Development of a circular organizational culture for a product-service system business model

• Grant number: 18/24830-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2020
• End date: September 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Mateus Cecílio Gerolamo
• Grantee: Ana Carolina Bertassini
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 20/11771-1 - Applying innovation management and organizational learning concepts into the development of a ce-oriented cultural roadmap, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Circular Economy (CE) represents a new emerging concept and a new business model trend, with the goal of transforming the current economic model to a more resilient one. Product-Service System (PSS) is the most valuable and disruptive innovation in business model once it enables the dematerialization and change the ownership. A successful transition to CE requires changes in the way companies understand and do business. Organizations that are trying to survive in this transition, through PSS implementation need to adapt their culture and leadership. The alignment of organizational culture is essential so that the organizations can reach long-term and resilient results. Therefore, organizational culture have an important role in CE transition, because to implement any Circular Business Models (CBM) it is required collaboration and changes in structure, resources, values, behaviors and beliefs. However, themes related to change management, like organizational culture, are not studied in the context of PSS implementation. For this reason, the central purpose of this work is the transformation of the organizational culture elements to facilitate the implementation of the Product-Service System (PSS), to foster CE. To reach this purpose we will carry out a systematic literature review to identify the relation among CE, PSS and Organizational Culture, a survey to obtain the elements that will compose the circular organizational culture building blocks and a case study to confirm these building blocks. With this research, we seek to provide academic and practical contributions. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BERTASSINI, ANA CAROLINA; ZANON, LUCAS GABRIEL; AZARIAS, JEAN GUILHERME; GEROLAMO, MATEUS CECILIO; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Circular Business Ecosystem Innovation: A guide for mapping stakeholders, capturing values, and finding new opportunities. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION, v. 27, p. 436-448, JUL 2021. (18/24830-6, 17/23310-6)

BERTASSINI, ANA CAROLINA; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO; SEVERENGIZ, SEMIH; GEROLAMO, MATEUS CECILIO. Circular economy and sustainability: The role of organizational behaviour in the transition journey. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, v. 30, n. 7, p. 3160-3193, NOV 2021. (18/24830-6)

BERTASSINI, ANA CAROLINA; CALACHE, LUCAS DANIEL DEL ROSSO; CARPINETTI, LUIZ CESAR RIBEIRO; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO; GEROLAMO, MATEUS CECILIO. CE-oriented culture readiness: An assessment approach based on maturity models and fuzzy set theories. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION, v. 31, p. 7-pg., 2022-05-01. (18/24830-6, 18/21129-5)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BERTASSINI, Ana Carolina. Proposal of a roadmap for culture change towards a circular economy: application in a product-as-a-service business model. 2023. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.