Systematic Review - Network for Business Sustainability

Developing search strings
In the management literature, the terms sustainability
and innovation have been interpreted broadly, used in
diverse ways and applied in a variety of contexts. We
thus required a tightly defined research strategy when
using these terms as a basis for a literature search to
return primary studies addressing our specific research
question.
Table 5
KEYWORDS
THEME SYNONYMS AND ALTERNATIVES
An initial scoping of the literature helped to identify
keywords to use when constructing search strings.
With the support of the Guidance Committee, we
developed and refined this list over a number of
iterations, resulting in the list presented in Table 5.
Sustainability environmental* OR green* OR corporate social responsibility OR csr OR corporate sustainability
OR eco-innovation OR green technology OR renewable* OR social responsibility OR environmental
social responsibility OR social environmental management OR sustainable develop* OR triple
bottom line OR eco-efficien* OR eco-effectiv* OR sustainable development indicator* OR sdi OR
sustainability-oriented innovation OR soi OR biomimicry OR beyond-greening OR frugal innovation
OR reverse innovation OR trickle up innovation OR cradle to cradle OR social innovation OR iso
14001 OR bottom of the pyramid OR bop
Innovation innovat* OR innovation management OR innovation process* OR innovation activit* OR
implement* OR adopt* OR diffus* OR R&D OR invent* OR new product development OR npd
OR radical innovation OR incremental innovation OR disruptive innovation OR discontinuous
innovation OR continuous improvement
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