Corporate Sustainability and Big Data: A Bibliometric Analysis
摘要
Corporate sustainability is important for a company to remain in a competitive market, it is has become an overarching goal for leaders, because for their corporations to survive and prosper, they must deal daily with uncertainties arising from deep interconnections between society, the environment, and the economy. Para gerenciar a sustentabilidade corporativa é necessário o uso de dados de diferentes formas e vindos de diferentes fontes. In this sense, the use of digital data analysis technologies, such as big data, can contribute to better efficiency and effectiveness in sustainability management. In this context, this article aims to analyze existing publications on corporate sustainability and big data by conducting a bibliometric analysis. The main journals that publish on the subject are Sustainability, Journal of Cleaner Production and Business Strategy and the Environment. The main keywords are big data, corporate sustainability, management, and sustainability. Furthermore, it was observed that the term ‘digitalization’ has been growing since 2020 to refer to Industry 4.0 technologies, such as big data. Finally, the results showed the most cited references on the subject, and an overview of research in corporate sustainability and big data. It was possible to note that there are still few publications on the topic and there is no consensus on the terms associated with this topic.