Institutional entrepreneurship enablers to promote circular economy in the European Union: Impacts on transition towards a more circular economy

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:281

Article

del Mar Alonso-Almeida, Maria¹  Miguel Rodriguez-Anton, Jose¹  Bagur-Femenias, Llorenc²  Perramon, Jordi² 

[1] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain

[2] Univ Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Sch Management, Barcelona, Spain

关键词: Circular economy;    Institutional entrepreneur;    Enablers;    Circular economy impacts;    Circular economy strategy;    Circular economy transition;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124841

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Circular economy supposes a transformational and radical process of change from a linear to a circular economic model, where every production phase represents a systemic shift at all levels. Nevertheless, CE philosophy is easy to understand but very complex to put into practice. For that reason, using institutional entrepreneurship theory, institutional enablers to push the transition to a more CE in the European Union will be analysed. In particular, the impacts achieved by CE strategies are oriented to priority CE goals. Thus, this empirical study based on a public consultation survey uses structural equation modelling to analyse links between institutional entrepreneurship enablers and impacts on CE strategies oriented to main CE goals. The findings support the effectiveness of acting like an institutional entrepreneur to force transformational and radical changes, although differences are found between enablers and the impacts of CE. The paper concludes with some useful reflections for institutions and policymakers in order to maximise the efforts taken to effect changes at all levels. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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