A CONTENT ANALYSIS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

Abstract

Purpose of this study is to conduct a literature review related to sustainable production and consumption under business and management science. By doing this, it is aimed to contribute to the literature by presenting the gaps in the knowledge and proposing future research ideas. A two-step qualitative approach has followed in this study for conducting a content analysis and bibliometric analysis. Studies that are published after 2015 and indexed in Web of Science Database are considered in this study. Firstly, an open source Carrot2 software is used for general clustering, secondly, Citespace software and Vosviewer software respectively are used for bibliometric analysis Results showed that circular economy, consumption and procurement, clean energy clean and green production, sustainable consumption are some of the areas and clusters that appeared frequently Although sustainable production and sustainable consumption are popular topics, studies that covers both concepts are limited.