A meta analysis of research on entrepreneur inclination in small and medium enterprises in global scenario. (21st April 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sharma, Divya; Patnaik, Susmita; Sharma, J.P.; Dash, Manoj Kumar
• Is Part Of: International journal of business excellence. Volume 26:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 321
• Page End: 341
• Publication Date: 2022-04-21
• Subjects: entrepreneurial intentions -- bibliometric analysis -- VOSviewer -- review; Reengineering (Management) -- Periodicals; Benchmarking (Management) -- Periodicals; Performance -- Management -- Periodicals; 658.401305
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-0047

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to provide a meta analysis of the research on entrepreneurship in small business with a special focus on Entrepreneurial inclination from 2000 to 2018. Using the Scopus database, this study analyses a total of 1, 393 papers published from the year 2000 to 2018. The information about these papers is provided on the basis of significant journals, publication years, maximum cited papers, important authors, and most prolific countries and institutions. Then, the co-authorship network map, inter-country co-authorship network map and keyword co-occurrences network maps are provided by using the VOSviewer software. The results of this study indicate that in the year 2017, the maximum papers have been published, the most significant journal is International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business and the most cited paper is about competing models of entrepreneurial intentions. Furthermore, the most prominent author is Francisco Linan, and the most prolific country and institution are USA and the University of Seville, respectively.