The role of digital technologies in circular entrepreneurship with a focus on business models

Subject Areas : Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Atieh Khodaei ¹ , Mahdi Hosseinpour ² , Mohamad javad Jamshidi ³ , yosof mohamadifar ⁴

1 - Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Social Sciences, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Received: 2023-12-11 Accepted : 2024-03-16 Published : 2024-02-04

Keywords: Digital technologies, Circular entrepreneurship, Business models, Meta- synthesis.,

Abstract :

In recent years, circular business models have become an inevitable requirement to foster improvements in social, environmental and economic performance. The present study was conducted by combining previous research with the aim of providing a comprehensive picture of the components of the role of digital technologies in circular entrepreneurship with a focus on business models. The research methodology is qualitative with a meta- synthesis approach. Accordingly, after searching the databases including Elsevier, MDPI, Taylor & Francis, ScienceDirect, Emerald, Wiley, Springer, Noormags and SID in the time range of 2010 to 2024, 132 related studies were evaluated and finally, after multiple screenings, 36 articles were selected. Using seven-step model of Sandelowski and Barroso, the findings of 36 previous studies related to the objectives of the study were reviewed, aggregated, combined, and interpreted, and with the help of coding method, 26 codes, 11 concepts and 3 components were identified and validated through Kappa Cohen coefficient. The identified components were introduced under three components, including improving the element of the value proposition of the circular business model, improving the element of value creation of the circular business model, and improving the element of value capture of the circular business model. Finally, the model of the role of digital technologies in circular entrepreneurship with a focus on business models was presented and drawn.