How Green Entrepreneurship Evolved over the Past Two Decades? A Glance Through Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

The goal of this study is to provide a rigorous bibliometric analysis of the subject of green entrepreneurship over the past two decades, giving valuable insights into the significant advancements in the sector. A sample of 2,861 studies from 2003 to 2022 were analysed using the VOSviewer software and with the R programming language. The analysis in the present study is categorized into two parts, that is, performance analysis and science mapping. This study concentrated on performance analysis and scientific mapping of articles. The finding shows that previous research on green entrepreneurship lacked synthesized findings and identification of major themes. This study highlights recently developed themes including social entrepreneurship, sustainable entrepreneurship and innovation that unlock potentially interesting directions for future research. The United States and the United Kingdom were the most productive nations in terms of citations, followed by China and a few European nations like Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. This study will be a resource for investigators in a variety of disciplines to assess the evolution of scholarly works on a certain theme over time, particularly for those working in the field of green entrepreneurship. This study has proposed a unique definition of green entrepreneurship through its thorough and rigorous analytical methods.