Technology in the Development of Eco-Innovations

Emerging technologies have been increasingly used to transform products, processes, whole industries, and re-design innovation development. In the context of eco-innovations, emerging technologies such as big data, data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented reality, and 3D printing have the opportunity to leverage and fasten up the process of addressing environmental issues in most industries. In this paper, we analyze the current adoption of emerging technologies in developing eco-innovation. The methodology used is the bibliometric analysis and aims at positioning the state of the art and at identifying further clusters for developing eco-innovations with the usage of big data, data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented reality, and 3D printing. The source of the study is 708 English-language articles from the Web of science between 1991 and 2023, which have increased dramatically in the last two years. The results represent a grouping of the current scientific advancement in the field of developing eco-innovation with the support of emerging technologies. The study focuses on clustering analysis and thematic evolution in order to shed the light on this wide and cross-developing topic. A direct contribution is the clearly clustered sub-fields, which can be a base for further research.