Mapping the Circular Economy in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises field: An exploratory network analysis

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Pub Date : 2023-11-04 DOI:10.1016/j.clrc.2023.100149
Marcos Ferasso , Ubiratã Tortato , Muhammad Ikram
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The literature on the Circular Economy (CE) has shown considerable expansion over recent years, with various studies striving to guide corporate entities in transitioning from linear to circular production paradigms. While larger businesses and multinational corporations have been a central focus, a significant gap exists in understanding the transformation journey of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) towards circularity. This research aims to enhance the existing body of knowledge by mapping the knowledge at the intersection of SMEs and the CE. This study utilizes an exploratory approach and leverages network analysis and content analysis to scrutinize 126 academic papers indexed on Scopus. The findings indicate that the field is bifurcated into nascent and early-growth stages. Although CE appears as the prevalent theme in most of the papers surveyed, an emerging group of academics has begun to delve into the domain of SMEs and CE. Further to identifying thematic clusters, this research explores the main references from these two phases by exploring their contents. The study provides a series of recommendations for future research alongside methodological guidelines for theoretical and empirical investigations.

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循环经济在中小企业领域的映射:一个探索性的网络分析
近年来,关于循环经济(CE)的文献显示出相当大的扩展,各种研究努力指导企业实体从线性生产范式过渡到循环生产范式。虽然大型企业和跨国公司一直是关注的焦点,但在理解中小企业(SMEs)向循环转型的过程中存在重大差距。本研究旨在透过绘制中小企业与行政长官交集的知识图谱,以提升现有的知识体系。本研究采用探索性方法,利用网络分析和内容分析对Scopus检索的126篇学术论文进行了详细分析。研究结果表明,该领域分为新生阶段和早期生长阶段。虽然在大多数被调查的论文中,企业行政管理似乎是一个普遍的主题,但一群新兴的学者已经开始深入研究中小企业和企业行政管理的领域。在进一步识别主题集群的基础上,本研究通过对主题集群内容的探究,探索这两个阶段的主要参考文献。该研究为未来的研究提供了一系列建议,并为理论和实证调查提供了方法学指导。
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Cleaner and Responsible Consumption Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
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