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Development Strategies for Closing the Loop: The Roles of the Major Economies in the Transition Towards Circular Economy

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This paper investigates the key development trends related to the transition towards the circular economy and the roles of the major economies in this transition. Answers are sought for through analysing research articles, business papers and conference proceedings. Emerging technology areas and national emphases are identified by using a generative probabilistic model, latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA). The analysis covers altogether about 10,000 references. We divide the references into four stages in the circular economy process: raw material production/collection and energy use; product design and manufacturing; product use; and end-of-first-life and closing the loop. The results from publication analysis are presented for China, European Union and the USA.

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The financial support by the Academy of Finland through the Strategic Research Council project CloseLoop (funding decision #303453) is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Mika Naumanen

  2. Statistics Finland, FI-00022, Helsinki, Finland

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    Robert J. Howlett

  4. Cardiff School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK

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Naumanen, M. (2019). Development Strategies for Closing the Loop: The Roles of the Major Economies in the Transition Towards Circular Economy. In: Ball, P., Huaccho Huatuco, L., Howlett, R., Setchi, R. (eds) Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2019. KES-SDM 2019. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 155. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9271-9_23

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