Title: Towards sustainable innovation: a systematic literature review

Authors: Mariusz Sołtysik; Szymon Jarosz; Karol Włodyka; Małgorzata Zakrzewska

Addresses: Department of Labour Resource Management, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland ' Department of Management Process, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland ' Department of Management Process, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland ' Department of Management Process, Cracow University of Economics, Rakowicka 27, 31-510 Kraków, Poland

Abstract: The great strength that organisations must consider when implementing innovation is their impact on the environment, social or economic consequences. Crises in climate, biodiversity, and energy are critical to deal with on local as well as global scales. It must be stressed that organisations operate in an economy that relies on human resources, which is a key asset of companies that can provide a significant competitive advantage by creating innovations. Research has indicated a need for bridging the scientific gap in the research field of responsible and sustainable innovation. There are claims that a quantitative and systematic way of studying this problem is not found in the literature and draw attention to the fact that researchers should consider analysing 'sustainable innovation' from a global perspective. This paper aims to conduct a bibliometric analysis of sustainable innovations' topic and to capture trends in the description of this issue.

Keywords: sustainable innovation; systematic literature review; innovation; sustainable development; bibliometric analysis; modern economy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2024.139399

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 2024 Vol.18 No.4, pp.466 - 487

Received: 28 Jun 2021
Accepted: 30 Dec 2021
Published online: 02 Jul 2024 *

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