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Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the literature on vertical farming to define key elements to outline a business model for entrepreneurs. The research aims to stimulate entrepreneurship for vertical farming in a smart cities’ context, recognising urban agriculture as technology to satisfy incr...

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Main Authors: Biancone, Paolo Pietro, Brescia, Valerio, Lanzalonga, Federico, Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
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Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102562/
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BFJ-08-2021-0904/full/html
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1025622024-03-15T07:55:06Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102562/ Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs Biancone, Paolo Pietro Brescia, Valerio Lanzalonga, Federico Alam, Gazi Mahabubul Purpose – This paper aims to explore the literature on vertical farming to define key elements to outline a business model for entrepreneurs. The research aims to stimulate entrepreneurship for vertical farming in a smart cities’ context, recognising urban agriculture as technology to satisfy increasing food needs. Design/methodology/approach – The research conducts a structured literature review on 186 articles on vertical farming extracted from the Scopus. Moreover, the bibliometric analysis revealed the descriptive statistics on this field and the main themes through the authors’ keywords. Findings – Different perspectives showed the multidisciplinary nature of the topic and how the intersection of different skills is necessary to understand the subject entirely. The keywords analysis allowed for identifying the topics covered by the authors and the business model’s elements. Research limitations/implications – The research explores a topic in the embryonic stage to define key strands of literature. It provides business model insights extending George and Bock’s (2011) research to stimulate entrepreneurship in vertical farming. Limitations arise from the sources used to develop our analysis and how the topic appears as a frontier innovation. Originality/value –Originality is the integration of literature strands related to vertical farming, highlighting its multidisciplinary nature to provide a holistic understanding of the themes. In smart cities’ context, innovations allow traditional business models to be interpreted in a novel perspective and revealed the elements for transforming vertical farming from innovative technology to an effective source of food sustenance. Finally, the paper suggests a new methodology application for the analysis of word clusters by integrating correspondence analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis. Emerald Publishing Limited 2022-01 Article PeerReviewed Biancone, Paolo Pietro and Brescia, Valerio and Lanzalonga, Federico and Alam, Gazi Mahabubul (2022) Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs. British Food Journal, 124 (7). pp. 2239-2261. ISSN 0007-070X; ESSN: 1758-4108 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BFJ-08-2021-0904/full/html 10.1108/BFJ-08-2021-0904
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description Purpose – This paper aims to explore the literature on vertical farming to define key elements to outline a business model for entrepreneurs. The research aims to stimulate entrepreneurship for vertical farming in a smart cities’ context, recognising urban agriculture as technology to satisfy increasing food needs. Design/methodology/approach – The research conducts a structured literature review on 186 articles on vertical farming extracted from the Scopus. Moreover, the bibliometric analysis revealed the descriptive statistics on this field and the main themes through the authors’ keywords. Findings – Different perspectives showed the multidisciplinary nature of the topic and how the intersection of different skills is necessary to understand the subject entirely. The keywords analysis allowed for identifying the topics covered by the authors and the business model’s elements. Research limitations/implications – The research explores a topic in the embryonic stage to define key strands of literature. It provides business model insights extending George and Bock’s (2011) research to stimulate entrepreneurship in vertical farming. Limitations arise from the sources used to develop our analysis and how the topic appears as a frontier innovation. Originality/value –Originality is the integration of literature strands related to vertical farming, highlighting its multidisciplinary nature to provide a holistic understanding of the themes. In smart cities’ context, innovations allow traditional business models to be interpreted in a novel perspective and revealed the elements for transforming vertical farming from innovative technology to an effective source of food sustenance. Finally, the paper suggests a new methodology application for the analysis of word clusters by integrating correspondence analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis.
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author Biancone, Paolo Pietro
Brescia, Valerio
Lanzalonga, Federico
Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
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Brescia, Valerio
Lanzalonga, Federico
Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
author_facet Biancone, Paolo Pietro
Brescia, Valerio
Lanzalonga, Federico
Alam, Gazi Mahabubul
author_sort Biancone, Paolo Pietro
title Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
title_short Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
title_full Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
title_fullStr Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
title_full_unstemmed Using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
title_sort using bibliometric analysis to map innovative business models for vertical farm entrepreneurs
publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
publishDate 2022
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102562/
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