Bibliometric Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship Emerging Trends 2010~2024

Abstract

The phenomenon of social entrepreneurship represents a unique way to respond to and mitigate the complexities of social problems in today’s world. The current work focuses on examining the impact of research on social entrepreneurship through bibliometric analysis, with the hope of understanding the role and value social entrepreneurship can play in relieving the prevailing problems in research and inspiring the future of research in this area. The analysis employs the capabilities of Bibliomegika for graphical visualization and bibliographic analysis to examine 2010 to 2024 published literature on social entrepreneurship. The investigation highlights the following conclusions of the bibliometric analysis: (1) the trends gaining popularity include social innovation, sustainability and the SDGs, value creation, entrepreneurial pedagogy, and social capital, (2) the social entrepreneurship research stream remains the core focus of influential themes, and (3) the advancement of the discipline owes to a few prolific authors. There are strong research trends on social entrepreneurship, and the phenomenon continues to attract new and diverse inquiries. The current work, therefore, demonstrates the potential social entrepreneurship offers to research and to the advancement of the discipline for the purpose of providing a stimulating environment to foster research in the field.