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Industial symbiosis in a circular economy:towards firms' sustainable competitive advantage
The main objective of this article is to provide a comprehensive view of academic studies
that address simultaneously the circular economy and industrial symbiosis, based on bibliometric
data for the years 1900 to 2018. Data are collected in Web of Science using the VOSviewer software.
Bibliometric indicators, network citation, cluster analysis, and density view analysis are used. From
our findings we highlight four clusters in the research, which help to contextualize the literature
review: (a) circular economy: approaches and tools; (b) industrial symbiosis Dynamics; (c) circular
economy: strategies and performance; (d) the efficiency of resources in symbiosis industry. This
study also establishes perspectives for future lines of research and, correspondingly, seeks to
provide a theoretical basis that can serve as a starting point for future studies. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
