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Potential of Circular Design in Estonian SMEs and their Capacity to Push it

Environmental and Climate Technologies
Volume 24 (2020): Issue 3 (November 2020)
By: Markus Vihma and  Harri Moora  
Open Access
|Dec 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0088 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8837 | Journal ISSN: 1691-5208
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Language: English
Page range: 94 - 103
Published on: Dec 14, 2020
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
Circular economy,
circular design,
design capacity,
SMEs
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Life sciences, other

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