Circular Economy and Manufacturing. Woodhead Publishing Reviews: Mechanical Engineering Series

Authors

Carolina Machado Associate Professor, Department of Management, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. Carolina Machado is an Associate Professor with Habilitation at the University of Minho, Portugal. She has lectured and researched in human resource management subjects since 1989. She is Head of the Human Resource Management Work Group at the University of Minho, as well as Coordinator of Advanced Training Courses at the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences, and Member of CICS.NOVA.UMinho. J. Paulo Davim Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal. Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.