Scholarly Communities in Entrepreneurship Research: A Co-Citation Analysis

  1. Henri A. Schildt1,*,
  2. Shaker A. Zahra2,*,
  3. Antti Sillanpää3,*

Article first published online: 24 APR 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00126.x

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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Volume 30, Issue 3, pages 399–415, May 2006

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Schildt, H. A., Zahra, S. A. and Sillanpää, A. (2006), Scholarly Communities in Entrepreneurship Research: A Co-Citation Analysis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 30: 399–415. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00126.x

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  1. 1

    Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Strategy and International Business

  2. 2

    Strategic Management & Organization Department, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

  3. 3

    Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Strategy and International Business

*Henri A. Schildt, Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Strategy and International Business, P.O. Box 5500, 02015 TKK, Espoo, Finland; tel.: +358-50-337-1236; fax: +358-9-451-3095; e-mail: henri.schildt@hut.fi, to Shaker A. Zahra, Strategic Management & Organization Department, Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota; e-mail: szahra@csom.umn.edu, and to Antti Sillanpää, Helsinki University of Technology, Institute of Strategy and International Business, P.O. Box 5500, 02015 TKK, Espoo, Finland; e-mail: antti.sillanpaa@tkk.fi.

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A debate persists about the distinctiveness of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship research is seen as fragmented and its results are considered noncumulative, handicapping the evolution of the field as a respected scholarly discipline. In this article we conduct a bibliometric analysis to shed light on these issues. We analyze co-citation patterns of entrepreneurship-related articles published in the years 2000 to 2004 and identify the 25 most central research streams in entrepreneurship. We describe these groups and investigate their mutual relationships. Although the United States represents by far the greatest source of entrepreneurship articles, other countries represent significant sources of research in specific streams.

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