Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize a circular business model based on an Eco-Holonic Architecture, through the integration of circular economy and holonic principles. A conceptual model is developed to manage the complexity of integrating circular economy principles, digital transformation, and tools and frameworks for sustainability into business models. The proposed architecture is multilevel and multiscale in order to achieve the instantiation of the sustainable value chain in any territory. The architecture promotes the incorporation of circular economy and holonic principles into new circular business models. This integrated perspective of business model can support the design and upgrade of the manufacturing companies in their respective industrial sectors. The conceptual model proposed is based on activity theory that considers the interactions between technical and social systems and allows the mitigation of the metabolic rift that exists between natural and social metabolism. This study contributes to the existing literature on circular economy, circular business models and activity theory by considering holonic paradigm concerns, which have not been explored yet. This research also offers a unique holonic architecture of circular business model by considering different levels, relationships, dynamism and contextualization (territory) aspects.
Highlights
Circular Economy (CE) or new era of abundance and prosperity is presented as an alternative model to linear economy or scarcity economy [1]
CE is a paradigm of action that has resulted from the evolution of the concept of sustainability [7,8], that includes synergistic articulation from the Triple Bottom Line (TBL), economy, ecology and equity (3E)
The proposal aims at the incardination within paradigm of CE, based on its pillars in a way that allows mitigating or reverting the metabolic rift
Summary
Circular Economy (CE) or new era of abundance and prosperity is presented as an alternative model to linear economy or scarcity economy [1]. CE is strongly influenced by concepts from different frameworks, such as eco-efficiency [4], Cradle to Cradle (C2C) [5], cyclicity, efficiency toxicity, and Industrial Ecology (IE) [6]. A review about the main concepts related to this work is carried out. Based on the types of literature review proposed by Mayer [46], in the present work, a Status Quo review will be carried out.
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