Moving to a Circular Economy in China: Transforming Industrial Parks into Eco-industrial Parks

China’s moves to introduce a Circular Economy have attracted wide attention as a solution to severe problems of resource inefficiency and lack of resource productivity. This article highlights the distinctive strategy of focusing such efforts on existing industrial parks, turning them into eco-indus...

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Published in:California management review 2018-05, Vol.60 (3), p.157-181
Main Authors: Mathews, John A., Tan, Hao, Hu, Mei-Chih
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Circular economy
Economic development
Economic policy
Industrial parks
Management science
Parks & recreation areas
Productivity
Resource management
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Summary:China’s moves to introduce a Circular Economy have attracted wide attention as a solution to severe problems of resource inefficiency and lack of resource productivity. This article highlights the distinctive strategy of focusing such efforts on existing industrial parks, turning them into eco-industrial parks. It provides three case studies and highlights the management issues involved as overcoming reverse salients and capturing network advantages. China is an especially instructive case because it starts well behind the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries and thereby has much to gain by adopting comprehensive policies.
ISSN:0008-1256
2162-8564
DOI:10.1177/0008125617752692