20.500.12556/RUL-148003 Challenges of demographic changes and digitalization on eco-innovation and the circular economy qualitative insights from companies The overuse of natural resources through excessive consumptions has led to environmental problems. As a result, there have been calls for a more sustainable, circular and digital future. Research on the topics of eco-innovations and the circular economy have made significant headways toward identifying sustainable solutions, however, the influence of demographic changes and digitization remain underexplored. Therefore, the current study investigates how demographic changes and digitization effect business practices related to eco- innovations and the circular economy. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with ten companies in Slovenia that actively adopt and develop eco-innovations, and moreover employ the principles of a circular economy. These semi-structured interviews specifically explore the impact of digitalization and demographic changes on eco-innovation and how these impacts enable the development of the circular economy. Results suggest that companies are adjusting their products and services to meet changing demands from demographic trends. Relatedly, digitization has allowed them to create new products and optimize existing ones in more sustainable ways, i.e., having less harmful effects on the environment. Specifically, digitization gave them better control over the eco-innovation process, increasing transparency, control, and manageability of the technological process in a way that reduced energy consumption and lessoned the environmental impact. These results are integrated with the existing literature to identify new insights related to the adoption and implementation of eco-innovations in the circular economy. investment company circular economy innovations sustainable development eco-innovation digitalization demographic changes companies investicijsko podjetje krožno gospodarstvo inovacije trajnostni razvoj true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2023-07-18 08:37:29 2023-07-18 08:42:31 2023-10-18 15:38:32 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 9 str. art. 136439 Vol. 396 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 502.131.1 0959-6526 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136439 141898755 Challenges_of_demographic_changes_and_digitalization_on_eco-innovation_and_the_circular_economy_Qualitative_insights_from_companies.pdf Challenges_of_demographic_changes_and_digitalization_on_eco-innovation_and_the_circular_economy_Qualitative_insights_from_companies.pdf 1 E95694DFC84C25AD8B4662BACB02BD2A 05e4e6e43d3feab8bb81566a0cb69b995056a516dd803457a761e9749bebefa2 2b4c119d-2536-11ee-aeaf-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=171917 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623005978 0 326abffc-2536-11ee-aeaf-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=171918 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0