A circular capability framework to address food waste and losses in the agri-food supply chain:   The antecedents, principles and outcomes of circular economy

Niken Kusumowardani; Benny Tjahjono; Jordon Lazell; David Bek; Nicholas Theodorakopoulos; Panagiotis Andrikopoulos; Cindy Rianti Priadi

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.020

A circular capability framework to address food waste and losses in the agri-food supply chain: The antecedents, principles and outcomes of circular economy

Niken Kusumowardani
, Benny Tjahjono^*
, Jordon Lazell
, David Bek
, Nicholas Theodorakopoulos
, Panagiotis Andrikopoulos
, Cindy Rianti Priadi

^*Corresponding author for this work

Coventry University
Universitas Indonesia

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Abstract

Food loss and food waste (FLW) within agri-food supply chains in the developing world remains a perennial problem. This is partly due to the lack of knowledge on how business operations within supply chains contribute towards the FLW issue, particularly in the case of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Circular Economy (CE) has been heralded as an appropriate pathway for businesses towards reduction of FLW, however, the practical realities of how the CE can be best employed remains unclear. This paper fills this knowledge gap by studying growers, distributors and retailers in the agri-food supply chain, in order to develop a Circular Capability Framework. The findings generate unique insights into FLW understandings, causes and mitigation strategies to provide a detailed, developing world relevant food waste hierarchy. The novel framework we propose can aid participation in the CE by conceptualising CE antecedents as business capability pathways, set out as eight propositions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	17-31
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Business Research
Volume	142
Early online date	28 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.020
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022

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© 2021, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Funding Information:
The authors are grateful with the support provided by the Academy of Medical Sciences, grant number GCRFNGR3\1211, to investigate the applications of Circular Economy in agri-food supply chains in collaboration with University of Indonesia, and the follow-on collaboration project between Coventry Business School and Aston Business School exploring the entrepreneurial mindsets in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Funding

The authors are grateful with the support provided by the Academy of Medical Sciences, grant number GCRFNGR3\1211, to investigate the applications of Circular Economy in agri-food supply chains in collaboration with University of Indonesia, and the follow-on collaboration project between Coventry Business School and Aston Business School exploring the entrepreneurial mindsets in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Circular economy
Food loss
Food waste
Natural resource based view
SMEs

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