Bibliometric analysis of corporate governance: Past, present, and future research agenda

During the 1990s and 2000s, importance of strong corporate governance (CG) was acknowledged more widely due to occurrence major failures. As a result, there greater focus on responsibility, transparency, disclosure practices, risk management enhance accountability. Moreover, following 2008 financial crisis, CG has become an increasingly important topic in fields business economics recent years, particularly. Despite this, been no comprehensive examination subject date. The current study seeks address this gap by providing retrospective analysis emergence economics. bibliometric methodology used research involving four steps: defining aims scope study; selecting appropriate techniques for analysis; collecting data; running presenting findings. Thus, conducted 3126 scientific articles, retrieved from Scopus database, which combined keywords identify map cumulative knowledge these analyzing large volumes unstructured data rigorous manner exploring emerging areas fields. Co-citation bibliometric-coupling analyses were employed determine thematic structure 2022, revealing 7 clusters that highlight directions field. VOSviewer MS Excel software analyze most active contributors terms countries, institutions, sources, documents, authors. Our demonstrated increasing publication trend onwards, with particular emphasis its application Additionally, top three literature found be UK, USA, Australia. outlines several potential avenues future could deepen body field CG.