Green Innovation in Business: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis of Trends, Contributors, and Future Directions

Jianhua Zhang, Syed Ali Taqi, Aqsa Akbar, Jumanah Ahmed Darwish, Salman Abbas, Sajjad Alam, Yarui Gao, Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz and Nadeem Shafique Butt ()
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Jianhua Zhang: School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Syed Ali Taqi: School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Aqsa Akbar: Department of Management Science, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Jumanah Ahmed Darwish: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Salman Abbas: School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Sajjad Alam: School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Yarui Gao: School of Management, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
Muhammad Qaiser Shahbaz: Department of Statistics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
Nadeem Shafique Butt: Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: Evolving from an ethical consideration to a strategic imperative, green innovation (GI) compels businesses to continually enhance their processes to achieve sustainable growth. Based on bibliometric analysis of 594 Web of Science (WOS)-sourced articles from 2000 to 2023 using VOSviewer-1.6.20 and Bibliometrix-4.3.0, this study sheds light on the existing trends of green innovation, its contributors, and potential future directions in today’s business landscape. Our findings unveil significant insights from GI literature; an upward growth trajectory in publications; limited collaboration among researchers and institutions (notable collaborative networks among countries include China, Spain, and the United Kingdom); and trending GI terms and themes include green intellectual capital, GI efficiency, green product innovation, green absorptive capacity, green knowledge acquisition, big data, etc. These insights serve as a comprehensive guide for practitioners and scholars navigating the study of GI within the business and management sphere.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; business; green innovation; management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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