Purpose: In total, 19 practices of circular economy divided into three groups, internal environmental management, ecological design and investment recovery were studied in a local network composed of small companies and individual entrepreneurs related to common product and by-product flows. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach: This research presents an applied nature, is characterized as exploratory and adopted the case study as a technical procedure using sources and methods of data collection. The primary data were collected through direct observation of the processes and semi-structured interviews with managers and owners.Findings: The most widespread practices are related to product design. However, in most cases, the implementation was punctual and did not present continuous and corresponding actions, which highlights the embryonic contours of European Commission (EC) in the observed network. The practices from the management category were less observed, which revels the environmental variable is not included in the strategic business planning.Research limitations/implications: The research documents the application of CE practices in a local network and brings this current paradigm shift to the Brazilian context.Practical implications: To overcome barriers to the implementation of EC practices, it is suggested to restructure commercial relations, to formulate public policies and to develop infrastructures that facilitate the materiality of flows and the market.Social implications: The study highlights the need of public policies that promotes cross-sectoral cooperation in accordance with NSWP objectives.Originality/value: Despite the focus on EC implemented practices this study offers a framework of the research routes on the main barriers and suggests actions to overcome the challenges in the transition from the economy to the circular model.

Scientific publications on social innovation and interest in the subject have grown substantially in the last decade, evidencing the need for more studies in this direction. This study aimed to map the scientific publications and intellectual structure in the field of social innovation, through a bibliometric study. The bibliometric survey specifically considered the period 2006–2021, through data indexed by the SCOPUS database, which included journals with a high impact factor. A total of 1192 articles were analyzed using the software VOSviewer (VOS) 1.6.15, to graphically map the material. The results showed explosive growth in the academic literature on social innovation in the last decade; moreover, they allowed the identification of the main authors, articles, topics, institutions, and countries in the field. From the analyses, a theoretical framework structured with four main emphases (clusters) was evidenced: (1) social entrepreneurship and the third sector; (2) strategic management and innovation; (3) sociopolitical aspects, urban development, and governance; and (4) innovation and sustainability.

O objetivo principal deste artigo é debater, a partir das experiências de alguns países bem-sucedidos na implementação de políticas industrial e tecnológica, se a construção de um moderno arcabouço institucional na área de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico, no qual deve estar incluída a questão da inovação, é essencial para o crescimento econômico do País. Nesse esforço, buscamos aprofundar a discussão sobre as políticas de gestão da inovação no Brasil, em especial sobre a Lei de Inovação Tecnológica - LIT (Lei Federal n.º 10.973 de 02.12.2004 ) - que estabelece medidas de incentivo à inovação e à pesquisa científica e tecnológica no ambiente produtivo, com vistas à capacitação e ao alcance da autonomia tecnológica e ao desenvolvimento industrial do País, por meio da análise das principais medidas explicitadas em seu texto. Evidencia-se que a aprovação da Lei de Inovação Tecnológica, apesar de suas deficiências, representa um instrumento relevante de apoio às políticas industrial e tecnológica do Brasil.

This study sought to analyze the level of adopted climate change mitigation and adaptation practices and their relationship with the performance of Brazilian industrial companies. The data were collected through an e-survey in 40 Brazilian industrial companies linked to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical methods. Mitigation and adaptation practices were adopted as independent variables against climate change, while performance parameters (financial, innovative, production, market, and export performance) were included as the dependent variables. Our findings indicate that Brazilian industrial companies have been adopting both corporate practices of mitigation and adaptation to climate change and show that there are relationships between mitigation and adaptation practices and different dimensions of corporate performance. This study contributes to scientific advancement and developing a theoretical model that addresses, in an integrated manner, managing climate change adaptation and mitigation practices and corporate performance.

Purpose: This study has aimed to analyze the relationship between the adoption of sustainable innovation practices and the degree of innovation of business models in Brazilian industrial companies.Design/methodology/approach: The study has been characterized as quantitative and comprised the conduction of a survey with Brazilian industrial companies.Findings: Results have shown that companies with a high degree of innovation in their business models invest more strongly in strategic dimensions of sustainable innovation, which in general involve stakeholders and cross the organization's internal boundaries, requiring proactive attitudes from the company, probably because this type of investment gives them greater competitiveness in their market and also requires a radical modification of their business model.Practical implications: This study seeks to present contributions to entrepreneurs and policy makers, in the face of the innovative and sustainable challenges imposed by society and the guidelines for sustainable development in order to reflect on positive impacts on local and global development.Social implications: Comprehending the behavior of industrial companies in Brazil in relation to sustainable innovation and its impact on society contributes to understanding the benefits of adopting a strategic management of sustainable innovation, minimizing negative socio-environmental impacts.Originality/value: By analyzing the themes of sustainable innovation and business model, the present study may contribute to adopting business behavior that strategically and systemically integrates the objectives of sustainable innovation.

O estudo analisa casos de empresas multinacionais em diferentes setores: bens de consumo, sucroenergético, químico, e transportes. A principal contribuição da pesquisa é focada na discussão em como diferentes instrumentos de políticas públicas e ambientes institucionais direcionam projetos de ecoinovação em empresas, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento de uma economia de baixo carbono.