An analysis of operational behavioural factors and circular economy practices in SMEs: An emerging economy perspective

Sunil Luthra, Anil Kumar, Manu Sharma, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Vikas Kumar*

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    64 Citations (SciVal)
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)321-336
    Number of pages16
    JournalJournal of Business Research
    Volume141
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished (VoR) - Mar 2022

    Funding

    Manu Sharma is a visiting research fellow at Guildhall School of Business (GSB), London Metropolitan University, London. She has received her Post-Doctoral Fellowship sponsored by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, from Doon University, INDIA. Her current research areas are Digital supply chains, Circular economy, Sustainability, Waste management, Internet of Things (IoT), Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) campaigns, Retail supply chains, Omni-channel Retailing and Branding. She is serving various journals as an editorial board member in the area of Digital Technologies, Sustainable development, Waste Management, Supply Chains and Digital Marketing published by Emerald, Springer, Elsevier and IGI. Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes is a Professor of Operations Management and Head of the Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the University of Derby, UK. He is actively involved in industrial projects where he combines his knowledge, expertise and industrial experience in operations management to help organisations achieve excellence in their internal functions and supply chains. As a leading academic, he has led and managed international research projects funded by the European Commission, British Academy, British Council and Mexico’s National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). He has published extensively in leading scientific journals and four books in the areas of operations management and innovation, manufacturing performance measurement and quality management systems. He is Co-founder and current Editor of the Int. Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience (Inderscience), Associate Editor of the Int. Journal of Production and Operations Management, Associate Editor of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management and Editor-in-Chief of the Int. Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Professor Garza-Reyes has also led, and guest edited special issues for Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Int. Journal of Lean Six Sigma, Int. Journal of Lean Enterprise Research, Int. Journal of Engineering Management and Economics, and Int. Journal of Engineering and Technology Innovation. Areas of expertise and interest for Professor Garza-Reyes include general aspects of operations and manufacturing management, business excellence, quality improvement, and performance measurement.

    Keywords

    • Circular Economy (CE)
    • Exploratory Factor Analysis
    • Operational Behavioural factors
    • Quantitative analysis
    • SMEs

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