Green Supply Chains and Digital Supply Chains: Identifying Overlapping Areas

This article explores the overlapping between green supply chains and digital supply chains through a bibliometric analysis of the two scientific domains. Using articles' bibliographic data, we conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on green supply chains and digital supply chains to examine the intellectual structure of these research domains. By analyzing 131 studies belonging to five different clusters where digital supply chains and green supply chains overlap, our results reveal different overlapping intensity in the different clusters identified. These results reveal also grey areas in the academic research on green and digital supply chains and they may inspire further research explorations, such as addressing whether and how this approach could produce benefits for companies in terms of environmental and operational performance.

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This article explores the overlap between green supply chains and digital supply chains using bibliometric analysis. By analyzing the bibliographic data of 131 studies, the intellectual structure of these research domains and the different levels of overlap in the identified clusters were examined. The results reveal gaps in academic research on green and digital supply chains and suggest further exploration on the potential benefits for companies in terms of environmental and operational performance.