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Exploring the contribution of sustainable entrepreneurship toward sustainable development goals: A bibliometric analysis
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The paper aims to conduct a thorough bibliometric study to investigate and comprehend how sustainable entrepreneurship contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable entrepreneurship has evolved as a fundamental force behind positive social, environmental, and economic change, and sustainable development has become an urgent worldwide priority. We looked at a total of 1,357 papers on sustainable entrepreneurship that were published between 2002 and 2022. 679 of them have articles devoted explicitly to the SDGs. The Dimension database was used to locate prolific writers, sources, and influential articles interested in this field. According to the report, the SDGs SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth) have been the most strongly impacted by sustainable entrepreneurship research. The most critical piece was likewise highlighted in the study as ”Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Innovation: Categories and Interactions.” The study uncovered Several essential research areas, including social entrepreneurship, innovation, impact investing, the plastics industry, the triple bottom line, supply chains, sustainable business, business networks, competitiveness, innovative economies, social efficiency, entrepreneurial marketing, and small and medium-sized enterprises. This study fills a vacuum in the existing literature by thoroughly reviewing the significant players and using a co-word analysis to pinpoint new research themes. This research seeks to clarify the contributions of sustainable entrepreneurship to the SDGs to promote future advancement and well-informed decision-making in sustainable development initiatives.
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“Moreover, while bibliometric studies have been conducted on related areas such as sustainable entrepreneurship (Sreenivasan & Suresh, 2023) and green innovation (Omowole et al., 2024), few have systematically mapped the global intellectual structure of green entrepreneurship research by integrating bibliometric and content-based evidence.”
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- Authors
- Sreenivasan, A., & Suresh, M.
- Affiliations
- Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Suresh, M.
- Venue
- Green Technologies and Sustainability
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-09
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 100038
- ISSN
- 2949-7361 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4385732769
- Cited by
- 64
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 17
- FWCI
- 15.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Green Technologies and Sustainability (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Sustainability and Innovation in Business
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Keywords
- sustainable entrepreneurship, Sustainable Development Goals, SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities, SDG 12 responsible consumption and production, SDG 8 decent work and economic growth, social entrepreneurship, sustainable innovation, impact investing, triple bottom line, supply chain, small and medium-sized enterprises, business networks, co-word analysis, research trends
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