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Circular Economy and Engineering

A New Ecologically Efficient Model

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Editors:
  1. Carolina Machado

    1. Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

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  2. J. Paulo Davim

    1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

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  • Shares knowledge and insights about circular economy on an international and transnational scale
  • Presents innovative theories, models, processes and strategies, as well as the most recent research activities relating to circular economy
  • Advances our understanding on circular economy key issues

Part of the book series: Management and Industrial Engineering (MINEN)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Activities of Recyclable Material Pickers in Brazil and Building Circular Economy Strategies

    • Carla Montefusco, Maria João Santos, Dimas Estevam
    Pages 1-12

  3. Effective Economic Decision-Making Methods in Environmental and Sustainability Project Environments and Project Life Cycle

    • Brian J. Galli
    Pages 13-42

  4. Development of Policies and Practices of Social Responsibility in Portuguese Companies: Implications of the SA8000 Standard

    • Ana Costa, João Leite Ribeiro, Delfina Gomes
    Pages 43-70

  5. Nexus Between Sustainable Development and CSR—An Empirical Study on Indian Nationalized Banks

    • Sudin Bag, Nilanjan Ray, Atanu Manna
    Pages 71-87

  6. How to Look at Organizations and Human Resource Management in the Economy of the Future?

    • Diana Fernandes, Carolina Feliciana Machado
    Pages 89-117

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 119-121
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About this book

This book provides support to academics and researchers, as well as those operating in the management and engineering fields that need to deal with policies and strategies that allow to move towards a more sustainable paradigm, a greener economy that guarantees economic development and the improvement of living and working conditions. Drawing on the latest developments, ideas, research and best practice, this book examines the new advances in the subjects of circular economy. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal

    Carolina Machado

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal

    J. Paulo Davim

About the editors

Carolina Machado has experience and research interests in the fields of Human Resource Management, International Human Resource Management, Human Resource Management in SMEs, Training and Development, Management Change and Knowledge Management. She is the Head of Human Resources Management Work Group at University of Minho, as well as Chief Editor of the International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE). She is an Associate Professor at the University of Minho, Portugal.

J. Paulo Davim is a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. He has also interest in Management & Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability & Engineering Education. 

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