Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/335439 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review (EBER) [ISSN:] 2353-8821 [Volume:] 12 [Issue:] 2 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 157-176
Publisher: 
Krakow University of Economics, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship, Krakow
Abstract: 
Objective: The objective of the article is to provide an entrepreneurial value-based perspective that can either drive or derail circular economy (CE) adoption and related strategies. The study argued that fundamental shifts toward CE adoption require a more profound value-based change. Research Design & Methods: Existing studies have analysed several self-transcending values in advancing circular economy (CE). However, an adequate investigation is yet to occur on self-advancing values that can obstruct CE adoption and practice in an entrepreneurial context. Embedded within a norm activation model (NAM) and informed by value-belief-norm theory (VBN), the study builds on cross-lagged data (n=477) to explain the clash between dominant self-advancing entrepreneurial values and CE strategies. Findings: The SEM-based machine-learning test results predicted that entrepreneurial hedonic and egoistic values complemented by hedonic and egoistic consumption reciprocally drive linearity rather than circularity within entrepreneurship. However, awareness of the consequences of adverse CE business models on society and the environment moderates the effect of self-enhancing values on CE strategies. Implications & Recommendations: Policy instruments and macro-level societal intervention in creating, enhancing, and balancing self-transcendence values with self-advancing values can improve CE adoption across the entrepreneurial architecture. Contribution & Value Added: The study is one of the first to demonstrate entrepreneurial value-oriented barriers to circularity, derailing CE diffusion to the broader entrepreneurial landscape. It suggests measures to enhance CE adoption among entrepreneurs.
Subjects: 
circular economy
entrepreneurial values
sustainability
hedonic
egoistic
Structural equation modelling
JEL: 
C12
C33
C45
C53
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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