Is Entrepreneurial Internationalization a field ? A bibliometric analysis (1989-2015)

Vinciane Servantie (), Mathieu Cabrol (), Gilles Guieu () and Jean-Pierre Boissin ()
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Mathieu Cabrol: IREGE - Institut de Recherche en Gestion et en Economie - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Gilles Guieu: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Jean-Pierre Boissin: CERAG - Centre d'études et de recherches appliquées à la gestion - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019], UGA IAE - Université Grenoble Alpes - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - UGA [2016-2019] - Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019]

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Abstract: The abundant academic literature on international entrepreneurship hasattracted the attention of many researchers in various fields (international business,entrepreneurship, management, marketing, to mention a few). A debate has beenopened on whether international entrepreneurship is indeed a field. In this article, weseek to contribute to this debate. We applied a bibliometric analysis to 567 articles oninternational entrepreneurship published during the 1989–February 2015 period. Themain indices that this is an emerging field are as follows: a concentration of publicationson central contributors and universities, key dates of social events, the creation ofa journal dedicated to the topic and a strong identity of keywords. A co-citation analysisshows that the international entrepreneurship field is structured on a stable body ofreferences, organised into five key clusters, distinct from its mother disciplines: internationalbusiness and entrepreneurship. Our work helps to identify the paradigmaticapproaches that structure international entrepreneurship.

Keywords: International entrepreneurship; Bibliometrics; Co-citation analysis; emprendimiento international; Bibliometria; analysis de co-citationes; Entrepreneuriat international; Bibliométrie; analyse des co-citations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 2016, 14 (2), pp.168-212. ⟨10.1007/s10843-015-0162-8⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/s10843-015-0162-8

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