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Trends and Development of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliographic Analysis.

Sidi Mukhtar Muhammad, Nasiru Abdussalam Kaoje and Sadat Ibn Adam

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to determine the trends of research in the area of entrepreneurship development programme. The study reviewed the extent literature on Entrepreneurship Development Programmes for the period of six years from 2020 to 2025 using Google Scholar database. The study adopts PRISMA guideline with a specific keyword entrepreneurship development programmes OR entrepreneurship training programmes AND evaluation OR small business development programmes AND success factors” on 12th April 2025. The total number of 160 articles were selected for the bibliometric analysis using VOS viewer software. The result indicates the most citated articles with 10 and above citations are articles published between 2020 and 2023 with an article title “Role of business incubators as a tool for entrepreneurship development: the mediating and moderating role of business startup and government regulations” in the MDPI journal recording highest citation of 203 followed by Emerald and JSSI with 109 and 71 titled “A new approach to stimulate rural entrepreneurship through village-owned enterprises in Indonesia” and “Rural entrepreneurship: towards collaborative participative models for economic sustainability” respectively. The findings further reveal four clusters base on keyword analysis on entrepreneurship development programs (EDPs) and identified four key themes as: key success factors for women entrepreneurs, success factors for women entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship training programs, and effectiveness, highlighting the significance of EDPs for small and medium enterprises, especially for women entrepreneurs which serve as a guide to future researchers.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship Development ProgramsEntrepreneurship training programsSmall Business Development ProgramsBibliometric and Systematic Review

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