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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We wanted to bring to your attention that we have just issued a call for contributions to an edited book with Emerald on “Circular Economy Supply Chains – From Chains to Systems".<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We welcome theoretical and empirical pieces as well as case studies addressing the transition toward a circular economy. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A central theme of the book is the shift to a perspective of cross-industry value systems (moving beyond the typical supply chain view for one particular product).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For more information, including a preliminary structure of the book, please see the attached cfp.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Deadline for <b>abstracts is February 29, 2020</b> (early submissions are welcome).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards and a happy holiday season,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lydia Bals, Wendy Tate and Lisa Ellram<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='color:#1F497D'><hr size=2 width="90%" align=left></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Prof. Dr. Lydia Bals<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Supply Chain & Operations Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>School of Business<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>Lucy-Hillebrand-Str. </span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>2 | 55128 Mainz | Room M3.08<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>T +49(0)6131 628-3293<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'>E </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:lydia.bals@hs-mainz.de"><span lang=DE style='color:#0563C1'>lydia.bals@hs-mainz.de</span></a></span><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'> | W [https://www.hs-mainz.de]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black'>Linkedin: <a href="http://de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals">de.linkedin.com/in/DrLydiaBals</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size: initial;background-repeat:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-origin: initial;background-clip: initial;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif;color:black'>ResearchGate:<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals">https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lydia_Bals</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=320 height=149 style='width:3.3333in;height:1.552in' id="Bild_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D5B4EF.BEA2A050" alt="Signatur_weihnachten_2019"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>