Helen Kopnina is currently employed at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (HHS) in the Netherlands, where she coordinates the Sustainable Business Programme.Kim Poldner is Professor of Circular Business at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.

• Part I: Designing circular business models 1. Changing the Logic of Value Creation 2. Doing More with Less 3. Circular Business Models Part II: Organizing circular transitions 4. Sustainability Frameworks 5. Understanding the Role of Institutional Intermediaries in the Emergence of the Circular Economy as an Institutional Field 6. The Rise of the Circular Entrepreneur Part III: Imagining circular futures 7. Learning Towards a Circular Ecosystem 8. Biomimicry Education as a Vehicle for Circular Design 9. Organizing the Emergence of Circular Technologies

'Transitioning from business-as-usual toward a circular economy is an absolute must to meet the urgent climate and environmental sustainability challenges of our time. Kopnina and Poldner bring together an inspiring array of researchers who dig into the topic of circular economy from a variety of angles. With ideas on how businesses can transform through innovation and design, and how education, consumers and intermediaries facilitate business model innovation, this book provides new insights into the scholarly business discourse on sustainability and management.'Judith Walls, Professor and Chair for Sustainability Management at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'Sustainability is not only necessary, but as a matter of fact, possible. This book offers insights into ways to shape a sustainable future by opening up space for experimentation, multiple value creation and eventually transformation. Showcasing leading scholarship and practice on the circular economy, with coverage across a variety of sectors, cases and dilemmas, this book offers insights for forging new learning pathways towards the actualization of a sustainable world.' William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, USA

Helen Kopnina is currently employed at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (HHS) in the Netherlands, where she coordinates the Sustainable Business Programme.Kim Poldner is Professor of Circular Business at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.

• Part I: Designing circular business models 1. Changing the Logic of Value Creation 2. Doing More with Less 3. Circular Business Models Part II: Organizing circular transitions 4. Sustainability Frameworks 5. Understanding the Role of Institutional Intermediaries in the Emergence of the Circular Economy as an Institutional Field 6. The Rise of the Circular Entrepreneur Part III: Imagining circular futures 7. Learning Towards a Circular Ecosystem 8. Biomimicry Education as a Vehicle for Circular Design 9. Organizing the Emergence of Circular Technologies

'Transitioning from business-as-usual toward a circular economy is an absolute must to meet the urgent climate and environmental sustainability challenges of our time. Kopnina and Poldner bring together an inspiring array of researchers who dig into the topic of circular economy from a variety of angles. With ideas on how businesses can transform through innovation and design, and how education, consumers and intermediaries facilitate business model innovation, this book provides new insights into the scholarly business discourse on sustainability and management.'Judith Walls, Professor and Chair for Sustainability Management at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'Sustainability is not only necessary, but as a matter of fact, possible. This book offers insights into ways to shape a sustainable future by opening up space for experimentation, multiple value creation and eventually transformation. Showcasing leading scholarship and practice on the circular economy, with coverage across a variety of sectors, cases and dilemmas, this book offers insights for forging new learning pathways towards the actualization of a sustainable world.' William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, USA

Helen Kopnina is currently employed at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (HHS) in the Netherlands, where she coordinates the Sustainable Business Programme.Kim Poldner is Professor of Circular Business at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands.

• Part I: Designing circular business models 1. Changing the Logic of Value Creation 2. Doing More with Less 3. Circular Business Models Part II: Organizing circular transitions 4. Sustainability Frameworks 5. Understanding the Role of Institutional Intermediaries in the Emergence of the Circular Economy as an Institutional Field 6. The Rise of the Circular Entrepreneur Part III: Imagining circular futures 7. Learning Towards a Circular Ecosystem 8. Biomimicry Education as a Vehicle for Circular Design 9. Organizing the Emergence of Circular Technologies

'Transitioning from business-as-usual toward a circular economy is an absolute must to meet the urgent climate and environmental sustainability challenges of our time. Kopnina and Poldner bring together an inspiring array of researchers who dig into the topic of circular economy from a variety of angles. With ideas on how businesses can transform through innovation and design, and how education, consumers and intermediaries facilitate business model innovation, this book provides new insights into the scholarly business discourse on sustainability and management.'Judith Walls, Professor and Chair for Sustainability Management at University of St. Gallen, Switzerland'Sustainability is not only necessary, but as a matter of fact, possible. This book offers insights into ways to shape a sustainable future by opening up space for experimentation, multiple value creation and eventually transformation. Showcasing leading scholarship and practice on the circular economy, with coverage across a variety of sectors, cases and dilemmas, this book offers insights for forging new learning pathways towards the actualization of a sustainable world.' William B. Gartner, Bertarelli Foundation Distinguished Professor of Family Entrepreneurship, Babson College, USA