Open Innovation for Sustainability or Not: Literature Reviews of Global Research Trends

Belén Payán-Sánchez, Luis Jesús Belmonte-Ureña, José Antonio Plaza-Úbeda, Diego Vazquez-Brust, Natalia Yakovleva and Miguel Pérez-Valls
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Belén Payán-Sánchez: Department of Business and Economics, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
Luis Jesús Belmonte-Ureña: Department of Business and Economics, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
José Antonio Plaza-Úbeda: Department of Business and Economics, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
Diego Vazquez-Brust: Portsmouth Faculty of Business and Law, Richmond Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth P01 3DE, UK
Natalia Yakovleva: Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University London, 102 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EZ, UK
Miguel Pérez-Valls: Department of Business and Economics, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-29

Abstract: The demand for innovative approaches applied to productive sectors is a reality present in the circular economy and open innovation is a relatively new concept that has revolutionized the literature about innovation management. Since the concept appeared in 2003, many articles have focused on its development and application. Although some studies have connected open innovation with sustainability, the relevance of this current on the global literature about open innovation is still unidentified. In this context, this paper tries to cover this gap with a bibliometric analysis focused on the evolution of the open innovation paradigm and the relevance of sustainability in this field of research. A sample of 3087 papers published between 2003 and 2019 in the Scopus database was obtained. The analysis revealed the main topics and the most prolific journals, authors, institutions, and countries, in terms of productivity, citations, and h-indexes. Besides of these contributions, keywords analysis reveals that, in recent years, sustainability and ecosystems are decisive variables in open innovation research.

Keywords: open innovation; sustainability; keyword analysis; Scopus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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