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 Winter 2026   Volume 68 • Issue 2

Circular Cities

Our winter special issue features contributions on circular cities, highlighting the importance of urban centers in promoting cross-sector coordination and regenerative innovation in food, energy, construction, and waste

Table of Contents

Circular Economy
Cities can serve as accelerators of circular, regenerative innovation by becoming "living labs" for experiments in sustainable food, energy, construction, and waste.
In-Depth   19 Feb 2026 Boyd Cohen, Jan Kietzmann, Mark Esposito, and Andrew Park

Circular Economy
The EU's digital product passport highlights the tensions involved in managing data-sharing in cross-sector partnerships.
In-Depth   04 Dec 2025 Leona Henry and Francesca Ciulli

Circular Economy
The Lost Food Project is an eco-food bank in Kuala Lumpur that has adapted supply chain orchestration for circularity.
In-Depth   29 Dec 2025 Shardul S. Phadnis, Suzanne Mooney, and Sarah Grasset

Circular Economy
Transformative change requires a systematic approach to circularity, and the dynamic capabilities framework — sensing, seizing, and transforming — can help deliver long-term sustainability.
In-Depth   23 Mar 2026 Daina Mazutis, Afolasade Nubi, and Emma Segal

Circular Economy
While impressive circular business models can thrive at the enterprise level, their impact can be constrained by city infrastructure. Three innovative London fashion startups reveal the dissonance between startup innovation and urban infrastructure.
In-Depth   20 Jan 2026 Nikhilesh Sinha, Satrupa Ghosh, and Shilpi Banerjee

Circular Economy
Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) are urban areas that produce more renewable energy than they consume. Digital twins can help planners develop PEDs in line with circular economic principles.
In-Depth   12 Mar 2026 Arash Rezazadeh, Cláudia Antunes Marante, and René Bohnsack


Capabilities
Leading Chinese and US companies are building dynamic capabilities to help them innovate in challenging technological domains.
Spotlight   03 Mar 2026 Annika Steiber and David Teece

Digital Marketing
Older consumers are the fastest growing and most affluent demographic, but they are frequently neglected in marketing practice and research. Mature influences and content creators can help bridge the gap.
Spotlight   29 Mar 2026 Barak Libai, Michael Haenlein, Pawel Korzynski, and Grzegorz Mazurek

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