Print Email Facebook Twitter Simulating industrial symbiosis Title Simulating industrial symbiosis: Understanding and shaping circular business models for viable and robust industrial symbiosis networks through collaborative modelling and simulation Author Lange, K.P.H. (TU Delft Energie and Industrie) Contributor Herder, P.M. (promotor) Korevaar, G. (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2022-07-01 Abstract The European Commission aims for a full circular economy (CE), an economy that aims to reuse all resources in 2050. CE is a promising way to increase welfare and wellbeing while decreasing environmental footprints. Industrial symbiosis, in which companies exchange residuals for resource efficiency, is essential to the circular transition. However, many companies are hesitant to implement business models for industrial symbiosis because of the various roles, stakes, opinions, and resulting uncertainties for business continuity. This dissertation supports researchers, professionals, and students in understanding and shaping circular business models for industrial symbiosis networks through collaborative modelling and simulation methods. Three theoretical perspectives, design science research, complex adaptive socio-technical systems, and circular business model innovation, shed light on designing business models for industrial symbiosis. A serious game and agent-based models were developed in multiple case studies with researchers, practitioners, and students. These were then used to design circular business models and explore their efficacy under uncertain conditions, such as various behavioural intentions of potential partners in diverse natural and societal contexts. This thesis advances business model design and experimentation by integrated simulation of social and technical aspects of industrial symbiosis. Furthermore, the research shows how simulations facilitate learning processes in designing circular business models. Ultimately, the thesis equips researchers, practitioners, and students with knowledge, tools, and methods to shape a circular economy. Subject Circular Economy (CE)Industrial Symbiosis (IS)Circular Business ModelsCollaborative Modelling and SimulationAgent-based Modelling (ABM)Game-based Learning (GBL) To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:9f4f569c-1dd5-4ef1-9e5e-85fb479f069d Publisher Delft University of Technology ISBN 978-94-6366-566-7 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2022 K.P.H. Lange Files PDF 20220612_Final_Dissertati ... _Lange.pdf 16.02 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:9f4f569c-1dd5-4ef1-9e5e-85fb479f069d/datastream/OBJ/view