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Abstract: Industrial symbiosis activities are being implemented in the philosophy of “circular economy” in China. Integrating industrial symbiosis into the corporate development plans to optimize materials and energy flows is a feasible strategy for many corporations in their transition between nonsustainable and sustainable development. By constructing industrial ecosystems, Nanning Sugar Co., Ltd. in China, has achieved the successful transition from a traditional corporation to a sustainable corporation, or rather, a circular corporation. This study expounds on its whole transition course to a circular complex in the past decade, in which four factors are essential to making this symbiosis achievable: rational production structures; raw materials advantages; technical supports and correct diversification. The corporation is in charge of almost all the aspects of its affiliated companies and the management mode, in particular, differing from that of industrial symbiosis systems in Kalundborg, is considered another potential factor contributing to the corporate success. The transition mode in question is hoped to point to a feasible development path for similar corporations. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Hip Hemp Happenings highlights some of the companies and products that are successfully marketing hemp in creative and innovative ways. Ranging from colorful and practical hemp clothing to nutritious hemp nut based desserts, this article illustrates different approaches to the same problem: how to make hemp hip. It also shows how some companies are using the star power of celebrities and athletes to promote their hemp products. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The immediate past editor of the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management comments on the paper "Utilization of Sales Management Knowledge and Identification of Contributors: An Analysis of JPSSM 1980-1990." Several implications are derived pertaining to the body of knowledge on sales and sales management and the role of the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management in the development and dissemination of this body of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]