مجلة اقتصاد المال و الأعمال
Volume 10, Numéro 2, Pages 192-207
2026-06-30

Research Trends On Corporate Social Responsibility And Competitiveness: A Bibliometric Analysis Based On Scopus 2015–2025

Authors : Kalli Radhia .

Abstract

This bibliometric analysis examines 716 Scopus publications (2015-2025) with VOSviewer and PRISMA guidelines to visualize the evolution of research on Corporate Social Responsibility-competitiveness. The results show a steady increase culminating in 2025, with China and European economies leading the way in geographically distributed, collaborative networks of top-cited sustainability and strategic management journals. Thematic development shows a clear shift from early concerns with stakeholder legitimacy toward performance integration and, more recently, strategic perspectives linking CSR to innovation, Environmental, Social, and Governance, and competitive advantage. Co-citation patterns further indicate the growing convergence of institutional theory, the resource-based view, sustainability science, and corporate finance within an increasingly strategy-oriented research field.

Keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility ; Competitiveness ; Bibliometric ; PRISMA ; VOSviewer