Davide Chiaroni

6.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
77 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Davide Chiaroni is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Davide Chiaroni has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Strategy and Management, 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 16 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Davide Chiaroni's work include Sustainable Supply Chain Management (26 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (25 papers) and Sustainable Industrial Ecology (16 papers). Davide Chiaroni is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (26 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (25 papers) and Sustainable Industrial Ecology (16 papers). Davide Chiaroni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Finland and Spain. Davide Chiaroni's co-authors include Vittorio Chiesa, Andrea Urbinati, Federico Frattini, Paolo Rosa, Sergio Terzi, Claudio Sassanelli, Enes Ünal, Pasquale Del Vecchio, Piera Centobelli and Roberto Cerchione and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy Conversion and Management and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

In The Last Decade

Davide Chiaroni

73 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Towards a new taxonomy of circular economy business models 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2019 2020 2018 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Towards a new taxonomy of circular economy business models
    2017 674 citations Andrea Urbinati, Davide Chiaroni et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  2. Assessing relations between Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review
    2019 482 citations Paolo Rosa, Claudio Sassanelli et al. International Journal of Production Research profile →
  3. Designing business models in circular economy: A systematic literature review and research agenda
    2020 435 citations Davide Chiaroni, Andrea Urbinati et al. Business Strategy and the Environment profile →
  4. The role of digital technologies in open innovation processes: an exploratory multiple case study analysis
    2018 291 citations Andrea Urbinati, Davide Chiaroni et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Davide Chiaroni Italy 29 3.4k 1.4k 999 750 633 77 4.5k
Andrea Urbinati Italy 27 2.8k 0.8× 1.6k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 435 0.6× 346 0.5× 61 4.0k
Roberto Cerchione Italy 43 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 1.1× 690 0.7× 576 0.8× 522 0.8× 113 5.9k
Erik G. Hansen Germany 26 3.0k 0.9× 2.5k 1.7× 451 0.5× 600 0.8× 496 0.8× 85 4.8k
Florian Lüdeke‐Freund Germany 24 3.0k 0.9× 2.6k 1.8× 669 0.7× 618 0.8× 350 0.6× 60 4.7k
Leena Aarikka‐Stenroos Finland 25 2.2k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 464 0.5× 554 0.7× 289 0.5× 65 3.9k
Rupert J. Baumgartner Austria 42 4.6k 1.4× 3.3k 2.3× 832 0.8× 471 0.6× 661 1.0× 112 7.0k
Tim C. McAloone Denmark 39 3.7k 1.1× 2.6k 1.8× 1.4k 1.4× 782 1.0× 229 0.4× 183 5.5k
Jeremy Hall Canada 31 2.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 325 0.3× 1.1k 1.5× 692 1.1× 56 4.8k
Steve Evans United Kingdom 34 2.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 426 0.6× 294 0.5× 94 4.6k
Samuel W. Short United Kingdom 7 2.5k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 683 0.7× 412 0.5× 281 0.4× 13 3.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Davide Chiaroni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Davide Chiaroni

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2025). Towards a novel circular maturity model to foster circular economy in the healthcare industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 55. 434–443.
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2025). Digital Technologies as Enablers of Circular Economy: An Exploratory Analysis of Functions and Product Lifecycle. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 72. 4051–4066.
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Urbinati, Andrea, et al.. (2025). Transition of Manufacturing Companies towards Circular Economy: The Enabling Role of Digital Technologies for Product Life Cycle Extension. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 3(3). 1 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2025). Scaling up circular ecosystems through product design practices: An integrative framework. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 204. 111073–111073. 1 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2024). Fostering the transition towards circular economy through collaborations: An open innovation perspective in the building industry. Creativity and Innovation Management. 34(1). 30–46. 9 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2024). The design and servitization of products according to the circular economy principles: An ecosystem perspective in the building industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. 454. 142322–142322. 3 indexed citations
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Urbinati, Andrea, Simone Franzò, Claudio Sassanelli, et al.. (2023). Exploiting 3-D Printing for Designing Circular Business Models: A Novel Framework. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 9342–9356. 11 indexed citations
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Campioli, A., et al.. (2022). Innovative Approach for the Development of Sustainable Settlements in East Africa. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 2 indexed citations
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Franzò, Simone, Andrea Urbinati, Davide Chiaroni, & Vittorio Chiesa. (2021). Unravelling the design process of business models from linear to circular: An empirical investigation. Business Strategy and the Environment. 30(6). 2758–2772. 43 indexed citations
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Rosa, Paolo, Claudio Sassanelli, Andrea Urbinati, Davide Chiaroni, & Sergio Terzi. (2019). Assessing relations between Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review. International Journal of Production Research. 58(6). 1662–1687. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2018). Water management report: le applicazioni ed il potenziale di mercato in Italia. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–402. 1 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide. (2017). Network Energy: Problematic and Solutions Towards Sustainable ICT.
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Franzò, Simone, Davide Chiaroni, Vittorio Chiesa, & Federico Frattini. (2017). Emerging business models fostering the diffusion of E-mobility: Empirical evidence from Italy. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–5. 1 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2016). Introducing a new perspective for the economic evaluation of industrial energy efficiency technologies: An empirical analysis in Italy. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 15. 1–10. 34 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2016). Building absorptive capacity for inbound open innovation: the role of knowledge brokers. International Journal of Technology Marketing. 11(4). 382–382. 1 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide & Andrea Urbinati. (2016). Circular economy business models: towards a new taxonomy of the degree of circularity. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–27. 5 indexed citations
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Arena, Marika & Davide Chiaroni. (2014). Roadmapping for Sustainability: Evidence from an Italian-based Multinational Firm. 9(2). 1–15. 8 indexed citations
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Chiaroni, Davide, et al.. (2006). The role of technical and scientific services in knowledge-intensive industries: evidences from the Italian biotech and nanotech industries. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Chiesa, Vittorio & Davide Chiaroni. (2004). Industrial Clusters in Biotechnology:Driving Forces, Development Processes and Management Practices. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 5 indexed citations

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