Agreeing to Disagree: Linear-Circular and Public-Private Tensions in the Transformation to Circular Business Models
通过4年深度案例研究，揭示线性与循环要素、公共与私人伙伴之间的张力如何以辩证模式影响向循环商业模式的转型过程，对研究转型挑战和公私合作的管理者有用。
Research points to public-private collaboration’s importance for supporting the transformation from linear to circular business models. As little is known of such collaboration, we conducted a 4-year in-depth case study to answer how transformation is affected by two types of tensions: between linear and circular elements and between public and private partners. We find that tensions shape the transformational process into a dialectical pattern, as partners’ institutional differences initially cause them to conflict over whether to focus on linear or circular elements but, over time, arrive at a synthesis. Our findings contribute to circular business model research by illustrating the usefulness of understanding transformational challenges as linear-circular tensions and by illuminating the dialectics of transformational processes.