Impact investing: Scientometric review and research agenda DOI Open Access
Monica Singhania, Deepika Swami

Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(3), P. 251 - 286

Published: Sept. 25, 2023

Abstract Innovations in aligning investment with sustainability led to impact investing, enabling investors achieve conventional financial returns and measurable social environmental returns. Since its inception 2007, it has grown manifolds, significant efforts being made create a global ecosystem. However, due limited academic literature, the theme is yet garner scholarly interest deserves. In this study, we analyse visualise knowledge map of research field through comprehensive bibliometric analysis by employing corpus 421 studies sourced from Web Science Scopus. We identify growth trajectory, geographical concentration, productive influential authors, journals articles examine inter‐disciplinarity field. The major themes interlinked investing included; entrepreneurship, innovation, finance, market, innovative instruments, financialisation essential services reporting. To drive forward, future needs develop an ecosystem, address behavioural issues, stakeholder management institutional context theme, diffuse framework for standardised accounting reporting practices measure non‐financial dimensions, tackle washing fund managers, lack access third sector legal regulatory organisations.

Language: Английский

How to conduct a bibliometric content analysis: Guidelines and contributions of content co‐occurrence or co‐word literature reviews DOI Creative Commons
Anton Klarin

International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 48(2)

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract Literature reviews summarize existing literature, uncover research gaps, and offer future directions, thus aiding in theoretical methodological development. Informetric including bibliometric, scientometric, webometric, cybermetric, patentometric, altmetric methods are becoming increasingly prevalent conducting literature review studies. Looking at the common informetric methods—citation, co‐citation, co‐author, bibliographic coupling, content co‐occurrence analyses, this study aims to serve as a guide using also known co‐word analysis conduct reviews. This outlines variety of how they utilized evidence‐based conceptual In addition highlights different software packages like Bibliometrix, Biblioshiny, Leximancer, NVivo, CiteSpace their comparison. The further discusses contributions algorithm‐based analyses offering taxonomies, definitions, classifications, typologies, comparisons, development constitute integrative Finally, offers step‐by‐step guidelines for VOSviewer while providing systems view social science. notes emergence generative artificial intelligence (AI) Open AI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, Elicit, Scite, Research Rabbit, ChatPDF among others, its potential contributing and, such, being an interesting direction research.

Language: Английский

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Non-financial disclosures and sustainable development: A scientometric analysis DOI Creative Commons
Neha Saini, Monica Singhania, Morshadul Hasan

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Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 381, P. 135173 - 135173

Published: Nov. 13, 2022

Pressure on companies to report non-financial dimensions has amplified the interest in sustainability due increased awareness among stakeholders. While connecting value-related success financial performance is a niche field academicians and researchers, debate still "Does it matter going value of disclosures (NFD) relevant?" To clarify ambiguous perceptions existing literature, we examine how NFD connects sustainable development by conducting an in-depth scientometric analysis gain insights into evolution, trends, other multi-dimensional aspects map centralities bursts indicators. We used bibliometric data from pool 1568 studies Web Science published Social Citation Index (SSCI) Expanded (SCIE) journals between 1991 2021 identify prominent research areas this stream pattern interrelationship various disciplines. The current investigation reveals several novel features ESG disclosures, such as corporate performance, environmental supply chains, indicators, integrated reporting. This study highlights bottlenecks suggests scope future Environmental, Governance (ESG) meet business goals. findings include 13 major clusters refining for sustainability, concluding with new theory encapsulating through disclosure processes. significant practical implications dimension world emerging countries are under stage.

