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Circular economy impact over the blue growth and the blue careers
Circular economy impact over the blue growth and the blue careers

Author(s): Milen Baltov
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Международно висше бизнес училище
Keywords: circular economy; blue careers; restorative economy; blue growth; maritime sectors
Summary/Abstract: The circular economy business models demonstrate how a firm creates and captures value. They are used to help entrepreneurs and decision makers define and communicate their business ideas, or for established firms to experiment with potential changes to business practices. In with the circular economy issues is the concept of the sustainability in blue economy, and its outreach into its sectors for the blue growth – bridging to innovation and sustainability in the maritime sectors. The focus of the current paper is to bridge the trends and drives in the circular aspects of the blue growth to the human resources needs and their up scaling. It became popular to name the vocations and skills in the blue economy as “blue careers”. Which are the specific blue careers skill and how to meet the entrepreneurs and managers in the blue growth sectors is one of the matters in the NRF supported research project of the Burgas Free University “Expectations of the Bulgarian Entrepreneurs and Managers towards the Continuing Vocational Education of the Human Resources in the Organisation”, and the paper is supported in its frames.