Purpose

This study aims to map scientific publications, intellectual structure and research trends in the sustainable business model (SBM) field. Specifically, it attempts to (1) identify the fundamental contributions of research in this area of knowledge; and (2) determine the research lines that constitute the most prominent intellectual structure. We leverage these insights to formulate and propose a future research agenda for SBM.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors made recourse to the bibliometric, co-citation and cluster analysis techniques. To evaluate potential patterns among articles, we analysed how articles are jointly cited. We further applied hierarchical cluster analysis to the articles and used co-citation analysis to group the interrelated articles into distinct sets.

Findings

The results enable the identification and classification of the prevailing theoretical foci in the domain of SBM: (1) SBM implementation; (2) SBM challenges; (3) institutional SBM; (4) circular SBM; and (5) emerging SBM.

Originality/value

This study identifies, explores, analyses and summarises the main theoretical approaches and themes surrounding SBM research to date, contributing to deepening the literature by identifying the priority areas concerning sustainable business models and encouraging future research of an internationally excellent standard.

中文翻译：

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预测可持续商业模式的流行理论方法：系统评价

目的

本研究旨在绘制可持续商业模式 (SBM) 领域的科学出版物、知识结构和研究趋势。具体来说，它试图 (1) 确定该知识领域研究的基本贡献；(2) 确定构成最突出的知识结构的研究路线。我们利用这些见解来制定和提出 SBM 的未来研究议程。

设计/方法/方法

作者求助于文献计量、共引和聚类分析技术。为了评估文章之间的潜在模式，我们分析了文章是如何被联合引用的。我们进一步对文章应用层次聚类分析，并使用共被引分析将相互关联的文章分组为不同的集合。

发现

这些结果能够识别和分类 SBM 领域的主流理论焦点：（1）SBM 实施；(2) SBM 挑战；(3) 机构 SBM；(4) 圆形 SBM；(5)新兴的SBM。

原创性/价值

本研究确定、探索、分析和总结了迄今为止围绕 SBM 研究的主要理论方法和主题，通过确定有关可持续商业模式的优先领域和鼓励未来研究国际优秀标准，有助于深化文献。