Management research and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a bibliometric investigation and systematic review

This paper investigates the contribution provided by business and management scholars on SDGs debate. A bibliometric and systematic literature review method was employed and analysed in 266 articles published between 2012 and 2019. The results reveal the existence of four themes of research: technological innovation (cluster 1); firms’ contribution in developing countries (cluster 2); non-financial reporting (cluster 3) and education for SDGs (cluster 4). Main insights from the analysis of the papers are discussed and future research directions for the field are provided