Abstract:
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a viable alternative to the traditional
linear model with the aim of promoting sustainable development. Entrepreneurship
serves as a cornerstone for unlocking groundbreaking circular business
opportunities. Research on circular entrepreneurship is still in its early stages and
consequently displays a certain level of fragmentation. This study aims to elevate the
role of entrepreneurship in the discourse surrounding CE through a comprehensive
literature review. The present research utilized the “Preferred Reporting Items for
Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)” framework to identify relevant
articles from the SCOPUS database. Furthermore, it conducts a “bibliometric
analysis and systematic literature review” to explore the intersection between the CE
and entrepreneurship research. Performance analysis reveals trends in academic
publications, leading journals, significant contributions, authors, and countries,
while science mapping combines co-words and thematic assessments. Similarly, cooccurrence
analysis produced various clusters that illustrated the links between CE
research and entrepreneurship, management, and innovation areas, along with key
insights obtained from co-authorship network analysis.
