Andrea Thorpe

Associate Professor
Católica Porto Business School_Andrea Thorpe

Bio

PhD in Management from Aston Business School.

MBA from Aston Business School.

D.M.S. (Diploma in Management Studies) from Chartered Management Institute. 

BA (Hons) in Psychology and Sociology, University of Liverpool.

Andrea Thorpe transitioned from industry to academia in 2014 and has been a prolific researcher in various domains. Her current research explores the intersection between the natural world and organisations, with a focus on circular economy, virgin natural resources, and inter-organizational collaboration.

Andrea's work has been published in reputable journals such as Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Business Ethics, and Ecological Economics.
 

Areas of Research:
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Between you and I: A portfolio theory of the circular economy

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2021. Ecological Economics
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Circular economy, operational eco-efficiency, and sufficiency. An integrated view

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2023. Ecological Economics
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Climate change and globalisation as ‘Double Exposure’: Implications for policy development

Andrea Thorpe (with Thorpe, A.). 2018. Environmental Science and Policy
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Other

Cooperation and Competition within Organizations: A Multi-Level View

Andrea Thorpe (with Andrea Thorpe). 2020. Academy of Management
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Definitions of the circular economy: Circularity matters

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, Frank). 2023. Ecological Economics
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Doing the Right Thing or Doing the Thing Right: Implications of Participant Withdrawal

Andrea Thorpe (with Thorpe, A.S.). 2014. Organizational Research Methods
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Book chapter

Eco-efficiency

Andrea Thorpe (with Thorpe, A.S.). 2023. Dictionary of Ecological Economics: Terms for the New Millennium
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Eco-efficiency of Virgin Resources: A Measure at the Interface Between Micro and Macro Levels

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2017. Ecological Economics
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Other

Encore! Maintaining Paradox and Balance with Social Drama

Andrea Thorpe (with Andrea Thorpe). 2019. Academy of Management
Other

Longevity and circularity as indicators of eco-efficient resource use

Andrea Thorpe (with Frank Figge). 2018. Academy of Management
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Longevity and Circularity as Indicators of Eco-Efficient Resource Use in the Circular Economy

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2018. Ecological Economics
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Macro level matters: Advancing circular economy in different business systems within Europe

Andrea Thorpe (with Gutberlet, M.). 2023. Ecological Economics
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Other

Making Paradoxical Tensions Salient: Changing Information not People

Andrea Thorpe (with Siarhei Manzhynski). 2020.
Other

The Biodiversity Moonshot. System Thinking to Co-Create a Biodiversity Embedded Future for Companies

Andrea Thorpe (with Alberto Di Minin). 2023. Academy of Management
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The Collective Business Case of Sustainability. When Does it Pay to be Sustainable?

Andrea Thorpe (with Frank Figge). 2023. Academy of Management
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The Ethics of Gamification in a Marketing Context

Andrea Thorpe (with Thorpe, A.S.). 2019. Journal of Business Ethics
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Other

The interface of globalisation and Climate Change: The impact on livelihoods

Andrea Thorpe (with Andrea Thorpe). 2017. Academy of Management
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The Nature of Organizing: A Relational Approach to Understanding Business Sustainability

Andrea Thorpe (with Good, J.). 2020. Organization and Environment
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The symbiotic rebound effect in the circular economy

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2019. Ecological Economics
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The us in reUSe. Theorizing the how and why of the circular economy

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2022. Business Strategy and the Environment
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Us before me: A group level approach to the circular economy

Andrea Thorpe (with Figge, F.). 2021. Ecological Economics
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Value creation and the circular economy: A tale of three externalities

Andrea Thorpe (with Frank Figge). 2022. Journal of Industrial Ecology
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