Entrepreneurship research: mapping intellectual structures and research trends

Joao Ferreira, Cristina I. Fernandes () and Sascha Kraus ()
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Cristina I. Fernandes: Intituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco & NECE - Research Unit in Business Sciences
Sascha Kraus: University of Liechtenstein

Review of Managerial Science, 2019, vol. 13, issue 1, No 7, 205 pages

Abstract: Abstract Using bibliometric techniques to identify connections between existing entrepreneurship studies, this article seeks to understand the scientific structure of entrepreneurship research and how entrepreneurship scholarship is organized. Co-citation data and quantitative approach were used to identify scientific publications, intellectual structures, and research trends interrelated with theories of innovative entrepreneurship. Data were gathered from the citations and co-citations found in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Our research reveals six groups of underlying entrepreneurship theories: (1) knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, (2) creation and networks theory, (3) decision-making theory, (4) specialization of labor, (5) social entrepreneurship theory, and (6) entrepreneurship in the informal economy.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship theories; Bibliometrics; Citation analysis; Multi-dimensional scaling analysis; Cluster analysis; Co-citations; Article impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M10 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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