İtobiad (Sep 2023)

A Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Climate and Change Business Enterprises

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.1315382
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 2056 – 2077

Abstract

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Climate change is a global issue with far-reaching impacts on various aspects of society, including businesses. Thus, business enterprises have no choice but to adapt to changing environmental conditions. This study aims to reveal the existing research trends and focus areas via a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to determine the correlation between climate change and business enterprises in literature. The methods used in the article include analyzing the data obtained from large databases such as Scopus. The article analyses the number of articles examining the relationship between climate change and businesses between 1989 and 2023, the journals in which these articles were published, authors, citation counts and keywords, co-author analyses and word networks, thematic clusters in the literature, types of publications, keywords, sources, the most productive journals according to Bradford's law, how word clouds and word trees were created for the topic, and trending topic analyses. This analysis shows the importance of research between climate change and businesses and the developments in this field. The findings of the article show that the impacts of climate change on businesses are gradually increasing and the number of researches on this subject is increasing. In addition, it is seen that an interdisciplinary approach has been adopted to examine the relationship between climate change and enterprises, and research in this field has diversified. As a result, this article provides a valuable resource for researchers who want to understand the relationship between climate change and businesses and guide research in this field. By emphasizing the size and diversity of the scientific literature on climate change, it reveals the potential for further contribution to research in this field. It provides a valuable resource for researchers, policymakers and business leaders who want to understand the relationship between climate change and businesses and to guide scientific studies in this field. The interaction of climate change and businesses is becoming increasingly important for environmental sustainability and business strategies, and this article is an important resource to illuminate this important topic.

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