Research Article
A Systematic Literature Review of Green Supply Chain Management
1 Korea University, 2 The Catholic University of Korea
Published: January 2019 · Vol. 48, No. 1 · pp. 133-157
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17287/kmr.2019.48.1.133
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Abstract
In today's business operations, Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is a critical issue for maintaining sustainable competitiveness in the market. This importance has led to various literature review studies; however, the subjective tendencies of authors and the limitations of quantitative analysis of results and future research trends have remained as challenges. Accordingly, this study used the Scopus academic database to select prominent international journals based on their impact factors and identified GSCM research articles published from 2013 to 2018. Based on these articles, a bibliometric methodology was applied to provide meaningful information on detailed research topics through frequency analysis of authors, affiliations, and keywords. Additionally, keyword network analysis, which is useful for identifying major issues and topics in GSCM, was applied based on the keywords of these research articles. Furthermore, to overcome the limitations of existing literature review studies, a preference analysis for emerging keywords was conducted to examine future research trends in GSCM in a more objective manner. For the analysis, the network analysis tool NetMiner was employed.
