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Title Value-based bricolage: Resource mobilization in the circular economy
ID_Doc 1082
Authors Klein, SP; Liszt-Rohlf, V; Spieth, P
Title Value-based bricolage: Resource mobilization in the circular economy
Year 2023
Published Journal Of Industrial Ecology, 27, 6
DOI 10.1111/jiec.13431
Abstract Circular-born firms face resource constraints first, as they emphasize the use and reuse of materials as an opposite to the linear production system of taking, making, and disposing of resources, and second, due to systemic challenges like lack of scale and information on resources. Given these challenges, entrepreneurs need to find novel solutions for resource mobilization in the circular economy (CE). This study aims to identify how entrepreneurs mobilize resources to accomplish these challenges. With qualitative, multiple-case study research in circular-born firms developing a CE business model (CEBM), we identify four patterns of resource mobilization serving different purposes in the development of a CEBM. While three patterns-resource seeking, material bricolage, and ideational bricolage-are established concepts in entrepreneurship, we identify and conceptualize a fourth unique pattern in the CE: value-based bricolage. By conceptualizing the activity domains of value-based bricolage and examining the motivation and outcomes of each pattern in designing CEBMs, we provide new insights into how solutions to challenges concerning the use of resources in the CE enable circularity.
Author Keywords bricolage; circular economy; circular economy business model; multiple-case study; resource mobilization; value-based bricolage
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001045233300001
WoS Category Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Engineering, Environmental; Environmental Sciences
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics; Engineering; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
PDF https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/jiec.13431
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