Emerging trends in business sustainability: A bibliometric analysis in innovation practices

Authors

  • Ilias Tsotsas International Hellenic University (Serres), Greece
  • Papanikolaou Zacharias Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
  • Apostolos Goulas University of Thessaly, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15098298

Keywords:

business sustainability, innovation practices, sustainable food business, bibliometric analysis, sustainability

Abstract

Global trends now focus on the environmental issue, sustainable development goals and corporate social responsibility.  Businesses will now have to adapt to new data, new and innovative approaches to gain a competitive advantage and improve their sustainability performance. This bibliometric analysis deals with emerging trends and innovative practices in the field of business sustainability and specifically with sustainable food businesses. The paper highlights the trends and innovative practices related to business sustainability in the period from 2019 to 2024. Finally, the records were collected from Scopus database and analyzed using Vosviewer software tool.

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Published

2025-03-27