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SynthesisOpen research Europe2025

Rebound effects in circular business models: A review of cases and mitigation strategies.

Ankita Das, Daniel Guzzo, Daniela C A Pigosso, Nancy Bocken

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Synthesis in Open research Europe, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ankita DasSchool of Business and Economics, Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200MD, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-8680
Daniel GuzzoCivil and Mechanical Engineering, Section of Design for Sustainability,, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5605-8680
Daniela C A PigossoCivil and Mechanical Engineering, Section of Design for Sustainability,, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark.
Nancy BockenSchool of Business and Economics, Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, 6200MD, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular business models are typically designed with the intent to meet customer demands, while resolving environmental issues related to resource usage, product lifetimes and waste reduction. Yet, rebound effects might hinder their positive impacts. Through a systematic literature review of 76 articles, the rebound effects of different circular business model archetypes and suggestions for their mitigation were investigated. The resulting overview unveils the direct, indirect and economy-wide rebound effects of different circular business model archetypes. This is coupled with rebound mitigation suggestions from literature from a business and policy perspective. The findings also revealed an apparent lack of quantitative research on mitigation strategies. The results can be used by researchers to guide research efforts, and by practitioners who want to find ways to mitigate the rebound effects of their circular business models. Future research should focus on creating standardized assessment methods for rebounds and their mitigation strategies.

Indexed as

Business Model Experimentation.Circular Business ModelsCircular EconomyCircular Economy ReboundsEnvironmental ImpactRebound Effects

Identifiers

PMID42245477
PMCPMC13231136

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