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Sustainability is the foundation for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable development is defined by the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) as, “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Currently, sustainability has become a key business imperative across all industries for creating long-term value. Thus, this study analyzes recent advances made in research on sustainability in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) using the standard bibliometric analysis. Scopus database was utilized to collect a total of 844 articles between 2000 and 2022. The results provide important information on the trends of the current publications and emerging lines of research that can be studied in greater depth.
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