Is international entrepreneurship a field? A bibliometric analysis of the literature (1989–2015) |
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Authors: | Vinciane Servantie Matthieu Cabrol Gilles Guieu Jean-Pierre Boissin |
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Institution: | 1.School of Management,Los Andes University,Bogota,Colombia;2.Université de Savoie Mont-Blanc, IREGE,Chambéry,France;3.Aix-Marseille Université, CRET-LOG EA 881,Aix-en-Provence,France;4.Université Pierre-Mendès-France,Saint-Martin-d’Hères,France |
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Abstract: | The abundant academic literature on international entrepreneurship has attracted the attention of many researchers in various fields (international business, entrepreneurship, management, marketing, to mention a few). A debate has been opened on whether international entrepreneurship is indeed a field. In this article, we seek to contribute to this debate. We applied a bibliometric analysis to 567 articles on international entrepreneurship published during the 1989–February 2015 period. The main indices that this is an emerging field are as follows: a concentration of publications on central contributors and universities, key dates of social events, the creation of a journal dedicated to the topic and a strong identity of keywords. A co-citation analysis shows that the international entrepreneurship field is structured on a stable body of references, organised into five key clusters, distinct from its mother disciplines: international business and entrepreneurship. Our work helps to identify the paradigmatic approaches that structure international entrepreneurship. |
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