Green innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets: a systematic review

Innovación verde en pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) de mercados emergentes: una revisión sistemática

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Chaparro Rubio, J. L., Lizarazo Luna, E., & Bonilla Rueda, L. R. (2025). Green innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets: a systematic review. Revista Lasallista De Investigación, 21(2), 47-64. https://doi.org/10.22507/
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Javier Leandro Chaparro Rubio
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Edwin Lizarazo Luna
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Lina Rosenda Bonilla Rueda
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Javier Leandro Chaparro Rubio,

Magíster en Dirección Estratégica de Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, magíster en Administración de la Universidad de Investigación y Desarrollo UDI, especialista en Docencia Universitaria de la Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, administrador de negocios internacionales de la Corporación Universitaria Remington. Docente investigador y miembro del grupo de investigación DUNNING de la Universidad de Investigación y Desarrollo UDI. 

Edwin Lizarazo Luna,

Magíster en Administración Financiera de la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja UNIR, especialista en Docencia Universitaria de la Universidad Industrial de Santander UIS, ingeniero financiero de la Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga UNAB. Docente investigador y miembro del grupo de investigación DUNNING de la Universidad de Investigación y Desarrollo UDI.

Lina Rosenda Bonilla Rueda,

Doctor en Administración Gerencial de la Universidad Benito Juárez, magíster en Gerencia de Negocios de la Universidad Industrial de Santander, especialista en Alta Gerencia de la Universidad Industrial de Santander, especialista en Salud Ocupacional de la Universidad Manuela Beltrán, ingeniera comercial de la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales. Docente investigadora e integrante del grupo de investigación UBUNTU de la Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios. 

Introduction. Through this research, the results of the systematic literature review on Green Innovation in SMEs in emerging markets are presented. Objective: the article analyzes research on SMEs in emerging markets. Materials and methods: a quantitative bibliometric analysis supported by the use of Bibliometrix software and a qualitative analysis based on a literature review matrix of 50 scientific publications indexed in the Scopus database are considered.
Results: the analysis confirmed the relevance of Green Innovation in SMEs for the development of sustainable competitive advantages, closely related to the commitment of their managers to integrate efforts, capabilities and resources with stakeholders.
Conclusions: the theoretical value of this systematic review is that it is the first in the last 10 years to rely exclusively on SMEs in emerging markets, according to the MSCI index using bibliometrics, serving as a basis for future research. In a practical sense, the research provides entrepreneurs with relevant information in their strategic planning processes in order to orient their policies towards the development of green innovation as a source of competitive advantage.

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