Language: Английский

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Addressing Poverty through Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development: A Comprehensive Bibliometric Analysis DOI Creative Commons
Md. Tota Miah, Zoltán Lakner, Mária Fekete-Farkas

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Administrative Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 16 - 16

Published: Jan. 17, 2024

The increasing social and environmental challenges, particularly poverty, have brought entrepreneurship, a highly researched domain, to the attention of academicians. It has emerged as critical issue in context economic development societal well-being. current study presents comprehensive bibliometric analysis field entrepreneurship poverty alleviation explain state, geographical performance, future research agenda. Utilizing VOS viewer (version 1.6.20) R Studio software 4.3.2), 461 final articles were examined extracted from Web Science database, covering period 1998 2022. findings reveal significant increase activity this since 2009, indicating growing demand for it solution challenges. Notably, years 2021–2022 witnessed remarkable 55% surge output. Sustainability Journal ranks first most productive source, followed by Cleaner Production. prolific authors are Nina Kolleck Germany, David Littlewood, Diane Holt UK. Additionally, assesses geographic distribution contributions, highlighting regions with relatively lower such South Asian African countries. Leading domain UK, Spain, USA, European institutions. Co-citation patterns four thematic clusters: (1) dynamics entrepreneurship; (2) sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem; (3) innovation; (4) integrated shedding light on aspects intellectual structure domain. Finally, keyword co-occurrence identifies emerging areas, e.g., development, role higher education, enterprise collaboration, inclusive growth, socio-economic empowerment. This provides valuable insights policymakers, researchers, practitioners committed achieving change.

Language: Английский

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Automation in architecture, engineering and construction: a scientometric analysis and implications for management DOI
Anton Klarin, Qijie Xiao

Engineering Construction & Architectural Management, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 31(8), P. 3308 - 3334

Published: March 21, 2023

Purpose Many economic, political and socio-cultural events in the 2020s have been strong headwinds for architecture, engineering construction (AEC). Nevertheless, technological advancements (e.g. artificial intelligence (AI), big data robotics) provide promising avenues development of AEC. This study aims to map state literature on automation AEC thereby be value not only those researching its composition a variety distinct system classes within AEC, but also practitioners policymakers shaping future Design/methodology/approach review adopts scientometric methods, which effective research large intra interdisciplinary domains past decades. The full dataset consists 1,871 articles Findings overarching offers three streams research: frontiers, project monitoring applied To support analysis, authors offer critical integrative proffer multilevel, multistage framework demonstrates an abundance paradigm discussions inherent need holistic managerial approach Originality/value underline employee well-being, business sustainability social growth outcomes several implications, such as strategic management approach, ethical view human resource perspective. In doing so, seek respond Sustainable Development Goals proposed by United Nations this becomes more prevalent industry all levels society general.

Language: Английский

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Social Entrepreneurship and Social Capital: A Review of Impact Research DOI Open Access
Irene Daskalopoulou, Athanasia Karakitsiou,

Zafeirios Thomakis

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 4787 - 4787

Published: March 8, 2023

This study analyzes social capital as a mediator/moderator of value creation in entrepreneurship (SE); thus, we adopted mixed methods review that was performed two stages. In the first stage, overviewed reviews order to summarize key findings from analysis entrepreneurship. At this aim show gap existing research, with an explicit focus on impact generation and measuring within enterprises. Then, conducted literature focusing studies analyse relationship between capital. Our assumption is mechanism works at different interaction levels. identifies three pathways which how can have impact, it be generated by higher levels These involve productivity, community resilience, institutional development. The proposed classification empirically identified SE offers insights are useful informing available approaches concerning approximate tangible outcomes. addition, approach these being complementary processes.

Language: Английский

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Thirty years of sustainability reporting research: a scientometric analysis DOI
Monica Singhania, G. Κ. Chadha

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(46), P. 102047 - 102082

Published: Sept. 8, 2023

Language: Английский

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Conversational AI Chatbots in library research: An integrative review and future research agenda DOI Creative Commons
Mohamed Aboelmaged, Shaker Bani‐Melhem, Mohd Ahmad Al-Hawari

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Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 6, 2024

The growing role of conversational AI Chatbots continues to change the library and information service landscape. are replacing some services that humans conventionally perform. In era instant evolution artificial intelligence (AI), in libraries keeps expanding acquiring more experience. This paper aims examine extant research on using an integrative literature review (ILR) approach. Empirical non-empirical papers from Scopus database ascertain what is already known about topic. Forty (articles conference papers) were scrutinized for further analysis. leading emergent themes (1) technology libraries, (2) Antecedents Chatbot use (3) User experience with (4) amidst COVID-19, (5) Challenges facing libraries. Research still embryonic has only begun flourish. Nevertheless, there a significant gap despite its surging curve. findings this contribute body knowledge nexus between operations. It also furnishes academics practitioners six potential directions future opportunities.

