Purpose

In recent years, economic, environmental and social sustainability has become one of the fastest-growing research fields. The number of primary and secondary papers addressing the triple bottom line is growing significantly, and the supply chain (SC) management discipline is in the same wave. Therefore, this paper aims to propose a novel tertiary systematic methodology to explore, aggregate, categorise and analyse the findings provided by secondary studies.

Design/methodology/approach

A novel tertiary systematic literature review approach, including 94 secondary studies, is proposed and used to analyse sustainable SC literature. The papers have been analysed using a research protocol, including descriptive and content analysis criteria.

Findings

This tertiary study does not only provide an overview of the literature on the topic of sustainability in SCs but also goes further, drawing up a categorisation of main research areas and research perspectives adopted by previous researchers. The paper also presents a rank of research gaps and an updated and a prioritised agenda.

Originality/value

This paper provides a novel interpretation of the research topics addressed by the secondary studies and presents a new classification of the literature gaps and their evolution. Finally, a dynamic research compass for both academicians and practitioners is presented.

中文翻译：

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可持续供应链的未来：一种新的三级系统方法

目的

近年来，经济、环境和社会可持续性已成为发展最快的研究领域之一。涉及三重底线的初级和次级论文数量显着增加，供应链（SC）管理学科也处于同一浪潮中。因此，本文旨在提出一种新的三级系统方法来探索、汇总、分类和分析二级研究提供的结果。

设计/方法/方法

提出了一种新的三级系统文献审查方法，包括 94 项二级研究，并用于分析可持续的 SC 文献。这些论文已经使用研究协议进行了分析，包括描述性和内容分析标准。

发现

这项三级研究不仅概述了关于 SC 可持续性主题的文献，而且更进一步，对以前研究人员采用的主要研究领域和研究观点进行了分类。该论文还提出了一系列研究差距和更新的优先议程。

原创性/价值

本文对二次研究所涉及的研究主题进行了新的解释，并提出了文献空白及其演变的新分类。最后，为院士和从业者提供了一个动态的研究指南针。