THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM A BIBLIOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE
THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FROM A BIBLIOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: The concept of social entrepreneurship arouses a legitimate interest in both the economic literature and inthe social sciences literature. The consideration of the concept of social entrepreneurship results in theidentification of some notions from the conceptual area confined to it, such as sustainability, socialresponsibility, mission, value and social impact. But the definition and understanding of socialentrepreneurship necessarily implies the term "social", and, once recognized as defining, this term impliesthe establishment of the role and contribution of social entrepreneurship in the society, suggesting thesolving of several issues in this segment of social practice, such as the issues associated with vulnerableand marginalized groups. Since in the last years, the volume of scientific research in the economic fieldthat addresses the topic of social entrepreneurship has increased dramatically and it is increasinglydifficult for researchers to follow the relevant literature in their field, we have used quantitativebibliometric methods that can manage data and filter important works by estimating their impact anddiscovering the underlying structure of a research field. The purpose was to obtain a representation of thestructure of the research area, by dividing the elements (authors of documents, articles, words) intodifferent groups and to revise a certain line of research by using bibliometric methods that allow aquantitative approach for description, evaluation and monitoring of published research.

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