[EN] Continuous improvement is a concept that has been widely studied from multiple perspectives during the last decades. However, new studies on the topic appear because it seems that there are still questions to be resolved. Therefore, the key question is what future research lines should be developed. As such, the possibility of carrying out a systematic review of literature was raised. However, given the high number of systematic reviews published in recent years, the final objective of this paper is to perform a meta-review of the concept of continuous improvement. Therefore, this study presents the research protocol followed to perform a meta-review of the concept of continuous improvement; being the main objective of the meta-review to know the state of this field of study and to find out where future research should be oriented. Sanchez-Ruiz, L.; Marin-Garcia, JA.; Blanco, B. (2018). Protocol: A Meta-Review on continuous improvement to know the state of this research field. 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[ES] La mejora continua es un concepto que ha sido ampliamente estudiado desde múltiples perspectivas durante las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, siguen apareciendo estudios sobre el tema porque parece que aún hay preguntas por resolver. La cuestión es ¿qué líneas de investigación futura hay que desarrollar? Ante esta cuestión se planteó la posibilidad de realizar una revisión sistemática de literatura. No obstante, dado el elevado número de revisiones sistemáticas publicadas en los últimos años, el objetivo planteado fue realizar una meta-revisión del concepto de mejora continua. Por tanto, este estudio plantea el protocolo de investigación seguido para realizar una meta-revisión de literatura del concepto de mejora continua; siendo el objetivo principal de la meta-revisión conocer el estado de este campo de estudio y averiguar hacia dónde debe orientarse la investigación futura. Medina Lopez, C., Marin Garcia, J. A., & Alfalla Luque, R. (2010). Una propuesta metodológica para la realización de búsquedas sistemáticas de bibliografía. WPOM-Working Papers on Operations Management, 1(2), 13-30. https://doi.org/10.4995/wpom.v1i2.786

Protocol: A Meta-Review on continuous improvement to know the state of this research field

Protocolo: Realización de una Meta-Revisión sobre mejora continua para conocer el estado del campo de investigación

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