Circular Business Models in the Manufacturing Industry

Dr. Lina Dagilienė is a Professor and Principal Investigator of the Digitalization Research Group at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She has participated in and led various research projects (Horizon 2020, Lithuanian Research Council, Erasmus+). Her research interests include corporate sustainability, circular transformation, circular business models, sustainability reporting, ethical issues of digital audit.Dr. Jurgita Bruneckienė is a Professor of the Sustainable Economy Research Group at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She has participated in several research projects (Lithuanian Research Council, Erasmus+). Her research interests include smart economic development, circular economy impacts, regional economy and industrial economy.Dr. Viktorija Varaniūtė is an Associate Professor and Researcher of the Digitalization Research Group at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. She has participated in several research projects (Lithuanian Research Council, Erasmus+) and conducts research in areas such as circular business models, sustainability management and reporting, performance management in relation to value and digital transformation.Justina Banionienė is a PhD student in the Digitalization Research Group at the School of Economics and Business, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Her research interests include circular economy modelling through general equilibrium models, investments in the circular economy, and circular business models. She has participated in research projects funded by the Lithuanian Research Council.

• Chapter 1. ​Introduction .- Chapter 2. Transition to Circular Business Models.- Chapter 3. Circular Performance of Small Open Economies .- Chapter 4. Circular Patterns of Manufacturing Companies.- Chapter 5. Circular Transformation of the Textile Industry.- Chapter 6. Circular Transformation of the Furniture Industry.- Chapter 7. Circular Transformation of the Plastic Industry.- Chapter 8. Concluding Remarks and Insights.