Sustainability in the Decision Making Process: A Systematic …
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Fig. 2 Publications per year. Source The authors (2018)
that, according to Bardin (2009), allows analyzing several forms of communication,
through systematic procedures and objectives to describe the studied content.
4.2.1 Keyword Categories
The investigated articles has defined 88 keywords, terms that serve to condense the
main information contained in the text, facilitating the retrieval of papers that refer
to the thematic sought.
It was verified, among the keywords used, the repetition of some patterns that
gave opportunity to their categorization. Thus, 8 categories were created, as shown
in Fig. 3.
It is possible to verify that most of the used terms related to sustainability (33)
revealed that the surveyed studies have given greater emphasis to this theme.
In addition, the third category “Virtues” presents adjectives such as “ethics” and
“responsibility”, terms that are usually associated with sustainable themes, as well
as the category “metrics”, composed of words such as “indicators” criteria or dimenFig. 3 Keyword Categories.
Source The authors (2018)
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Keyword Categories
Sustainability
Decision-making
Virtues
Methodology/Tools
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Metrics
Countries
Technology
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Year of PublicaƟon 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
Fig. 2 Publications per year. Source The authors (2018)
that, according to Bardin (2009), allows analyzing several forms of communication,
through systematic procedures and objectives to describe the studied content.
4.2.1 Keyword Categories
The investigated articles has defined 88 keywords, terms that serve to condense the
main information contained in the text, facilitating the retrieval of papers that refer
to the thematic sought.
It was verified, among the keywords used, the repetition of some patterns that
gave opportunity to their categorization. Thus, 8 categories were created, as shown
in Fig. 3.
It is possible to verify that most of the used terms related to sustainability (33)
revealed that the surveyed studies have given greater emphasis to this theme.
In addition, the third category “Virtues” presents adjectives such as “ethics” and
“responsibility”, terms that are usually associated with sustainable themes, as well
as the category “metrics”, composed of words such as “indicators” criteria or dimenFig. 3 Keyword Categories.
Source The authors (2018)
37%
17%
15%
13%
9%
5% 2% 2%
Keyword Categories
Sustainability
Decision-making
Virtues
Methodology/Tools
OrganizaƟons
Metrics
Countries
Technology