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    Green business value chain: a systematic review
    (Elsevier B V on behalf of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, 2019-10-01) Hasan MM; Nekmahmud M; Yajuan L; Patwary MA
    Compared to the past few decades, traditional companies are implementing more and more green strategies, because companies must respond to environmental impacts immediately. This study has economic, social, and commercial implications to implement environmental protective measures, establish social security and improve business stability. With these considerations in mind, the purpose of this study was specified to explore the implications of green strategies in each business process through considering green business practices in various functions of the business value chain. In methodology, a systematic literature review analysis through qualitative sampling study was conducted to address the findings. This review includes the impacts, relationships, characteristics, practices, and benefits of executing green strategies in business value chain. A number of examples of how green business can improve the environment and increase the cost-effectiveness have been discussed in the literature. Also, the study shows that the practices of green business are essential for today's world in the context of green capital. Different frameworks for green strategy implementation or business process have been developed and presented in findings to achieve the purposes of this study. In addition, the relationship between green strategies and business functions are revealed through the systematic review study. In conclusion, the practical significance and future research directions are specified.
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    Sustainable biofuel economy: A mapping through bibliometric research
    (Elsevier B.V., 2023-06-15) Hasan M; Abedin MZ; Amin MB; Nekmahmud M; Oláh J
    Biofuels have received a lot of attention as an important source of renewable energy, with number of economic impacts. This study aims to investigate the economic potential of biofuels and then extract core aspects of how biofuels relate to a sustainable economy in order to achieve a sustainable biofuel economy. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of publications about biofuel economic research covering 2001 to 2022 experimenting with multiple bibliometric tools, such as R Studio, Biblioshiny, and VOSviewer. Findings show that research on biofuels and biofuel production growth are positively correlated. From the analyzed publications, The United States, India, China, and Europe are the largest biofuel markets, with the USA taking the lead in publishing scientific papers, engaging country collaboration on biofuel, and has the highest social impact. Findings also show that the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Sweden, and Spain are more inclined to develop sustainable biofuel economies and energy than other European countries. It also indicates that sustainable biofuel economies are still far behind those of less developed and developing countries. Besides, this study finds that biofuel linked to sustainable economy with poverty reduction, agriculture development, renewable energy production, economic growth, climate change policy, environmental protection, carbon emission reduction, green-house gas emission, land use policy, technological innovations, and development. The findings of this bibliometric research are presented using different clusters, mapping, and statistics. The discussion of this study affirms the good and effective policies for a sustainable biofuel economy.