mass-produced goods to be purchased and, typically, disposed after a single use. This linear economy model of mass production and mass consumption is testing the physical limits of the globe. It is, therefore, unsustainable and a shift toward a circular economy is becoming inevitable
%K circular economy
%K business models
%K sustainability
%K competitive strategy
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0008125618764691