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Digitalized bioeconomy: Planned obsolescence-driven circular economy enabled by Co-Evolutionary coupling

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  • Watanabe, Chihiro
  • Naveed, Nasir
  • Neittaanmäki, Pekka

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Driven by digital solutions, the bioeconomy is taking major steps forward in recent years toward achievement of the long-lasting goal of transition from a traditional fossil economy to a bioeconomy-based circular economy.

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  • Watanabe, Chihiro & Naveed, Nasir & Neittaanmäki, Pekka, 2019. "Digitalized bioeconomy: Planned obsolescence-driven circular economy enabled by Co-Evolutionary coupling," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 8-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:56:y:2019:i:c:p:8-30
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2018.09.002
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