Bibliometric analysis of social enterprise literature: Revisit to regroup

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关键词: MISSION DRIFT;    ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION;    COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE;    HYBRID ORGANIZATIONS;    RESEARCH AGENDA;    BUSINESS;    GOVERNANCE;    CHALLENGES;    STRATEGIES;    IMPACT;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jik.2023.100411

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Social enterprise (SE) studies are gaining ground as an emerging research domain owing to the duality char-acterizing their business models for tapping the triple bottom line (TBL) principle, which is a framework measuring the three pillars of sustainability: people, planet, and profit. This rising attention to SE has led to scattering in the research structure and knowledge spillover. Although publications have attempted to regroup this domain, extant analyses lack scientific coverage. By reforming previously adopted research approaches and redesigning metadata retrieval constraints, this study revisits, dissects, and synthesizes rele-vant SE-related studies to identify the current dominance, recent developments, and future directions of SE studies. Through a bibliometric review that combines descriptive, network, and content analyses, our find-ings reveal ten avenues worth pursuing, categorized under the research scope, research trajectory, and ana-lytical dimensions. Finally, this study presents practical implications that support the institutionalization of SEs that holistically meet the TBL principle.& COPY; 2023 Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. on behalf of Journal of Innovation & Knowledge. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)