Transitioning towards circular business models in South America

Abstract

The goal of this study is to identify the challenges that can be encountered by companies engaged in a transition process towards circular business models, whilst operating in the Latin American market. With a qualitative approach, I conducted a multiple case study of two companies fitting to the aforementioned parameters and an industry expert in the field of circularity in Latin America. The findings provide evidence that all the companies analyzed faced or are facing challenges in several categories, namely social, contextual, institutional, logistical, technological, economical and organizational. The results suggest that the predominant challenges for these companies lay in the internal dimension, in the organizational and economical categories.

Date of Award	29 Jun 2023
Original language	English
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Laure Leglise (Supervisor)