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Fig. 1 Authors by country. Source The authors (2018)
Still regarding the researchers, chart 1, below, highlights the distribution of the
authors by country, where it is noted, predominance of North American authors 13,
followed by Brazilians and Chinese, 5 each.
It is worth noting the absence of scholars of African origin, the only continent not
represented in the chart (Fig. 1).
One of the probable reasons for the significant number of Brazilian authors is
the use of two national databases—CAPES and Scielo Periodical Portal—to carry
out the initial survey, which may have contributed to a larger number of Brazilian
productions recovered.
4.1.3 Publications Per Year
Regarding the number of productions occurred in each year under investigation, it
can be verified, according to Fig. 2, that the thematic has changed from a stable
situation, between the years of 2008 and 2013, when few papers were published,
for an increase, with high propensity, initiated in 2014, reaching its highest level (5
publications) in 2017.
4.2 Relationship Between Corporate Sustainability
and Decision Making
At this moment, questions will be analyzed and debated regarding how the investigated publications related Corporate Sustainability and Decision Making. Atlas TI.
software was used for this analysis and techniques of Content Analysis, a method
R. F. da Silva and E. R. Filho
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Fig. 1 Authors by country. Source The authors (2018)
Still regarding the researchers, chart 1, below, highlights the distribution of the
authors by country, where it is noted, predominance of North American authors 13,
followed by Brazilians and Chinese, 5 each.
It is worth noting the absence of scholars of African origin, the only continent not
represented in the chart (Fig. 1).
One of the probable reasons for the significant number of Brazilian authors is
the use of two national databases—CAPES and Scielo Periodical Portal—to carry
out the initial survey, which may have contributed to a larger number of Brazilian
productions recovered.
4.1.3 Publications Per Year
Regarding the number of productions occurred in each year under investigation, it
can be verified, according to Fig. 2, that the thematic has changed from a stable
situation, between the years of 2008 and 2013, when few papers were published,
for an increase, with high propensity, initiated in 2014, reaching its highest level (5
publications) in 2017.
4.2 Relationship Between Corporate Sustainability
and Decision Making
At this moment, questions will be analyzed and debated regarding how the investigated publications related Corporate Sustainability and Decision Making. Atlas TI.
software was used for this analysis and techniques of Content Analysis, a method