Circular economy in the areas of management, business and economy: a bibliometric analysis
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The objective of the research was to deepen the research by exploring the trend of circular economy specifically in the area of management, business and economics. The methodology used is descriptive, a bibliometric review of scientific articles on circular economy (613 articles), published in journals indexed in the Web of Science, the selected period was from 2009 to 2023. The production increased notably from 2019 with 80 articles. Co-occurrence maps of words, titles and abstracts of the circular economy were made. As main conclusions we have the countries with the highest collaboration such as: China, United Kingdom, United States and India. The circular economy is relevant and significant worldwide among different nations, organizations, legislators, academic institutions, academics, researchers and companies, it is considered a solution to the ecological and socioeconomic challenges resulting from the growing consumption of non-renewable resources, the generation of solid and electronic waste, pollution (soil, water and atmosphere), as well as the scarcity of resources. It opens a window to research related to the area of management, business and economics.
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