Circular Economy Business Models, Value Creation and Humane Entrepreneurship: A Micro-Sized and Social Enterprise Perspective

Roberta Angelis () and Massimiliano Vesci ()
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Roberta Angelis: Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy
Massimiliano Vesci: University of Salerno

Circular Economy and Sustainability, 2025, vol. 5, issue 1, 147-160

Abstract: Abstract The circular economy is currently championed across different quarters as a potential solution to contemporary and multiple sustainability challenges. Academically, the concept has witnessed a substantial increase in scholars’ interest. Yet the locus of current literature is mainly conceptual, and there is a dearth of contributions from business and management studies. Drawing on the circular business models and the nascent humane entrepreneurship literature, and an exemplary, micro-sized social enterprise, we find that circular business models generate multiple forms of social value beyond the creation of job opportunities only, and that they are characterised by a humane entrepreneurship orientation. As a result, we contribute to the limited literature on circular economy implementation and to the emerging literature at the intersection between entrepreneurship and the circular economy.

Keywords: Circular Economy; Business Model; Social Enterprise; Humane Entrepreneurship; Social Value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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