Aug 2026· Journal of economic surveys (Print)· 0 citations· 94 references
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A systematic understanding of the CDT effects is advanced by developing a bibliometric overview of relevant research and illustrating the field's conceptual framework and thematic interconnections and offers empirical insights to guide managers in formulating differentiated digital strategies and assist policymakers in constructing supportive ecosystems for digital transformation.
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This study uses a hybrid methodology of bibliometric analysis and systematic review to critically review the existing research on corporate digital transformation (CDT) effects published between 2018 and 2025. Descriptive analysis shows that this research field was still in its infancy before 2022 and experienced an explosive growth period thereafter. China takes the lead in publication volume, while
Finance Research Letters
emerges as the most prolific journal and research results are predominantly concentrated in domains such as finance and economics. Keyword and thematic analysis indicate that “digital transformation” is the core keyword, and research themes have gradually expanded from basic dimensions like firm performance to diverse areas including ESG, supply chain management, and risk management. The evolution of CDT effects research proceeds along the lines of technological determinism, organizational adaptation, and social construction. This study advances a systematic understanding of the CDT effects by developing a bibliometric overview of relevant research and illustrating the field's conceptual framework and thematic interconnections. The findings offer empirical insights to guide managers in formulating differentiated digital strategies and assist policymakers in constructing supportive ecosystems for digital transformation.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has become a key concept in sustainable development and is receiving growing attention. However, the relationship between ESG performances and corporate green innovation remains insufficiently explored. Guided by sustainable principles, firms are transitioning from profit-oriented models to value-driven strategies. This shift brings fundamental changes to their competitive logic and advantages, necessitating a theoretical re-evaluation of the factors driving corporate innovation. Given the interdisciplinary nature of ESG and GI, traditional literature review methods may fail to offer a comprehensive overview. This study employs bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review to examine the evolution, research trends, and knowledge structure of ESG and GI. Using CiteSpace, this study analysed 792 articles from the Web of Science Core Collection (2008–2024.10), revealing that research in this domain has entered a phase of rapid growth and has attracted considerable attention from international journals. Major contributions come from China, the UK and the US, yet international collaboration needs improvement. Core research themes include “sustainable development” “corporate social responsibility (CSR)” and “firm performance” while emerging trends focus on “Media Attention” “Green Technological Innovation” and “Green Investment.” Subsequently, the systematic literature analysis reveals that the influence of ESG on green innovation constitutes a complex, multi-layered interactive system, shaped primarily by mediating, moderating, and contextual factors. Mediating mechanisms facilitate green innovation by optimizing resource allocation, alleviating financing constraints, and strengthening stakeholder trust. Moderating factors such as environmental policies, executive characteristics, and market competition serve a critical regulatory function within this system. Additionally, contextual factors, including industry and firm characteristics, as well as internal and external environments, further enhance the applicability and relevance of the proposed framework. This study offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the integration of ESG and GI, which may provide useful insights for future research and potentially contribute to corporate green transformation and the pursuit of sustainability goals.
Yuhang Yang, Alexios Kythreotis· Humanities and Social Scienc...· 1 citation
Purpose: This study aims to map the evolution, influential sources, dominant themes, mechanisms, and future research directions of Scopus-indexed studies examining the relationship between green innovation and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance during 2015–2025.Research Methodology: This study employed a PRISMA-guided bibliometric systematic review approach using Scopus-indexed journal articles. A total of 22 eligible articles were identified and analyzed through VOSviewer-based bibliometric mapping and thematic synthesis to reveal publication trends, intellectual structures, and emerging research themes.Results: The findings indicate that GI–ESG research has experienced significant growth after 2022, with increasing attention to the roles of green finance, digital transformation, disclosure quality, governance mechanisms, and institutional support. The synthesis demonstrates that green innovation contributes more effectively to ESG performance when supported by organizational capabilities and contextual factors.Conclusions: Green innovation has evolved into a strategic mechanism that enables firms to transform sustainability initiatives into measurable ESG outcomes.Limitations: This study is limited to Scopus-indexed journal articles published between 2015 and 2025 and includes only 22 studies, which may exclude relevant evidence from other sources.Contributions: This study contributes by integrating bibliometric analysis and thematic synthesis to develop a mechanism-oriented framework explaining how digital capability, governance, disclosure, and green finance strengthen the role of green innovation in improving ESG performance.
Erna Wati, Y. Masnita, H. Yusran et al.· Jurnal Akuntansi Keuangan da...· 0 citations
Digital transformation is fundamentally reshaping microfinance institutions worldwide, yet the cumulative evidence base on its effects remains fragmented across disciplinary and methodological boundaries. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of the multidimensional impact of digital transformation on microfinance research. Primary data were drawn from journal articles published between 2018 and 2024. An initial pool of 1,000 documents was retrieved, of which 562 articles were retained for analysis after applying predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Keyword co-occurrence analysis and descriptive statistics were used in VOSviewer to map the field's intellectual structure. The analysis identifies seven thematic clusters, revealing that institutional capacity, regulatory quality, digital infrastructure, and sociocultural context function as critical moderating conditions that determine whether digital transformation yields inclusive or exclusionary outcomes. The findings further indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated digital adoption among microfinance institutions. Collectively, this bibliometric synthesis offers a replicable analytical framework to guide future evidence-building in digital microfinance research, while highlighting critical avenues for theoretical and empirical advancement in the field.
N. Chaity, M. Rahaman· European Scientific Journal· 0 citations
Digital culture has become a central organizational phenomenon shaping how firms navigate digital transformation, emerging technologies, and sustainability pressures, yet prior research remains fragmented across disciplines and contexts. This study provides the first large-scale bibliometric mapping of digital culture research from an organizational perspective. Using the Scopus database, we analyzed 212 publications published between 2008 and 2025. Bibliometric techniques and VOSviewer were applied to examine (i) annual publication trends, (ii) thematic structures through keyword co-occurrence networks, (iii) influential knowledge producers across authors, affiliations, and countries, and (iv) document type distribution to infer field maturity. The results show a clear acceleration after 2020, culminating in more than 60 publications per year by 2025, indicating that digital culture has shifted from a niche conceptual topic to a consolidated research stream. Keyword co-occurrence reveals eight interconnected thematic clusters, with “digital culture” and “digital transformation” acting as the primary conceptual anchors and linking strongly to (1) digitalization and Industry 4.0 in SMEs, (2) performance and dynamic capabilities, (3) sustainability/ESG-oriented transformation, (4) digital strategy and structural alignment, (5) AI and IoT as emerging technological drivers, (6) the digital economy, (7) marketing and consumer interaction, and (8) leadership-driven innovation. Country production patterns highlight a recent geographic diversification, with rapid growth from emerging economies alongside established contributors. Document type analysis further indicates a field dominated by journal articles (68.0%), supported by book chapters (18.5%) and conference papers (11.0%), while reviews remain scarce, suggesting strong empirical expansion but limited synthesis. Overall, the study clarifies the intellectual structure, growth trajectory, and research frontiers of digital culture, offering a structured knowledge map to guide future theory building and research agendas.
X. Vu, B. Hà, A. D. Tran· Multidisciplinary Reviews· 0 citations
An integrated conceptual framework is developed with the help of key findings and propositions that emerged from the selected studies to address specific research questions, find gaps and propose future research agendas.
Koustav Dakshit, Sachin Modgil, Rohan Mukherjee et al.· The TQM Journal· 0 citations
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