Thematic Knowledge Trend and Intellectual Structure on Scalability in Entrepreneurial Periphery: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Entrepreneurial scalability denotes the potential capabilities of entrepreneurs to spread excellence within the enterprise as it grows and involves resource mobilization to achieve persistent growth. It includes the harmonization of new resources, shifting to the new identity of enterprise, revising the business functionality and the job role of human resources for internationalization of businesses. Thus, the domain is an emerging area and attracts academicians to develop research interests there. The present study hence aims to explore the thematic knowledge trend and intellectual structure of entrepreneurail scalability with bibliometric analysis (R Tool and VOSviewer 1.6.18). The data extraction criterion of the PRISMA model is considered for the selection of 371 studies from Scopus and Web of Science databases within the range of 1980 to 2024. The study extended its effort to highlight on the inter-temporal movement and decadal position of the thematic clusters based on the emergence of strongly related keywords such as social impact, innovation and scale up. The present study explores the cluster of ‘Entrepreneurial skill and business growth’, ‘Social entrepreneurs and Innovation’ etc. and proposes the avenues for future research on ‘Gender Sensitization’, ‘Leadership style’, ‘Entrepreneurial cognition’, and ‘Serendipity’ connected with the domain. It proves its importance by revealing the knowledge trend on scalability considered as the strategic precondition of entrepreneurial sustainability in the competitive business world.