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Sustainability in the global value chain—a scientometric analysis

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For its promise in enhancing sustainability, the global value chain (GVC) has grown in relevance and sparked many studies. Due to different value activities in multiple countries and industry clusters, the competition and cooperation among value chains have attracted the considerable attention of business leaders and academicians worldwide. GVC-related sustainability research is a niche area despite its widespread presence in the literature. To bridge the gap, we use scientometric analysis in this paper, examining the corpus of 753 articles published in Web of Science journals from 2001 till 2021. This review illuminates the research performance constituents (e.g., most prolific authors, nations, institutions, and journals), the themes and issues that underpin the fields’ intellectual structure, and transforming discoveries. GVC depends on nine basic clusters for sustainability research (i.e., global value chain participation, gendered global production network, repositioning organisational dynamics, labour stands, learning opportunities, Internet era). Future studies can be conducted to generate new knowledge across ten thematic (based on keywords) clusters (i.e., market liberalisation, trade pollution nexus, value chain dynamics, global value chain reconfiguration, non-governmental organisation, multipolar governance). A model that encompasses current knowledge of the global value chain for sustainability is developed, and avenues for future research are provided.

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  1. Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Faculty of Management Studies, Netaji Subash University of Technology, Dwarka Sec. 3, New Delhi, India

    Nimmy Rose Jacob

  2. Chandigarh Business School, Sector 112, Landran, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, 140307, India

    Shalini Aggarwal

  3. Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, North Campus, Delhi, India

    Neha Saini

  4. Finance and Economics Department, College of Business, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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The research is a culmination of the combined efforts of all the authors. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Nimmy Rose Jacob, Shalini Aggarwal, and Neha Saini. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Nimmy Rose Jacob and Suleman Sarwar, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript, and Rida Waheed helped in the final proof reading and grammatical corrections.

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Jacob, .R., Aggarwal, S., Saini, N. et al. Sustainability in the global value chain—a scientometric analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 100301–100324 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29381-0

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