“…The publications listed in Tables 1 and 3 were comprehensively examined to identify key themes. A significant number of studies focused on women entrepreneurship (Abdelwahed et al, 2022;Abed, 2021;Alhothali and Al-Dajani, 2022), the role of education (Alkhateeb et al, 2020;Elnadi and Gheith, 2021;Singh et al, 2022), governance and policy implications (Al Rawaf and Alfalih, 2023;Abdelwahed et al, 2022;Chaaben et al, 2022), SMEs and family-owned businesses (Al-Tit et al, 2019;Al Rawaf and Alfalih, 2023;Alshebami 2023a;Alshebami 2023b;Seraj et al, 2022), region/city specific sustainable entrepreneurship (Abdulghaffar and Akkad, 2021;Abdelwahed et al, 2022;Abdelwahed, 2022;Alhothali and Al-Dajani, 2022;Elnadi and Gheith, 2021;Fahad S. Almawishir and Benlaria 2023;Mohamed et al, 2023;Roomi et al, 2023;Singh et al, 2022), entrepreneurial ecosystem (Bakry et al, 2022;Elnadi and Gheith, 2021;Roomi et al, 2023), innovation (Al Rawaf and Alfalih, 2023;Alfalih, 2022;Alshebami 2023b;Bakry et al, 2022;Fahad S. Almawishir and Benlaria, 2023) and entrepreneurial resilience (Alhothali and Al-Dajani, 2022;Alshebami, 2023a;Seraj et al, 2022). Once the themes are examined, an overview of the methodological aspects is provided.…”