A scientometric analysis of entrepreneurial and the digital economy scholarship: state of the art and an agenda for future research

Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Review

Natanya Meyer¹  Foued Ben Said²  Nasser Alhamar Alkathiri³  Mohammad Soliman⁴ 

[1] DHET-NRF SARChI Entrepreneurship Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa;MOCFINE Research Laboratory, ESCT, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia;Postgraduate Studies, Scientific Research, and Innovation, University of Technology and Applied Sciences-Salalah, Salalah, Oman;Research and Consultation Department, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Salalah, Oman;Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt;

关键词: Bibliometrics;    Digital economy;    Entrepreneurship;    Research agenda;    Scientometric;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13731-023-00340-w

 received in 2023-03-28, accepted in 2023-09-28,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Recently, there has been a greater focus on the relationship between entrepreneurship and the digital economy in academia and practice. However, no known work systematically reviews and analyses such a connection, which highlights the need to address this gap by conducting a thorough systematic literature review employing bibliometric and scientometric analyses concerning entrepreneurship and digital economy research. In doing so, analysis of key trends as well as knowledge structure (i.e., intellectual and conceptual) has been employed to analyze, visualize, and map 275 documents gathered from Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus data sets.The number of publications in the current research field has expanded dramatically due to the substantial efforts by major contributors (e.g., researchers, institutions, nations, and academic journals) worldwide. Key research themes, trends, approaches, and outlines were also emphasized by mapping the intellectual, social, and conceptual structures of entrepreneurship and digital economy-related research. The implications, limitations, and agenda for future research were all outlined.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2023

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