Integration of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy as a determinant of sustainable transformation of enterprise value creation chains
By: Jan Rymarczyk
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/emj-2026-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2543-912X (formerly 2300-0813) | Journal ISSN: 2543-6597
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