Sustainable entrepreneurship: the scientific production of the 21st century (original) (raw)

Sustainable entrepreneurship emerges as one of the economically viable alternatives, with products and processes geared to the creation of solutions allied to social and environmental responsibility. The behavior of this literature arouses increasing interest. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the scientific production on sustainable entrepreneurship, on Web of Science, from 2000 to 2016. The categories "Management" and "Business" and the filters "Articles" and "Review" were considered for the study. Thirty articles were identified as "corpus" of research and composed the intentional sample. The results indicate that 2010 and 2011 were the most productive years. Journal of Business Venturing, Impact Factor of 3,678, published seven articles, including the two most cited in this literature. The results allowed identifying, characterizing, report, and classifying this literature. Current and relevant, sustainable entrepreneurship is considered important for the Administration area of study.