Table 1 Summary of literature review content.
Research topic | Literature evolution | Some representative studies | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|
Research on the economic consequences of the SCD | Sustainability performance | Sharma et al. (2022), Wang and Prajogo (2024), Chen et al. (2025) | The SCD can enhance corporate innovation, and sustainability performance |
Innovation performance | Li et al. (2024), Jiang et al. (2025), Luo et al. (2024), Ma et al. (2024) | ||
The influencing factors of green transformation | The internal factors of green transformation | Wang and Cheng (2024), Yang et al. (2023), Zhai and An (2020), Guo et al. (2024) | The green transformation is influenced by both internal resources and external policies |
The external factors of green transformation | Li et al. (2019), Wu et al. (2024), Lu et al. (2025), Zhang et al. (2024), Ge et al. (2023), Sun et al. (2024), Li et al. (2019), Lin et al. (2025), Zhai and An (2020) | ||
Supply chain digitalization and environmental performance | Positive environmental impact | Lerman et al. (2022), Wang et al. (2025), Han and Wei (2025), Shen et al. (2025) | The impact of SCD on environmental performance has both bright sides and dark sides |
Negative environmental impact | Hittinger and Jaramillo (2019), Liu et al. (2023), Feng et al. (2024), Liu et al. (2024) |
