New trends and directions in local government finance research: A bibliometric analysis
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Author(s)DarmawatiLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0536-3225
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Elis MediawatiLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-9652
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Syarifuddin RasyidLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3727-5406
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/pmf.13(1).2024.11
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Article InfoVolume 13 2024, Issue #1, pp. 137-149
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Local government finance has a critical impact on regional sustainability and governance. This study seeks to conduct comprehensive analyses of evolving trends and future directions in municipal finance research. It aims to address the insufficient longitudinal studies and fragmented understanding of how municipal finance practices and policies evolve by providing systematic evidence on dynamic trends and potential future trajectories. The study employed bibliometric analysis using Scopus and Google Scholar databases and Publish or Perish (PoP) software to analyze literature dynamics and associated topics and research trends and improve understanding of local government financial research. The results show a strong focus on local governance. Key themes included transparency, accountability, and financial sustainability, highlighting the critical need for good governance and fiscal prudence. The promising directions are technology (e-government) and comprehensive actions on the economic side through public-private partnerships and financial sustainability. Critical themes are fiscal stress, budgeting, and local government finance. However, new trends in sustainability, public-private partnerships, financial resilience, municipal bonds, and land finance are emerging as significant research areas. It highlights the field’s adaptability to evolving social and economic conditions. Through a thorough synthesis of these insights, stakeholders are better positioned to gain a deeper understanding of the current landscape of local government finance studies and their broader implications within a constantly changing global environment.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University, for their invaluable support and assistance in this research. Their unwavering commitment to advancing academic research and community service has been the key to completing this study.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)G38, H70, H83
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References48
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- Figure 1. Data collection strategy
- Figure 2. Annual scientific production
- Figure 3. Local government finance research network map
- Figure 4. Development of popular local government finance research topics
- Figure 5. Thematic evolution in two cutting points
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- Table 1. Main information on local government financial research
- Table 2. Statistics of total number of articles and citations over the years
- Table 3. Top ten most-cited research papers in local government financial studies
- Table 4. Top ten journals for research on local government finance based on total citations
- Table 5. The ten most frequent keywords
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Review of scientific literature on BPM concept in social sciences
Inna Koblianska 
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Dmytro Varakin ,
Oleh Pihul ,
Volodymyr Somushkin ,
Vadym Glukh
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.21(3).2023.07
Problems and Perspectives in Management Volume 21, 2023 Issue #3 pp. 84-99 Views: 456 Downloads: 186 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯThe business process management (BPM) approach enhances organizational competitiveness and facilitates digital business transformations. Successful implementation of BPM necessitates a comprehensive understanding of its conceptual foundations and developmental trajectory. This study aims to investigate BPM studies in social sciences, unraveling the evolution and main pillars of the BPM concept. The research methodology comprises a bibliometric analysis of 95 articles indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 1997 to 2023 using the Biblioshiny App, followed by a narrative literature review of the most highly cited publications.
The results unveil a notable shift in BPM research to information technologies, reflecting an interdisciplinary nature of the BPM concept (going beyond management itself). However, the analysis indicates that BPM research in social sciences tends to be specialized and localized, characterized by limited collaboration among scholars, research teams, institutions, and countries. The study identifies a diverse range of relevant research topics encompassing the maturity concept, business process, process orientation, process performance, success factors, and data and knowledge management. Process modeling and improvement emerge as central but underexplored areas, while strategic management, complexity theory, and organizational processes display declining thematic trends. The most frequently cited research papers primarily focus on enriching BPM practices through integrating digital tools and innovations, emphasizing the role of organizational culture in facilitating BPM implementation and investigating the relationship between BPM and supply chain integration and performance.Acknowledgment
This study is funded by a grant, “Restructuring of the national economy in the direction of digital transformations for sustainable development” (№0122U001232) (Inna Koblianska’s contribution).
