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TDIT 2020: Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation pp 303–314Cite as

Mining the Social Discussions Surrounding Circular Economy: Insights from the Collective Intelligence Shared in Twitter

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Organisations like UNDP, UNEP, CES and many more along with Fortune 500 companies have been sharing support towards the circular economy in order to bring focus towards long term sustainability. The purpose of this study is to explore the collective intelligence towards circular economy which may help in obtaining greater support from different stakeholders. For this objective, three research questions had been explored by analysing Twitter discussions on circular economy through content and network analysis. The insights reveal that users are discussing about all the three elements of circular economy, i.e., economic benefits, environment impacts and resource scarcity. The polarity of sentiments surrounding these elements of circular economy is also established and explained. Insights also indicate that artificial intelligence is strongly being perceived as a solution for resource optimisation, remanufacturing, re-generation of by-products and many more towards achieving circular economy objectives.

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  1. Information Systems/IT Area, Indian Institute of Management Amritsar, Amritsar, India

    Purva Grover

  2. DMS, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Delhi, India

    Arpan Kumar Kar

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  1. Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchirappalli, India

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  2. Swansea University, Swansea, UK

    Yogesh K. Dwivedi

  3. Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Nagpur, India

    Bhimaraya Metri

  4. University of Bradford, Bradford, UK

    Nripendra P. Rana

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Grover, P., Kar, A.K. (2020). Mining the Social Discussions Surrounding Circular Economy: Insights from the Collective Intelligence Shared in Twitter. In: Sharma, S.K., Dwivedi, Y.K., Metri, B., Rana, N.P. (eds) Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation. TDIT 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 618. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64861-9_27

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