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A Process Perspective on Industrial Symbiosis
Author(s) -
Boons Frank,
Spekkink Wouter,
Jiao Wenting
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of industrial ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.377
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1530-9290
pISSN - 1088-1980
DOI - 10.1111/jiec.12116
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , process (computing) , industrial ecology , set (abstract data type) , industrial symbiosis , value (mathematics) , conceptual framework , computer science , process management , sociology , business , biology , ecology , sustainability , artificial intelligence , social science , machine learning , programming language , operating system
Summary It has been long recognized in the conceptual literature that industrial symbiosis requires a perspective that focuses on long‐term evolution. This has not yet been matched by adopting an adequate process‐oriented research methodology. This article provides the underpinnings for such a methodology, presents a developed methodology, event sequence analysis, and shows its added value through a set of research questions and an empirical example. It shows how the process perspective leads to asking new research questions as well as the uncovering of new insights about the emergence, evolution, and dissolution of symbiotic relationships and the institutional capacity required to build such relationships.