Transforming From Green to Circular Through Strategic Enablers of Intellectual Capital

ABSTRACT In the context of increasing environmental demands and accelerated technological progress, the healthcare sector is confronted with the challenge of balancing the tension between the quality of services provided and sustainability. The study aims to transform green intellectual capital (GIC) into a regenerative concept, circular intellectual capital (CIC). This study identifies, ranks, and maps the dependencies of six dimensions of CIC using a hybrid fuzzy AHP–DEMATEL methodology. The study is unique in its approach as it uses a hybrid methodology of the FAHP–DEMATEL approach. According to empirical data gathered on 21 domain experts working in/on the Indian healthcare sector, it is shown that knowledge spillover, resource feasibility, and innovation and environment are the most influential enablers, and green human capital and green structural capital are the key causal factors that lead to a systemic shift. The results highlight that effective circular change in the field of healthcare is not a technological or fiscal undertaking but a knowledge‐based process based on human capabilities and interorganizational learning. The research adds to theory by redefining intellectual capital in the context of the circular economy paradigm and providing practical information to managers and policymakers who aim to incorporate sustainability into healthcare innovation ecosystems.