Unraveling the MSME research potential in India: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

MSME (micro, small, and medium enterprise) is a day-to-day emerging and evolving concept across various fields. Although professionals and academics are becoming increasingly interested in MSME research, limited literature has offered a thorough analysis of current trends and potential future implications for MSME research in India. Rather than providing a comprehensive understanding of the field, previous reviews on MSME have frequently confined themselves to conceptual (construct) or contextual (finance, marketing) insights obtained through the use of conventional review methods (descriptive). This review performs a bibliometric analysis of 346 articles published in Scopus-indexed journals between 2010 and 2023 using VOSviewer version 1.6.18. Thus, scholars can use this review as a one-stop, up-to-date summary of MSME to guide and shape future MSME research. It also highlights the main patterns in the performance of the article, author, organization, and journal, as well as the patterns and potential repercussions for MSME research in India in the future.