Research on women's entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia: a bibliometric analysis and research outlook

This paper offers a concise review of prior research on women's entrepreneurship in the unique cultural context of Saudi Arabia. A bibliometric analysis was performed on 154 publications obtained from the Scopus database to provide a holistic understanding of the theme of women's entrepreneurship, particularly in light of the Saudi Vision 2030 which is transforming the country into a diversified knowledge-based economy. This bibliometric evaluation reveals that scholarly focus on this topic hastened after 2016. Moreover, it captures the major dimensions of women's entrepreneurship as well as the indicators underlying it, including highly relevant but underdeveloped themes. The results will be valuable to practitioners, scholars and policymakers working on women's economic empowerment in Saudi Arabia. Among other implications, the findings demonstrate the need for further capacity development and training among women, particularly in the areas of governance, leadership and the application of digital technology in business.