In recent years, the rise of e-commerce has prompted the emergence of electronic marketplaces, or e-marketplaces, which act as intermediaries in the buying and selling process, bringing together several vendors to offer a wide range of products and services to customers, generating modalities such as business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C) or consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-marketplaces. E-marketplaces offer advantages such as access to potential buyers, business and product visibility, the reduction of transaction costs, the comparison of offers and prices among competitors, and the ease of business internationalization. However, the success of e-marketplace business models depends on the sustainability of these platforms, which must involve different stakeholders in order to meet economic, environmental, and social objectives. Therefore, this study presents a bibliometric analysis and systematic review of e-marketplaces, open innovation, and sustainability for the last ten, five, and two years. The analysis includes the number, types, and subject areas of documents published each year, as well as considerations such as the most-cited publications and the leading authors, journals, countries, and institutional affiliations. The analysis also includes a study of the relevant concepts in the publications and their relationships, identifying the predominant topics related to e-marketplaces, open innovation, and sustainability. The results indicate a focus on subject areas such as social sciences, environmental sciences, energy, business, management, and accounting, which is consistent with the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability. The findings show that e-marketplaces, open innovation, and sustainability are closely related to concepts such as sustainable development, e-commerce, digital marketing, China (the leading country in terms of publications in all periods), logistics, supply chain management, big data, planning, and decision making. Future works should address traffic congestion and environmental impact, new delivery practices in last-mile logistics, and the motives for users’ engagement in e-marketplaces. Likewise, future research can be oriented toward sustainability dimensions and stakeholders’ integration through open innovation and toward the limitations of SMEs in order to access and benefit from digital platforms.

El propósito de este trabajo es identificar la tipología de la gobernanza que ejerce la empresa líder de la cadena de valor del sector de la bioenergía del Valle del Cauca con sus proveedores, si el tipo de gobernanza es determinante en la transmisión de politicas de sostenibilidad. Para cumplir con este objetivo se hace un estudio de caso de cinco empresas líderes analizadas desde la perspectiva de la tipologia de gobernanza de (Gereffi, Humphrey y Sturgeon, 2005) a saber: Grupo Agroindustrial Riopaila Castilla; Manuelita, S.A.; Carvajal S.A. Pulpa y Papel; Gases de Occidente; y Smurfit Kappa Cartón de Colombia, S.A., las cuales son empresas relevantes y capaces de transferir políticas de sostenibilidad a sus proveedores. Los resultados indican que en la cadena de valor de este sector predominan los tipos de gobernanza cautiva y modular, lo que facilita la adopción de políticas de sostenibilidad por parte de los proveedores, pues estas empresas cuentan con políticas de sostenibilidad claramente definidas que se difunden a sus proveedores. Lo anterior indica que están dadas las condiciones para que se configure una cadena de valor sostenible.