Language: Английский

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What does the 7th cooperative principle (concern for community) really mean? DOI Creative Commons

Flávio Luiz Von Der Osten,

Tomás Sparano Martins, Hao Dong

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Management Review Quarterly, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 3, 2024

Abstract Cooperatives are an important organizational form that operate under seven principles (Voluntary and Open Membership; Democratic Member Control; Economic Participation; Autonomy Independence; Education, Training, Information; Cooperation among Cooperatives; Concern for Community). Community was the last formally stated cooperative principle in 1995, after decades of discussion within International Cooperative Alliance (ICA). The statement this “new” has provoked questions cooperatives movement more generally, regarding their definition, scope, implementation. This article employs a systematic literature review to examine academic understanding emerged over past 30 years. analyzes 32 journal articles from initial dataset 438 generated by two-string search (“concern community” “cooperative principles”). Five themes identified: principles, defining Community, adoption antecedents outcomes. Comparing these with normative instructions proposed ICA, develops framework future research. also finds there is not established clear difference between corporate social responsibility extant literature, which carries implication constructs latter can be integrated into analysis development 7th principle.

Language: Английский

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Innovation, researcher and creativity: A complex indicator for territorial evaluation capacity DOI Creative Commons
Luca Rossi, Maria Giovina Pasca, Gabriella Arcese

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Technology in Society, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 77, P. 102545 - 102545

Published: April 6, 2024

Innovation, research, and creativity are crucial elements to guarantee countries' competitiveness promote sustainable economic social progress. The evolution of these influences guides the strategic choices policymakers develop potential improvements. Measures well-being widely studied in literature as essential tools for understanding promoting more equitable, inclusive progress; they provide a complete holistic view people's well-being, enabling informed policies decisions that meet country's needs. Investments scientific research innovation, human capital available knowledge economy processes diffusion Information Communication Technologies fundamental development. highlights need indicators analyze efficiency levels activities guide better resource use. In light this, study aims formulate composite index summarizes "Innovation, creativity" dimension Equitable Sustainable Wellbeing (BES) Report. analysis focuses on Italy provides detailed measure situation creativity, which indirect determinants but authors propose an classifying Italian Regions by utilizing from BES Agenda 2030 employing hierarchical clustering associated with algorithm based P2 distance method. From broader perspective, work robust tool combines various measures into single value. This offers comprehensive complex allows identification general trends or changes over time. Furthermore, this enables targeted assessment goal achievement than analysing isolated individual variables. results show goodness robustness proposed index. Therefore, is valuable capable providing situation, identifying trends, regional national patterns, information governments strategies.

Language: Английский

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How to explain social innovation in elderly care services: The role of for-profit and non-profit social enterprises DOI Creative Commons
Carmen Guzmán, Francisco J. Santos, Teresa Savall Morera

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International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 20(3), P. 1849 - 1877

Published: Feb. 3, 2024

Abstract Social innovation and social enterprise are two major factors in addressing the challenges of population ageing since both aimed at solving problems. One these involves providing quality care services for elderly. However, few studies have analysed how enterprises can promote or manage innovations this sector. This research therefore said relationship, paying particular attention to for-profit non-profit nature enterprises. Specifically, test hypotheses, we use data from a survey nursing homes southern Spain, where expanding with support welfare state policies. The results show that tend develop more services, mission participative governance positively influence implementation activity Consequently, implications policies suggested better meet needs

Language: Английский

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