Date: 2026-04-10; Database: Scopus; Query; IIQ7. TITLE-ABS-KEY(((“circular business model innovation” OR “circular business model*”) AND (interoperability OR traceability OR “information sharing” OR “data governance”))); results: 41; files: ver ver
🔍 What dominates
- Circular business models
- Value creation logic
- Innovation frameworks
💡 Insight 4 — “CBMI is conceptually rich, but digitally weak”
CBMI literature explains:
- Product-as-a-service
- Sharing models
- Remanufacturing
BUT:
❌ Does NOT explain:
- what data is needed
- how data is exchanged
- how systems connect
💡 Insight 5 — “Missing micro-foundations”
CBMI assumes:
👉 coordination is possible
BUT ignores:
👉 data infrastructure required for coordination
💡 Insight 6 — “Almost no interoperability focus”
Your result:
- Only 41 papers total
- Very few explicitly combine:
- CBMI + interoperability + data governance
👉 This is a clear research gap
OUR POSITIONING FROM IIQ7
👉 “CBMI literature lacks the data layer required for implementation”