Corporate Social Responsibility in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

MSMEs play a vital role in the development of any economy. It arranges for employment, generates resources for income and eliminates poverty. The extent of available literature reveals the under exploration of this construct; researchers are motivated to analyze the existing literature based on bibliometric analysis and to identify the scope of future research in this area. The purpose of this paper is to streamline the concept of corporate social responsibility in context of MSMEs for 19 years of publications, based on bibliometric analysis after identifying the most protuberant articles, journals, research papers on Scopus only. Research is restricted to Scopus publications. The researchers review a series of publications on the theme Corporate Social Responsibility and MSMEs. The extent of available literature reveals the under exploration of this construct; hence researchers are motivated to analyze the existing literature on this construct. Researchers record the authors, journals, countries, number of publications in different years and different disciplines on this sheer important topic. The result of this study will help in synthesizing the existing literature of corporate social responsibility and its effective implementation in MSMEs and clarifying the scope of future research in this area.