Circular entrepreneurial ecosystem: a hybrid review and research agenda

The importance of circular economy and entrepreneurial ecosystems are continuously growing.Despite the proliferation of related literature in recent years, there is a lack of systematic andholistic review that consolidates and provides intersectional perspective on circular economyand entrepreneurial ecosystems. Therefore, the present hybrid review combines bibliometricanalysis and systematic literature review methods. By collecting relevant scholarly articlesfrom the Web of Science database platform, this study explores the interconnected themes ofthe circular economy and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and based on this, the concept of thecircular entrepreneurial ecosystem emerged. This intersectional view advances theunderstanding of the actors who collaborate to enhance resource efficiency and minimise wastegeneration by emphasising repair, reuse, refurbishment, sharing and recycling as key strategiesfor sustainable development. The study identifies three dominant research themes and shedslight on the significance of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the transition towards a circulareconomy.