Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship Research in India: Bibliometric Analysis of Literature

Social entrepreneurship is a research area gaining attention from academicians and practitioners worldwide and in India. India is home to nearly two million social enterprises and is a developing county; this study is relevant to understanding the evolution of research in social entrepreneurship. An examination of existing social entrepreneurship literature reviews in India finds a scarcity of studies categorizing existing social entrepreneurship literature into multiple research themes and presenting popular and less popular research subjects. This work aims to address this gap by providing a detailed review of 54 journal articles published in Scopus indexed journals. It summarizes recent Social Entrepreneurship research, categorizing it into five major themes and highlighting the study thrust areas in each. We propose future study directions, contexts, and methodologies based on identified research gaps.