Purpose and pixels: A bibliometric analysis on social entrepreneurship and digitalization

 

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Autor: Grueso-Gala, Melanie
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2025
Descripció:This study conducts a bibliometric analysis focused on the intersection between social entrepreneurship and digitalization. Drawing on data sourced from the Web of Science database, the analysis maps the intellectual structure of the field, identifies key contributors, and highlights thematic clusters shaping current discourse. Through science mapping techniques, including keyword co-occurrence, bibliographic coupling and country-based publication trends, the study provides a comprehensive overview of the field’s development. The United States, Russia, and England emerged as leading contributors, reflecting diverse regional  perspectives and academic focus. The thematic analysis revealed four primary clusters: Core Focus on Social Entrepreneurship; Digital Entrepreneurship and Broader Economic Context; Innovation, Management, and Theoretical Foundations; and Behaviouraland Individual-Level Factors in Social Entrepreneurship. The results underscore the growing importance of digital technologies in advancing social entrepreneurship, particularly in addressing global challenges. This research contributes to the academiccommunity by structuring the foundational knowledge of this emerging field and offers practical insights
Pais:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Idioma:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/8134
Accés en línia:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_empresarial/article/view/8134
Paraula clau:Emprendimiento social
digitalización
bibliométrico
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Social entrepreneurship
digitalization
bibliometric