Hinrika Droege
Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs
Droege, Hinrika; Kirchherr, Julian; Raggi, Andrea; Ramos, Tomás B.
Authors
Julian Kirchherr
Andrea Raggi
Tomás B. Ramos
Contributors
Pauline Deutz
Project Leader
Abstract
The shift towards sustainable development is argued to be achieved by a circular disruption triggered or supported by circular economy (CE) policies. CE policies can pressure the disruption of currently predominant linear socio-technical systems across sectors towards a circular paradigm. Knowledge on how these policies appear on the agenda is essential to accelerate the circular disruption. Several works highlight the importance of policy entrepreneurs as agenda setters. However, they were not explored by the scholarly community on CE yet. Therefore, this article analyses the characteristics and strategies of CE policy entrepreneurs in Portugal as a circular frontrunner in the European Union (EU). Two groups of policy entrepreneurs were distinguished based on their different characteristics and strategies. Successfully driving the adoption of national CE policies required ambitious, tenacious and perfectionist CE expert(s) who create a CE vision, derive concrete solutions and gather support for their ideas, the CE initiator. Influencing CE implementation and evaluation required politically savvy CE implementers who openly and tenaciously develop projects and secure the continuous development of the policy.
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Droege, H., Kirchherr, J., Raggi, A., & Ramos, T. B. (2023). Towards a circular disruption: On the pivotal role of circular economy policy entrepreneurs. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 32(3), 1142-1158. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 26, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 25, 2022 |
Publication Date | Mar 1, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Nov 7, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 18, 2024 |
Journal | Business Strategy and the Environment |
Print ISSN | 0964-4733 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 1142-1158 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3098 |
Keywords | Circular economy; Disruption; Policy entrepreneur; Policy making; Stakeholder; Sustainable development |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4910495 |
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