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An Entrepreneur’S Perspective On Entrepreneurial Recycling, Alenka Slavec Gomezel, Rok Stritar
An Entrepreneur’S Perspective On Entrepreneurial Recycling, Alenka Slavec Gomezel, Rok Stritar
Economic and Business Review
We propose new insights into entrepreneurial recycling, focusing on the entrepreneur’s perspective on the role of recycling. We define entrepreneurial recycling as the process by which entrepreneurs share, receive, and transform human, social, organizational, and financial capital throughout the entire entrepreneurial lifecycle: entry, growth and exit. However, research on this topic remains fragmented and underdeveloped. We applied a qualitative, interpretive, and inductive lens to explore the lived experience of six entrepreneurs in order to conceptualize entrepreneurial recycling and understand the implications for entrepreneurial theory and practice. We argue that when entrepreneurs recycle, they trigger a reciprocal trust loop with benefits …