Trends and Future Directions in Sustainable Development

This study aims to explore research and to identify research clusters on sustainable development by using bibliometric analysis. The sustainable development field is examined using the selected research articles. A co‐citation unit is used to analyze the relationship between cited documents, and the...

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Published in:Sustainable development (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) West Yorkshire, England), 2018-01, Vol.26 (1), p.1-17
Main Authors: Wichaisri, Sooksiri, Sopadang, Apichat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Business
Citation analysis
Citations
clustering research
co‐citation analysis
Economic development
Economics
Environmental policy
Logistics
Logistics management
Mapping
R&D
Research & development
Resource management
stakeholder engagement
Supply
Supply chain sustainability
Supply chains
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Trends
Value
Values
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Summary:This study aims to explore research and to identify research clusters on sustainable development by using bibliometric analysis. The sustainable development field is examined using the selected research articles. A co‐citation unit is used to analyze the relationship between cited documents, and then science mapping is used to identify clusters in this relationship. The results show that there are four main distinct clusters, of which the most important concerns sustainable supply chains and logistics management. This cluster is then classified into five bunches of knowledge sources. These bunches illustrate the need for a trend in sustainability issues that includes a social dimension to balance economic and environmental dimensions for long‐term development. There are logistics management and lean concepts that can be applied to sustainable development to move toward business sustainability. The future direction of sustainable business concerns economic values, environmental policy and stakeholder engagement for business opportunities. The contribution of this article is to identify trends in sustainable development by means of bibliometric analysis, to develop research in the future. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment
ISSN:0968-0802
1099-1719
DOI:10.1002/sd.1687