Print Email Facebook Twitter The Circular Economy Title The Circular Economy: A new sustainability paradigm? Author Geißdörfer, M. (TU Delft Circular Product Design; TU Delft Responsible Marketing and Consumer Behavior; University of Cambridge) Savaget, Paulo (University of Cambridge) Bocken, N.M.P. (TU Delft Circular Product Design; University of Cambridge) Hultink, H.J. (TU Delft Product Innovatie Management) Department Product Innovatie Management Date 2017 Abstract While the terms Circular Economy and sustainability are increasingly gaining traction with academia, industry, and policymakers, the similarities and differences between both concepts remain ambiguous. The relationship between the concepts is not made explicit in literature, which is blurring their conceptual contours and constrains the efficacy of using the approaches in research and practice. This research addresses this gap and aims to provide conceptual clarity by distinguishing the terms and synthesising the different types of relationships between them. We conducted an extensive literature review, employing bibliometric analysis and snowballing techniques to investigate the state of the art in the field and synthesise the similarities, differences and relationships between both terms. We identified eight different relationship types in the literature and illustrated the most evident similarities and differences between both concepts. Subject Circular business modelCircular EconomyClosed loopLiterature reviewSustainabilitySustainable development To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2bdf60ac-ad83-46be-afa3-fa5130e04118 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.048 Embargo date 2019-01-10 ISSN 0959-6526 Source Journal of Cleaner Production, 143, 757-768 Bibliographical note Accepted author manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 M. Geißdörfer, Paulo Savaget, N.M.P. Bocken, H.J. Hultink Files PDF Geissdoerfer_et_al_2017_T ... ersion.pdf 1000.75 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2bdf60ac-ad83-46be-afa3-fa5130e04118/datastream/OBJ/view