Circular Economy, Ethical Funds, and Engineering Projects 

 -  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2020 
 - 1 online resource (300 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> This special issue provides a collection of 15 papers with modern theories and applications for circular economy, engineering projects, entrepreneurship models, and investor decisions. After the commencing review on Occupational Health and Safety Management-Systems Standards, follow papers which can be classified into four categories which cover the overall scope of special issue. The first category includes papers regarding the micro-level of circular economy. This means case studies in firm-level which implement different techniques to achieve sustainable development and circular economy goals. The findings reveal interesting achievements which are associated with cultural characteristics of the countries these case studies have been conducted. The second category of papers refers to the meso-level of circular economy where firms cooperate with each other by exchanging byproducts and organizing common operational procedures and routines to address environmental problems. The findings suggest assessment information technology tools to support industrial symbiosis among European firms. The next body of literature encompasses macro-level where circular economy techniques are implemented at a country level. Findings suggest methodologies for implementing and tracking circular economy in cities. Finally, a number of papers are included that focus on advanced engineering techniques. These techniques are useful tools for achieving circular economy and sustainability. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783039282524 9783039282531 books978-3-03928-253-1 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03928-253-1  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History of engineering and technology
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>action theory adaptation buffer management carbon footprint CCPM China circular city circular economy climate change construction delay construction safety corporate philanthropy cost benefit analysis cost prediction of substation project critical success factors Cuckoo Search drivers emergy analysis Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition framework fuzzy logic Fuzzy TOPSIS indicators Industrial symbiosis information transfer investments IT tools Life cycle assessment (LCA) Management Standards manufacturing firms material procurement management Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) optimal project profitability PERT/CPM photovoltaics piping construction planning and control political connections pollution impact PRAT method prefabrication housing production probabilistic alternative approach Project Definition Rating Index renewable energy systems research and innovation projects resource competition resource consumption risk assessment rule-based systems smart city smart governance SME social capital social network social network centrality solar thermal collectors sources of funding steel production stochastic simulation strategic management Support Vector Machines sustainability sustainable city sustainable development sustainable economy Theory of Inventive Problem Solving traffic congestion transport planning transport project evaluation urbanization value of travel time savings Value-at-Risk