Type of Credit: Elective
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The purpose of this course is to help students timely inquire into the significance of circular economy business models in a borderless age of climate change. Numerous studies have pointed out that the nature of climate change is an international and intergenerational externality problem. This human-induced change in the rising global mean temperature is mainly due to the enormous emission of carbon dioxide arising from the combustion of fossil fuels. To date, more than 100 countries have adopted a global warming limit of 2°C or below (relative to pre-industrial times) as a general guideline (IPCC, 2007). That is, the concentration of carbon dioxide should be maintained at a range of 400-450 parts per million (ppm). As a necessary response to the threat of climate change, more and more corporations and governments have taken measures to promote the circular economy. The major topics will at least include: (1) the circular economy, (2) sustainable development, (3) corporate sustainability, (4) business models, (5) circular business models, (6) natural resource management, (7) waste management, (8) industrial ecology, (9) corporate social responsibility, and (10) green taxation. Conceptual and theoretical work will be given equal consideration.
能力項目說明
With global progress of the circular economy (or at least "don't waste waste") in mind, students taking this course are required to take the following elements into account when they investigate the circular economy business models:
1) Vision of a modern corporation or company along with its goals: How does a corporation define sustainability or a sustainable business? What does business innovation mean by the company?
2) Measures adopted by the company for fulfilling the goals: Do the measures taken by the company meet the circular economy or zero-waste standard?
3) Check the existence of a sustainability branch/sector: A company cannot well design a circular business model without a sustainability branch/sector.
4) Do the CSR/Sustainability reports release the tax return principles or tax-related news? If the company cares about the society and is willing to assume corporate social responsibility, the company will at least honestly file the tax returns.
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(Subject to change)
1. The Circular Economy
2. Sustainable Development
3. Corporate Sustainability
4. Business Models
5. Circular Business Models
6. Natural Resource Management
7. Waste Management
8. Industrial Ecology
9. Corporate Social Responsibility
10. Green Taxation
11. Global Sustainability Standards
12. Circular Economy Accounting
13. Group Presentation A&B
14. Group Presentation C&D
15. Group Discussions
16. Final In-Class Meeting
Grades will be determined on the basis of the student's performance in relation to a) class attendance and participation, b) two individual assignments, c) one group presentation on reviewing a Circular Business Model (CBM), and d) one research report.
Class attendance and participation (10%)
Individual assignment (20%)
Group presentation (30%)
Final research report (40%)
(Required) Lin, Brian Chi-ang. Circular Economy and Sustainable Endogenous Growth. Budapest, Hungary: BC4LS, 2023.
1. Boulding Kenneth E. Towards a New Economics: Critical Essays on Ecology Distribution and Other Themes. Aldershot Hants. England: Edward Elgar, 1992.
2. Brears. Robert C. Natural Resource Management and the Circular Economy. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
3. Burger, Philippe. Sustainable Fiscal Policy and Economic Stability: Theory and Practice. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, 2003.
4. Clinch, J. Peter; Schlegelmilch, Kai; Sprenger, Rolf-Ulrich and Triebswetter, Ursula. (eds.) Greening the Budget: Budgetary Policies for Environmental Improvement. Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar, 2002.
5. De Angelis, Roberta. Business Models in the Circular Economy: Concepts, Examples and Theory. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
6. Ferroni, Marco and Mody, Ashoka. (eds.) International Public Goods: Incentives, Measurement, and Financing. Norwell, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
7. Johnson, Mark W. Reinvent Your Business Model: How to Seize the Whit Space for Transformative Growth. Harvard Businees Review Press, 2018.
8. Lin, Brian Chi-ang and Zheng, Siqi. (eds.) Environmental Economics and Sustainability. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
9. Osterwalder, Alexander and Pigneur, Yves. Business Model Generation : A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2010.
10. Wissenburg, Marcel. Green Liberalism: The Free and the Green Society. London: UCL Press, 1998.
https://mission.polymonde.org/articles/brian-chi-ang-lin