Conceptualizing How Collaboration Advances Circularity

The Circular Economy (CE) is heralded as an important concept with the potential to guide businesses and society toward a more sustainable future. However, while collaboration widely accepted play central role in advancing circularity, little known about how organizations effectively work together achieve these outcomes. This particularly problematic given that any shift requires systematic approaches based on effective collaborative processes between organizations. conceptual paper addresses this gap by providing comprehensive investigation of circularity. literature review 66 scientific publications foundation for analysis. Based analysis, contributes CE offering novel approach conceptualizing A framework provided which differentiates strategies at three stages product lifecycle. makes second contribution examining multilevel plays facilitating transition from linear economy and, particular, significance government managing opportunities partners. We highlight intermediaries accelerators transition. Future research directions are provided, including intermediaries—among others—collaborate transitions.