  South Korea has become one of the most important economies in Asia. The
largest Korean multinational firms are affiliated with influential family-owned
business groups known as the chaebol. Despite the surging academic popularity
of the chaebol, there is a considerable knowledge gap in the bibliometric
analysis of business groups in Korea. In an attempt to fill this gap, the
article aims to provide a systematic review of the chaebol and the role that
business groups have played in the economy of Korea. Three distinct
bibliometric networks are analyzed, namely the scientific collaboration
network, bibliographic coupling network, and keyword co-occurrence network.
