Circular Business Management in Sustainability: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable, Circular Management and Environmental Engineering (ISCMEE 2022), October 19–20, 2022, ˙Izmir, Turkey

262 Pages·2023·9.784 MB·English

by  Viktor Koval, Yigit Kazancoglu, Elena-Simina Lakatos

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Viktor Koval Yigit Kazancoglu
Elena-Simina Lakatos
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Circular Business
Management
in Sustainability
Proceedings of the 2nd International
Conference on Sustainable, Circular
Management and Environmental Engineering
˙
(ISCMEE 2022), October 19–20, 2022, Izmir,
Turkey
Editors
ViktorKoval YigitKazancoglu
IzmailStateUniversityofHumanities DepartmentofLogisticsManagement
Izmail,Ukraine Yas¸arUniversity
˙Izmir,Turkey
Elena-SiminaLakatos
InstituteforResearchinCircularEconomy
andEnvironment“ErnestLupan”
TechnicalUniversityofCluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca,Romania
ISSN 2198-0772 ISSN 2198-0780 (electronic)
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Preface
This book compiles extended versions of a selection of the papers presented at
the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable, Circular Management and Envi-
ronmental Engineering (ISCMEE 2022) held in Izmir, Turkey, on October 19–20,
2022.TheconferencewasorganizedbyYas¸arUniversity,InstituteforResearchin
CircularEconomyandEnvironment“ErnestLupan”(IRCEM)inpartnershipwith
the Department of the Human Dimensions of Global Change of Global Change
ResearchInstituteoftheCzechAcademyofSciences,CzechRepublic.
Sustainabledevelopmentcanbedefinedasdevelopmentthatmeetstheneedsof
thepresentwithoutcompromisingtheabilityoffuturegenerationstomeettheirown
needs. For this reason, the Sustainable, Circular Management and Environmental
Engineeringisapotentialframefornaturalresourcedevelopmentleadingtosocial
cohesion, economic competitiveness and stability, use of resources and economic
development,safeguardingbiodiversityandtheecosystem.TheaimoftheISCMEE
2022 conference is to explore current trends in sustainable development, circular
management and environmental engineering, stimulate dialogue and develop new
perspectives in the field of environmental protection. Conceptual, empirical and
methodologicalstudiesaswellascountrycasestudiesonvarioustopicsofsustain-
able development were presented at the conference. It is expected that the reports
andpresentationswillcoverboththeoretical,methodologicalandpracticalaspects
ofsustainabledevelopmentandthecirculareconomy.ISCMEE2022focusesonthe
themesofCircularEconomyandEnvironmentalSustainabilityandinthiscontext,the
aimofISCMEE2022istoprovideaplatformforresearchers,entrepreneurs,higher
educationteachersandauthoritiestopresenttheirresearchresultsanddevelopment
activitiesinthefollowingconferencetopics:
SustainableDevelopmentandBioengineering
CircularEconomyandBusinessEngineering
EnergyPolicyandEnvironmentalEngineering
Theconferencewasattendedbyleadingresearchers,engineersandscientistsfrom
Bulgaria, Canada, Romania, Moldova, Turkey, United Kingdom, India, United
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States,Australia,Lithuania,Poland,Ukraine,Kazakhstan,IndonesiaandChina.The
conferencemodelwassplitintotwoparts,includingkeynotepresentationsandonline
discussionsoftheirtalksusingMicrosoftTeams.Allpapershavebeenthoroughly
reviewedthattomeettherequirementsoftheInternationalPublicationStandard.A
totalof35papersweresubmitted,and16paperswereacceptedatanacceptancerate
of45.7%.
Editorswanttoexpressgratitudetoallthecontributors,reviewers,andinterna-
tionalscientificcommitteememberswhohaveaidedinthepublicationofthisbook.
Editors would also like to express our gratitude to Springer for their full support
duringthepublishingprocess.
ConferenceChairs
˙Izmir,Turkey ViktorKoval
October2022 YigitKazancoglu
Elena-SiminaLakatos
Contents
An Exploratory Study on Implementing Circular Economy
inRuralFamilyBusinesses ......................................... 1
Elena-SiminaLakatos, Roxana-MariaDruta, AndreaSzilagyi,
Andreea-LoredanaBirgovan,Lucian-IonelCioca,andSorinDanielVatca
IsInvestmentPortfolioConstructionSustainableintheCircular
EconomyParadigm—TheCaseofESGInvestment? .................. 15
NikolaIliev,MarinMarinov,ValentinMilinov,andMarianaPetrova
TradeinRecyclableRawMaterialsinEU:StructuralDynamics
Study ............................................................. 43
MargaritaShopova,MarianaPetrova,andLyubomirTodorov
Impacts of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Income
onSustainableFoodConsumption .................................. 65
SimeonkaPetrova, IvanMarinov, ZoyaIvanova,
