“…Moreover, the external environment plays a significant role in shaping the transition to a circular economy. Various researchers analyze interlinkages between the external environment and its role in the transition from linear to a circular economy involving different sectors such as agriculture and rural development (Corral et al, 2022), the automobile industry (James et al, 2023), the food industry (Kazancoglu et al, 2023), the food packaging industry (Nielsen and Hakala, 2023), the industry 4.0 (Ren et al, 2023;Ertz et al, 2022), textile and fashion (Muthu, 2017;Gazzola et al, 2020;Hanuláková et al, 2021), ceramic tiles manufacturing (Garcia-Muiña et al, 2018), the plastics production (Lisiecki et al, 2023), etc. Factors such as government regulations (Lisiecki et al, 2023), market demand, and societal expectations can influence the adoption of circular business models.…”