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First-year PhD student. Her research interests focus on B Corp companies, Social Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development, Teaching Innovation and Continuous Improvement. Despite her short career, she has published several research articles, one of them indexed in JCR Q1. She has participated in numerous scientific congresses.
This work develops a systematic literature review on the B Corp movement. Fifty articles were identified in the Web of Science and Scopus databases until 2020. Results show that it is an incipient field with great potential. There are two topics repeatedly addressed in the analyzed publications: the motivations of companies to be certified, and the economic and social effects that occur after certification. Sustainability is currently the reference journal in the field, since it has published a total of five articles. Finally, several lines of future work are proposed, such as the contribution of B Corp companies to the SDGs; the development of case studies on the certification process itself; and the development of methods for measuring social impact.
Elsa Diez-Busto; Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Ana Fernandez-Laviada. The B Corp Movement: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2508 .
AMA StyleElsa Diez-Busto, Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz, Ana Fernandez-Laviada. The B Corp Movement: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2508.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElsa Diez-Busto; Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Ana Fernandez-Laviada. 2021. "The B Corp Movement: A Systematic Literature Review." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2508.
Given the importance that environmental management is acquiring, the main aim of this work is to know what the state of the field kaizen and green practices is at present. A systematic narrative review is conducted in accordance with the PRISMA Statement. Two databases (Web of Science and Scopus) were searched. Finally, after applying the defined inclusion and exclusion criteria, 19 documents were analyzed. Based on the results, it might be concluded that, despite the growing interest in the relationship between kaizen and green practices, this is a topic in the early stages of development, with a clear predominance of case studies. It is, therefore, necessary to develop more research on this kaizen and green issue as improving environmental management is undeniably becoming a must in today’s competitive environment. For instance, more research is needed on the application of kaizen tools as results obtained so far seem not to be conclusive. Additionally, more academic and rigorous studies should be developed on this topic as many of the analyzed papers seem to be clearly created for dissemination among practitioners, some of them lacking the traditional academic structure and scientific method during their development.
Lidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Beatriz Blanco; Juan A. Marin-Garcia; Elsa Diez-Busto. Scoping Review of Kaizen and Green Practices: State of the Art and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 8258 .
AMA StyleLidia Sanchez-Ruiz, Beatriz Blanco, Juan A. Marin-Garcia, Elsa Diez-Busto. Scoping Review of Kaizen and Green Practices: State of the Art and Future Directions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (21):8258.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLidia Sanchez-Ruiz; Beatriz Blanco; Juan A. Marin-Garcia; Elsa Diez-Busto. 2020. "Scoping Review of Kaizen and Green Practices: State of the Art and Future Directions." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 8258.