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Understanding the Evolution of Fintech and Sustainable Development: A Comprehensive Review (Academic research)

Research paperAcademic researchOctober 202633 pages50 min readVinoth Kumar S, Anand Bharathi S, Rajamohan S, Unika DavidOriginal source
Key number
256
Total documents reviewed p.6
What changed
1 to 132 publications
Annual publication count from 2017 to 2024 p.7
Largest segment
118 publications
China total publications p.11

Summary

  • A bibliometric and integrative review analyzed 256 documents indexed in Scopus and Web of Science published up to July 2024.p.1
  • Research activity involved 736 authors across 97 publication sources between 2017 and 2024.p.6
  • Documents in the dataset achieved an average of 11.32 citations per document, alongside an international co-authorship rate of 13.28%.p.6
  • Annual publication output expanded from 1 publication in 2017 to 132 publications in 2024.p.7
  • China led overall scientific output with 856 citations across 118 publications.p.11
  • The most frequent keyword in the literature was 'Fintech' with 159 occurrences, followed by 'Natural Resources' with 43 occurrences.p.15

Key insights

  1. The United Kingdom achieved 403 citations from 7 publications, demonstrating a high citation impact per document.p.11
  2. China experienced the most substantial increase in publications after 2020 due to policy support for digital and green finance.p.12
  3. Dynamic Capabilities Theory explains how organisations sense sustainability opportunities, seize them with fintech, and reconfigure strategies.p.4
  4. The keyword 'Fintech' recorded 159 occurrences, while 'Sustainable Development' recorded 33 occurrences in the literature.p.15
  5. Research co-occurrence networks connect fintech capabilities like AI and blockchain with CSR, climate change, and green finance.p.17

Topics and entities

GlobalAI in financeBankingClimate and impact investmentCrowdfunding and crowdinvestingRegulationSME finance and lending

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