Stakeholder Engagement in a Sustainable Circular Economy: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783031319396 / Angielski

Johanna Kujala; Anna Heikkinen; Annika Blomberg

Spis treści

Introduction

Authors: Johanna Kujala, Anna Heikkinen, Annika Blomberg

 

In the introductory chapter, the concepts of stakeholder engagement and circular economy are presented and discussed. Next, previous research on the intersection of stakeholder engagement and circular economy research is discussed. Finally, a framework for the book is presented along with a synthesis of contributions of the chapters.   

 

 

Part I: Processes and practices of stakeholder engagement in a circular economy 

 

This section includes theoretical and empirical articles examining the processes and practices involved in stakeholder engagement.  The topics of this section will cover, but are not limited to the following:     

 

Elisabet Garriga, Associate Professor, EADA Business School in Barcelona, Spain: Stakeholder networks in a circular economy

Satu Teerikangas, Professor, Turku School of Economics, Finland: Stakeholders as agents for a circular economy

Malla Mattila, Senior Lecturer, Tampere University, Finland: Circular economy business models

Hannele Mäkelä, Senior Lecturer, Tampere University, Finland: Stakeholder accounting in a circular economy

 

Part II: Theorizing stakeholder engagement in catalyzing a sustainable circular economy 

 

This section includes articles that aim to further conceptual and theoretical understandings of stakeholder engagement in a circular economy.

 

 R. Edward Freeman, Professor, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, USA, Stakeholder theory and circular economy

Sybille Sachs, Professor, HWZ University of Applied Sciences and at the University of Zurich, Switzerland: Conceptualizing stakeholder relationships and engagement in the context of a circular economy    

Jacob Hörisch, Professor, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany: Stakeholder engagement, sustainability and a circular economy

Laura Albareda, Associate Professor, LUT University, Finland: Collective stakeholder action for a circular economy

Pekka Jokinen, Professor, Tampere University, Finland: Understanding accelerators and catalysts in a circular economy

 

Part III: Methodological advances in research on stakeholder engagement in a circular economy 

 

This section invites articles with an interest in new and even surprising methodologies and in advancing and developing extant methodologies used to study stakeholder engagement in sustainable circular economies. 

 

 

Tojo Thatchenckery, Professor, George Mason University, USA: Appreciative intelligence as a method for circular economy transitions

Marileena Mäkelä, Research Fellow, University of Jyväskylä, Finland: Futures research methods for understanding circular economy transitions

Hanna Lehtimäki, Professor, University of Eastern Finland & Ari Jokinen, Senior Research Fellow, Tampere University, Finland: Visual methods for catalyzing stakeholder engagement in a circular economy 

O autorze

Johanna Kujala is Professor of Management and Organizations and Vice Dean for Research at the Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Finland. Her current research interests focus on stakeholder theory and engagement, sustainable value creation and circular economy, and corporate responsibility and business ethics.  

 

Anna Heikkinen is Adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer of Management and Organizations,  and  the Academic Director of the  Responsible Business Master’s degree programme at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland. She is internationally well-connected Scholar, whose research is primarily in the areas of stakeholder theory and corporate responsibility and sustainability, examining the relationships between business organisations and society.

 

Annika Blomberg is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland.  Her research topics include stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and ethics, and she is interested in critical approaches as well as aesthetically sensitive and language-focussed methods. 

Blurb

The purpose of this open access edited collection is to discuss the role and importance of stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. Developing and maintaining a circular economy is an essential step to a more environmentally friendly and socially inclusive society. In addition to redesigning products and business models to minimise waste and increase the reuse of materials, a transition towards a sustainable circular economy requires collaboration and co-operation between various stakeholders from all parts of society. An international team of contributors explore how stakeholder engagement can foster and support sustainable change, assessing current literature and laying out guidance for future study. The collection is of interest to academics and students of sustainability management and sustainable business models, stakeholder theory and practice, and the circular economy.

Johanna Kujala is a Professor of Management and Organizations and Vice Dean for Research at the Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Finland. Her current research interests focus on stakeholder theory and engagement, sustainable value-creation and circular economy, and corporate responsibility and business ethics.  

 

Anna Heikkinen is an Adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer of Management and Organizations, and the Academic Director of the Responsible Business Master’s degree programme at the Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Finland. Her research is primarily in the areas of stakeholder theory and corporate responsibility and sustainability, examining the relationships between business organisations and society.

 

Annika Blomberg is a Senior Research Fellow at the Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Finland. Her research topics include stakeholder engagement, collaboration and ethics and she is interested in critical approaches as well as aesthetically sensitive and language-focused methods.

Johanna Kujala is Professor of Management and Organizations and Vice Dean for Research at the Tampere University, Faculty of Management and Business, Finland. Her current research interests focus on stakeholder theory and engagement, sustainable value creation and circular economy, and corporate responsibility and business ethics.  

 

Anna Heikkinen is Adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer of Management and Organizations,  and  the Academic Director of the  Responsible Business Master’s degree programme at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland. She is internationally well-connected Scholar, whose research is primarily in the areas of stakeholder theory and corporate responsibility and sustainability, examining the relationships between business organisations and society.

 

Annika Blomberg is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Management and Business, Tampere University, Finland.  Her research topics include stakeholder engagement, collaboration, and ethics, and she is interested in critical approaches as well as aesthetically sensitive and language-focussed methods.