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Big Data and supply chain management: a review and bibliometric analysis

Mishra, Deepa, Gunasekaran, Angappa, Papadopoulos, Thanos, Childe, Stephen J. (2016) Big Data and supply chain management: a review and bibliometric analysis. Annals of Operations Research, 270 (1-2). pp. 313-336. ISSN 0254-5330. E-ISSN 1572-9338. (doi:10.1007/s10479-016-2236-y) (KAR id:57172)

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Abstract

As Big Data has undergone a transition from being an emerging topic to a growing research area, it has become necessary to classify the different types of research and examine the general trends of this research area. This should allow the potential research areas that for future investigation to be identified. This paper reviews the literature on ‘Big Data and supply chain management (SCM)’, dating back to 2006 and provides a thorough insight into the field by using the techniques of bibliometric and network analyses. We evaluate 286 articles published in the past 10 years and identify the top contributing authors, countries and key research topics. Furthermore, we obtain and compare the most influential works based on citations and PageRank. Finally, we identify and propose six research clusters in which scholars could be encouraged to expand Big Data research in SCM. We contribute to the literature on Big Data by discussing the challenges of current research, but more importantly, by identifying and proposing these six research clusters and future research directions. Finally, we offer to managers different schools of thought to enable them to harness the benefits from using Big Data and analytics for SCM in their everyday work.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s10479-016-2236-y
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Thanos Papadopoulos
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2016 12:05 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2023 12:58 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/57172 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Papadopoulos, Thanos.

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