Kayikci, Yasanur, Kazancoglu, Yigit, Gozacan-Chase, Nazlican, Lafci, Cisem and Batista, Luciano (2022). Assessing smart circular supply chain readiness and maturity level of small and medium-sized enterprises. Journal of Business Research, 149 , pp. 375-392.
Abstract
A Smart Circular Supply Chain (SCSC) integrates both Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and Circular Economy (CE) concepts into supply chain in response to achieving sustainable goals/agenda. The purpose of this paper is to assess SCSC readiness and maturity level of SMEs considering different stakeholders from a multi-layered perspective. For this aim, a conceptual framework was proposed and accomplished through a case study of SMEs in Turkey’s textile industry. Such integrated approach to holistically assessing SCSC readiness and maturity makes a unique contribution to the field. The highlights of this study are summarized as follows: (1) approaching readiness and maturity in transitions by focusing on systems theory; (2) identifying the dimensions of readiness and maturity in transitions to I4.0 and CE; (3) assessment of readiness and maturity level of SMEs in transition to CE and (4) assessment of readiness and maturity level of SMEs in transition to I4.0 within the supply chain.
| Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.042 |
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| Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School Aston University (General) |
| Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY license 4.0 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Circular economy,Closed-loop supply chain,Industry 4.0,Readiness and maturity model,SMEs,Smart circular supply chain,Marketing |
| Publication ISSN: | 1873-7978 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2025 08:07 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2022 11:17 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
| Published Date: | 2022-10 |
| Published Online Date: | 2022-05-25 |
| Accepted Date: | 2022-05-16 |
| Authors: |
Kayikci, Yasanur
Kazancoglu, Yigit Gozacan-Chase, Nazlican Lafci, Cisem Batista, Luciano ( 
0000-0002-0367-2975)
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