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Contributions of the Circular Economy to the Leather Life Cycle: A Theoretical Review and Integrative Framework Proposal
(Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, 2021) [Resenha]Due to its economic and environmental importance, the leather production chain has received much attention from researchers and intergovernmental organisations in recent years. However, the academic literature has not yet ... -
Circular product design maturity matrix: A guideline to evaluate new product development in light of the circular economy transition
(Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022) [Artigo]Many recent studies have highlighted the role of circular product design in the light of the transition to the circular economy. Nevertheless, the gradual incorporation of circular economy practices, methods, and tools ... -
How Can Biodigesters Help Drive the Circular Economy? An Analysis Based on the SWOT Matrix and Case Studies
(Sustainability (Switzerland), 2022) [Artigo]The use of biodigesters and the circular economy (CE) has been gaining attention in recent years. Both biodigesters and CE have the potential to minimize negative impacts—not only environmental, but also economic and social. ... -
Exploring the nexus between fiscal decentralization and energy poverty for China: Does country risk matter for energy poverty reduction?
(Energy, 2022) [Artigo]Interpreting energy poverty in respect of lack of accessibility, availability, and affordability of energy resources, this study aims to explore the macroeconomic determinants of multidimensional energy poverty in China ... -
Corruption and FDI in Brazil: Contesting the “Sand” or “Grease” Hypotheses
(Sustainability (Switzerland), 2022) [Artigo]Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is seen as a significant driver of economic growth and a potential ally in the struggle against poverty and inequality, making emerging countries focus on attracting this type of investment. ... -
Possibilities for applying the circular economy in the aerospace industry: Practices, opportunities and challenges
(Journal of Air Transport Management, 2022) [Artigo]Although recent studies have pointed out the circular economy (CE) as one of the main trends in environmental sustainability, little is known about its applications in the aerospace industry. Addressing this gap, the ... -
Medications reverse logistics: A systematic literature review and a method for improving the Brazilian case
(Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain, 2022) [Artigo]Medication waste is a concern for today's society, from both environmental and public health perspectives. This study aims to contribute to the issue by presenting a mixed-methods approach to the problem through reverse ... -
The Environmental Cost of Attracting FDI: An Empirical Investigation in Brazil
(Sustainability (Switzerland), 2022) [Artigo]Many emerging economies seek to increase their Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows to achieve some promised benefits, such as economic growth and advanced technologies. Nevertheless, FDI does not represent a random ... -
A Random-Matrix-Theory-Based Analysis of the Brazilian Stock Market During the 2008 Financial Crisis and Asian Crisis and Temporal Neighborhoods
(Fluctuation And Noise Letters, 2022) [Artigo]Several approaches and concepts of physics, such as Random Matrix Theory, have been used to investigate the complexity of financial time series. This study aims to analyze the spectrum of stock correlation in the Brazilian ... -
Development of agile supply chains in Brazil
(IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2013) [Trabalho apresentado em evento]Agile supply chains or agile supply networks are those that adopt strategies for innovation and create customer/client needs before the customers/clients actually understand that they need such innovative products. Brazil ... -
Drivers and barriers to successful solid waste management: assessing through an aggregated indicator
(Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2022) [Artigo]Solid waste management is the main topic of the circular economy and remains a challenge for public management, because despite the recent economic downturn in Brazil, some indicators still need to be improved. This study ... -
Proposal of an assessment tool to diagnose industrial symbiosis readiness
(Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2022) [Artigo]This paper aims to present an original assessment tool developed to diagnose industrial symbiosis (IS) readiness. It is expected that industries with greater symbiotic readiness are more likely to have success in implementing ... -
Proposal for Integration of Circular Economy Within Product Portfolio Management
(Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management, 2022) [Capítulo de livro]Although current studies are pointing to the circular economy (CE) as one of the main trends for sustainable production and consumption systems, little is known about its applicability within new product development (NPD). ... -
Factors influencing the intention to use electric cars in Brazil
(Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2022) [Artigo]Electric cars have been gaining ground on the world market in recent years. In Brazil, the presence of this new technology is still nascent and few studies on the subject are found in the literature, especially in terms ... -
Neurophysiological assessment of brachioradial pruritus patients
(Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021) [Artigo]Background: Pruritus is a common complaint in dermatology. Wartenberg, in 1943, associated pruritus with neuropathy, relating it to the “posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve neuropathy”. In 1968, Waisman described patients ... -
Circular product design: strategies, challenges and relationships with new product development
(Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 2022) [Artigo]Purpose: Although product design is a fundamental element in the transition towards the circular economy, the knowledge of practices, methods and tools oriented to circular product design has not been widely developed. ... -
Circular economy-based new products and company performance: The role of stakeholders and Industry 4.0 technologies
(Business Strategy and the Environment, 2022) [Artigo]While the circular economy (CE) attracts attention from scholars and practitioners, the concept has been challenged by claims that the CE may be seen as a vague concept, or a new label for old green management practices. ... -
How can open innovation contribute to circular economy adoption? Insights from a literature review
(European Journal of Innovation Management, 2021) [Artigo]Purpose: Despite the potential of open innovation (OI) to reduce barriers to the adoption of the circular economy (CE), little is known about the integration of the two themes and how OI could contribute to a more sustainable ... -
The perception of brazilian researchers concerning the factors that influence the citation of their articles: A study in the field of sustainability
(Serials Review, 2013) [Artigo]With growing institutional pressure from the Brazilian government to increase the impact of research that it funds, Brazilian researchers are increasingly interested in discovering factors that affect the citation of their ... -
Critical factors to be considered when planning the implementation of environmental improvements and energy saving
(Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 2013) [Artigo]To identify the critical success factors in the adoption of energy efficiency actions in Brazilian hospitals and describe their behaviour are the objectives of this paper. In order to achieve these goals, a literature ...