BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF GREEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 250 - 282, 26.12.2024

Cem Duran

https://doi.org/10.14514/beykozad.1519660

Abstract

The implementation of environmentally friendly activities and sustainable business models can contribute to reducing environmental pollution in the world. Green entrepreneurs can contribute to the realization of such activities. The aim of this study is to analyze the scientific development of the concept of green entrepreneurship. In order to achieve this objective, the bibliometric analysis method was applied. To increase the consistency of the study, the articles in Web of Science were considered as the unit of analysis. As a result of the searches, 100 journals, 552 authors, 195 articles, and 626 keywords were reached, and these articles were analyzed through the package in the R program. VOSviewer program was used to visualize the relationships of keywords. The first article on green entrepreneurship was published in 2007. The concept of green entrepreneurship has focused on sustainability, innovation, and management. It was concluded that the concept of green entrepreneurship is in the growth stage, the number of articles on this concept has increased rapidly over the years, the journal with the highest number of publications on the subject is Sustainability, and the country with the highest number of publications is China, and articles are mostly qualitative studies.

Keywords

Green Entrepreneur, Bibliometric Analysis, R Package, Sustainability

YEŞİL GİRİŞİMCİLİK: BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZ

Abstract

Çevre dostu faaliyetlerin, sürdürülebilir iş modellerin uygulanması, dünyadaki çevre kirliliğini azaltmasına katkıda bulunmaktadır. Yeşil girişimciler, bu tür faaliyetlerin gerçekleştirilmesine katkıda bulunabilmektedirler. Bu çalışmanın amacı, yeşil girişimcilik kavramının bilimsel olarak gelişimini analiz etmektir. Bu amacı gerçekleştirmek için bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi uygulanmıştır. Çalışmanın tutarlılığını arttırmak için Web of Science’te yer alan makaleler analiz birimi olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Taramalar sonucu, 100 dergiye, 552 yazara, 195 makaleye, 626 anahtar kelimeye ulaşılmış, bu makaleler R programında yer alan paket aracılığıyla analiz edilmiştir. Anahtar kelimelerin ilişkilerinin görselleştirmesi için VOSviewer programı kullanılmıştır. Yeşil girişimciliğe ilişkin ilk makaleye 2007 yılında ulaşılmıştır. Yeşil girişimcilik kavramının sürdürülebilirlik, inovasyon, yönetim alanlarına yoğunlaşmıştır. Yeşil girişimcilik kavramının büyüme aşamasında olduğu, bu kavrama ilişkin makalelerin sayısında yıllara göre hızlı bir artışa geçildiği, konuya ilişkin en fazla yayın yapan derginin Sustainability olduğu, en fazla yayın yapan ülkenin Çin olduğu, makalelerin yoğunlukla nitel çalışmalardan oluştuğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Yeşil Girişimci, Bibliyometrik Analiz, R paketi, Sürdürülebilirlik

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