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Title: Towards a sustainable and circular blue bioeconomy: A scoping review
Authors: Pakseresht, A
Kermani, A
Decker-Lange, C
Keywords: blue bioeconomy;biotechnology;sustainability;circular economy;marine biomass;scoping review;business model
Issue Date: 17-Apr-2025
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Pakseresht, A., Kermani. A. and Decker-Lange, C. (2025) 'Towards a sustainable and circular blue bioeconomy: A scoping review', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 216, 124157, pp. 1 - 14. doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124157.
Abstract: This study explores biotechnological innovations based on marine resources in the burgeoning blue bioeconomy, aiming to unlock their potential for valorization for sustainable and circular business models. Using a scoping review to identify key trends in scientific knowledge, we specify four clusters of blue biotechnological innovations: (1) bioenergy, (2) feedstock and fertilizers, (3) biomass for food, and (4) industrial applications. These four clusters offer promising energy, food, and materials alternatives while aligning with sustainability and circular economy principles. This study thus fills a gap in extant management research by integrating ocean biodiversity into considerations of sustainable entrepreneurship and investigating valorization options in the blue bioeconomy for the development of novel business models. The findings pave the way for designing feedstock and regenerative business models that harness the blue bioeconomy's economic, environmental, and social benefits.
Description: Data availability: Data will be made available on request.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/31079
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124157
ISSN: 0040-1625
Other Identifiers: ORCiD: Ashkan Pakseresht https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4421-521X
ORCiD: Carolin Decker-Lange https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6669-9673
Article number 124157
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