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https://doi.org/10.14483/22487638.23557Publicado:
31-12-2025Número:
Vol. 29 Núm. 86 (2025): Octubre - DiciembreSección:
RevisiónSustainable Supply Chain Management in the Context of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis
Gestión sostenible de la cadena de suministro en el contexto de las pequeñas y medianas empresas: revisión bibliográfica y análisis bibliométrico
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sustainable supply chain management, small and medium-sized enterprise, sustainability, literature review, bibliometrics, science tree (en).Palabras clave:
gestión sostenible de la cadena de suministro, pequeña y mediana empresa, sostenibilidad, revisión bibliográfica, bibliometría, árbol de la ciencia (es).Descargas
Resumen (en)
Context: Organizations must strategically address sustainability pressures. In this sense, it is considered that their responses tend to be more effective when adopted at the supply chain level. This approach is framed within the topic of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), which integrates the environmental and social objectives inherent to sustainability.
Objective: To determine the current status of SSCM in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), given its importance to sustainability and the economy Methodology: This work uses bibliometric analysis and the Tree of Science, which allows identifying topics, authors, and outstanding journals, as well as the seminal works and the perspectives of development in this area.
Results: The results suggest that it has become a topic of growing interest for the academic community, mainly in Asian countries. Likewise, the considered articles are published in highly recognized journals, and the most cited topics refer to the environmental dimension.
Conclusions: Delving into the particularities of SSCM in SMEs contributes to the academic debate to support the path towards sustainability in this type of organization, which face their own challenges, given their characteristics, resources, and capabilities.
Resumen (es)
Contexto: las organizaciones deben abordar estratégicamente las presiones de la sostenibilidad. En este sentido, se considera que sus respuestas tienden a ser más efectivas cuando se adoptan a nivel de la cadena de suministro. Este enfoque se enmarca en la gestión sostenible de la cadena de suministro (SSCM), que integra los objetivos ambientales y sociales inherentes a la sostenibilidad.
Objetivo: determinar el estado actual del área de SSCM en las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyMEs), dada su importancia para la sostenibilidad y la economía. Metodología: Este trabajo utiliza el análisis bibliométrico y Tree of Science, que permite identificar los temas, autores y revistas destacados, así como los trabajos seminales y las perspectivas de desarrollo de esta área.
Resultados: los resultados sugieren que este se ha convertido en un tema de creciente interés para la comunidad académica, principalmente en los países asiáticos. Asimismo, los artículos considerados se publican en revistas de gran reconocimiento, y los temas más citados se refieren a la dimensión ambiental.
Conclusiones: profundizar en las particularidades de SSCM en las PyMEs contribuye al debate académico para apoyar el camino hacia la sostenibilidad de este tipo de organizaciones, ya que ellas afrontan sus propios retos, dados sus características, recursos y capacidades.
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