Convergência teórica da economia ecológica e da ecologia industrial

EnglishIn the face of worsening environmental problems and the unsustainable path of economic activities, theoretical perspectives have claimed the improvement of initiatives to conserve ecosystem services, e.g. the Ecological Economics (EE) and Industrial Ecology (IE). Based on the assumption that EE needs to advance towards a theoretical approach related to the firm as well as that IE is a consolidated scientific field which may fulfill this gap, this article is aimed at presenting evidences of theoretical-analytical convergences and to indicate that the deepening of this study can lead to the future demarcation of an Ecological Economy of the Firm. The use of bibliometric techniques allowed the construction of a bibliographic portfolio with academic relevance in the two fields of research, which served as reference for the present work. We found a very relevant theoretical convergence between EE and IE, but the consequences of such a proximity have not been adequately addressed in the literature. portuguesFace as evidencias de agravamento dos problemas ambientais e interdependencia entre estes e a trajetoria insustentavel das atividades economicas, correntes teoricas postulam iniciativas de desenvolvimento favoraveis a conservacao dos servicos ecossistemicos, a exemplo da Economia Ecologica (EE) e da Ecologia Industrial (EI). Partindo do pressuposto de que a EE precisa avancar nas discussoes relativas a firma e que a EI pode ser um caminho ja trilhado para suprir parte esta lacuna, o objetivo deste artigo e apresentar evidencias de convergencias teorico-analiticas e indicar que o aprofundamento deste estudo pode levar a demarcacao futura de uma Economia Ecologica da Firma. O uso de tecnicas bibliometricas permitiu a construcao de um portfolio de trabalhos cientificos com relevância academica para os dois campos de investigacao, o qual serviu de referencia para a presente pesquisa. Observou-se proximidade teorica relevante entre a EE e a EI, cujos desdobramentos ainda nao foram adequadamente tratados pelos estudiosos de ambas as areas.