Ahrens, Elena Elisabeth, Ms. (2023) Circular Economy in the Construction Industry: Barriers and Drivers for the Implementation of Circularity in Family-Owned Construction Companies in Germany. Master thesis, Sustainable Entrepreneurship (SE).
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Abstract
Increasing pressures and constraints on the environment and society give rise to the necessity of a regenerative system represented by the circular economy. To transition to the circular economy, companies must implement circularity in their business models. This circular business model innovation process is complex and influenced by several barriers and drivers that can be grouped into socio-cultural, technological, economic, institutional, and external implementation factors. This research conducts a qualitative case study via semi-structured interviews to investigate these factors in the context of the construction industry and family ownership in Germany, as the construction industry is one of the most constraining industries and family-owned companies are considered particularly capable to engage in complex processes like circular business model innovation. The findings resonate with the implementation factors identified in the literature. Yet, the context of the construction industry and family ownership influence the dynamics of the implementation factors causing new factors to arise and some factors to be more or less relevant than suggested by the literature. Accordingly, the interaction between the factors and the process of circular business model innovation seems to be different in the context of the construction industry and family ownership.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Long, T.B. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 10:48 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/333 |
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