Entrepreneurship research: mapping intellectual structures and research trends

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Ferreira, JJM (Author) Other; Fernandes, CI (Author) Other; Kraus, S (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Review of Managerial Science

Vol. 13

Pages: 181-205

ISSN: 1863-6683

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 228 Citations

Scopus - 278 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-5C9

DOI: 10.1007/s11846-017-0242-3

Abstract (EN): 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.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 25