andYerbolAkhmedyarov
ClusteringEUCountries—TheRelationshipBetweenCircular
Economy,ResourceEfficiencyandSustainableDevelopment .......... 79
PetrankaMidova,VentsislavPerkov,andViktorKoval
Transformational Opportunities for Business Entities
intheCircularEconomy ........................................... 95
VladyslavIakovenko, RomanPavlov, TetianaPavlova,
andOksanaLevkovich
EnergyConsumptionatHome:InsightsforSustainableSmart
HomeMarketing .................................................. 104
S¸irinGizemKöse,EceÖzerÇizer,and˙IpekKazançog˘lu
Development of Sustainable Transport in Ukraine: Evolution
oftheConcept,ActionsandIndicators .............................. 115
OlenaNykyforuk,OlhaStasiuk,LarysaChmyrova,andNataliaFediai
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Sustainable Households Financial Behaviour in EU
andImplicationsonDevelopingFinancialLiteracy ................... 135
LyubomirTodorov,AleksandrinaAleksandrova,andMarinMarinov
EvaluationoftheBusinessProcessSustainableValueChainBased
onEnterpriseCostManagement .................................... 155
OlenaSova, NataliiaBieliaieva, VictoriiaKhmurova,
andValentynaKhrapkina
Clusterization of the Countries by the Level of Achieving
theSustainableDevelopmentGoalsforEconomicDevelopment ........ 170
OlenaTrofymenko,OlhaIlyash,NataliiaKoba,NataliiaKuzminska,
andMaksymKoba
Advanced Bioengineering Applications with Eco-Technology
ApproachforSustainableDevelopment .............................. 182
EceYıldız-OzturkandRuhanAskin-Uzel
Enablers of Sustainable Knowledge Management in Higher
EducationInstitutions:ACasefromTurkey ......................... 209
MelisaOzbiltekin-Pala, MuruvvetDenizSezer,
YesimDenizOzkan-Ozen,andYigitKazancoglu
SeaportBusinessActionstoEnsureCleanandAffordableEnergy ..... 216
AylinÇalıs¸kan,CansuAkçiçek,andYücelÖztürkog˘lu
ATheoremontheRecyclingParadox ............................... 229
D.Yu.Cherevatskyi,R.G.Smirnov,O.V.Lyakh,andM.O.Soldak
CircularEconomy:Ukraine’sReservesandtheConsequences
oftheGlobalRecession ............................................ 238
TetyanaCalinescu,GannaLikhonosova,andOlenaZelenko
AuthorIndex ...................................................... 253
An Exploratory Study on Implementing
Circular Economy in Rural Family Businesses
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Elena-SiminaLakatos1,2( ) ,Roxana-MariaDruta1,2 ,AndreaSzilagyi1,2 ,
Andreea-LoredanaBirgovan1,2 ,Lucian-IonelCioca3 ,andSorinDanielVatca4
1 InstituteforResearchinCircularEconomyandEnvironment“ErnestLupan”,71-73
DorobantilorAvenue,400609Cluj-Napoca,Romania
[email protected]
2 FacultyofIndustrialEngineering,RoboticsandProductManagement,TechnicalUniversityof
Cluj-Napoca,400641Cluj-Napoca,Romania
3 FacultyofEngineering,LucianBlagaUniversityofSibiu,550024Sibiu,Romania
4 FacultyofAgriculture,UniversityofAgriculturalSciencesandVeterinaryMedicine
Cluj-Napoca,400372Cluj-Napoca,Romania
Abstract. Despiterecenteffortstopromotefamilybusinessesasameansofsocio-
economicdevelopment,theallocationandexpenditureofresourcesinthisregard
remains inequitable for rural areas. The purpose of this study is to investigate
whattheperceivedneedsoffamilybusinessesinruralregions,asexemplifiedby
Romania,are,withafocusoncirculareconomy.Atotalof155responseswere
collected via an web-based questionnaire. Our findings show that product and
servicemarketingtrainingandsupport(47.7%),aswellasfinancialmanagement
training(41,3%)aretwoofthemostimportanttrainingrequirementsforengaging
in entrepreneurial action. Furthermore, respondents favor training in practices
that enable the circular economy, such as repair and reuse. More than half of
thesample(58.6%)reportedthattheywouldimplementactionstoreducewaste
minimizationiftheyweretostartafamilybusinessinaruralarea.Fromapractical
standpoint,localstakeholdersmighttakethisfindingintoconsiderationtocreate
trainingprogramsthatareespeciallyadaptedfortheruralsettinganditsunique
economicandsocialconditions.Finally,limitationsandfurtherresearchdirections
arediscussed.
Keywords: Familybusinesses·Ruralareas·Circulareconomy·Rural
development·Sustainability
1 Introduction
Giventheincreasingvolatilityoftheavailabilityofhumanresourcesandjobsglobally,
familybusinessesaredifferentiatedasanimportantgeneratoroftechnologicalandinno-
vativedevelopment.Therefore,manycountriesprioritizefamilybusinessesasastrategic
direction for economic and social development [1]. In heavily urbanized regions, the
prioritizationoffamilybusinessesisevidentthroughthesupportandattentiongivento
start-ups,andingeneraltoentrepreneursbeginningtheircareerwhoneedassistancefor
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