Examining the interconnection of sustainable business models and digitalisation: A bibliometric analysis

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School of Business | Master's thesis

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2024

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Tieto- ja palvelujohtamisen laitos

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Mcode

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Information and Service Management (ISM)

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en

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67

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The aim of this thesis is to uncover the interconnection between two primary catalysts currently shaping enterprise transformation: sustainability and digitalisation. This study explores sustainability from the perspective of sustainable business models (SBMs). To achieve this, an exhaustive bibliometric analysis was conducted, encompassing both a bibliometric performance analysis and a science mapping of the references in this research domain. The performance analyses section of this study, regarded as basic statistical analyses, focuses on authors, journals, publications, and countries. The advanced analyses section, which comprises science mapping, uses VOSviewer software to visually represent the bibliometric data. The science mapping employs co-citation, bibliographic coupling and keyword co-occurrence. The findings of this thesis highlight an established connection between sustainable business models and digitalisation, supported by a significant increase in scholarly interest. Key insights include the identification of influential scholars and publications, geographic patterns in research productivity, and thematic clusters such as circular economy, business model innovation and digital transformation. The study's practical implications include providing policymakers and industry practitioners with an understanding of the key themes and intellectual structure within the topic of sustainable business models and digitalisation. It also informs academic researchers about the current status of research in this field through bibliometric analysis, offering insights to guide future investigations and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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Bragge, Johanna

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sustainable business model, sustainable business models, sustainability, digitalisation, bibliometrics

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-202408255614

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[gradu] Kauppakorkeakoulu / BIZ