A Systematic Review of International Entrepreneurship Special Issue Articles
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Review of Review Articles
2.1. Domain Definition of International Entrepreneurship
2.2. Selection of Review Articles
2.3. Citation Network Map of Review Articles
2.4. Bibliometric Analysis of Review Articles
2.5. Content Analysis of Review Articles
3. A Systematic Review of Special Issue Articles
3.1. Selection of Special Issues and Articles
3.2. Efficiency of the Special Issue Based Review Strategy
3.3. Bibliometric Analysis of Special Issue Articles
3.4. Thematic Analysis of Special Issue Articles
4. Conclusions and Future Research Directions
4.1. Understanding Progress of International Entrepreneurship Research
4.2. Trends and Gaps in International Entrepreneurship Research
4.3. Recommendations for Future Research in International Entrepreneurship
4.4. Implications for Sustainable Development and Sustainability Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Research Question(s) 1 | Research Results | Ref. |
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| Major influences for mostly SMEs are grouped as controllable/uncontrollable, internal/external. | Zou & Stan (1998) |
| SME internationalization literature: (1) positivist analysis; (2) managerial perspective; (3) relativist evaluation of formal and informal networks | Coviello & McAulley (1999) |
| Link with entrepreneurship, SME research, marketing theory established. Identified the need for more qualitative and case research. Defined specific SME internationalization theory. | Fillis (2001) |
| Integrated model of international entrepreneurship: (1) organizational factors, (2) environmental factors, (3) strategic factors, lead to (4) international entrepreneurship, leads to (5) competitive advantages | Zahra & George (2002) |
| Research results suggest that international entrepreneurship as a field/sub-field is defined at the intersection of entrepreneurship and international business. Based on citation analysis, it is gradually converging towards becoming a distinct discipline. This is demonstrated by the emergence of particular, highly cited research pieces (articles/chapters) in literature clearly associated with the field. | Etemad & Lee (2003) |
| Suggest to include international business theories, such as the role of environment, institutional approaches, multinationals and subsidiaries. Future research directions suggested: market entry and servicing strategies and internationalization of value added activities, measurement of the international environment, entrepreneurial role of subsidiaries, refinement of RBV and innovation theories. | Young et al. (2003) |
| Recommendations: (1) combine positivistic and interpretivist research; (2) unify methodological directions of international entrepreneurship research; (3) apply a multidisciplinary approach to research; (4) reconcile cross-sectional and longitudinal methods to handle time dimension; (5) harmonize sample and data collection methods | Coviello & Jones (2004) |
| (1) commonalities: accelerated internationalization is a distinctive pattern of examination; (2) discrepancies: born globals originating in countries with large domestic markets are more high-tech, ones from smaller countries are often in other sectors; (3) integrative model: intangible resources result in complex international capabilities and combined with environmental factors drive distinctive strategic features of early internationalizing firms | Rialp et al. (2005) |
| International entrepreneurship is an important component of SME internationalization. SME internationalization is driven by the human and social capital of the entrepreneur, firm characteristics and environmental characteristics. | Ruzzier et al. (2006) |
| Supportive policy needs to take into account diversity of SMEs and entrepreneurs that are capable of operating in foreign markets. Policy intervention should alleviate barriers to international expansion (e.g., newness, smallness, inexperience). | Wright et al. (2007) |
| Early internationalization results in enhanced performance, but the relationship is moderated by organizational capability. | Aspelund et al. (2007) |
| Antecedents of early internationalization: personal, firm, industry, country. Elements of early internationalization: strategy, EO, resources, organizational learning, competitive advantage, inter-firm organizations. Outcomes: internationalization, firm performance. | Keupp & Gassmann (2009) |
| The relationship of firm age and size to internationalization needs further investigation. Issues such as the profile of the board of directors, strategy orientation and industry factors need to be controlled for in future studies. | Coombs et al. (2009) |
| Three domains of international entrepreneurship research: (A) entrepreneurial internationalization; (B) International comparison of entrepreneurship; (C) Cross-country and cross-culture comparative international entrepreneurship. | Jones et al. (2011) |
| Common antecedents, performance implications, strategies and processes have been identified. | Kiss et al. (2012) |
| An integrative model of 5 constructs: entrepreneur, firm, networks, environment and competitive advantage is constructed. Further research is recommended including theories of strategic management, networks and marketing to understand the dynamic processes of international entrepreneurship. Also, more research is recommended in emerging contexts. | Peiris et al. (2012) |
| Contextually adjusted definitions are necessary. International new ventures in the EU internationalize closer to their inception, compared to the USA. | Cesinger et al. (2012) |
| SMEs are different from MNEs in terms of having limited resources, increased sensitivity to external influences and a different ownership structure. Currently used theoretical frameworks include TCE, OLI, institutional theory and network theory. Contextual dimensions include home markets, host markets, psychic distance, industry and firm age. | Laufs & Schwens (2014) |
| More research is needed to examine the explanations for technological and market strategies, as well as environmental and institutional factors that drive early internationalization. Further research into exploring the role of networks and connections enabling early internationalization is also needed. Finally, questions around the role of founding entrepreneurs, learning and public policies supporting early internationalization need further exploration. | Rialp et al. (2014) |
| Influential themes from international business: MNE internationalization, exporting, Uppsala model, TCE framework, emerging economies. From entrepreneurship: opportunity, EO, the entrepreneur. From international entrepreneurship: early internationalization, innovation, networking, international EO, mature born globals. Six areas of potential future research focus: unit off analysis, operationalization of international EO, challenge the TCE/Uppsala frameworks for early internationalizing firms, include corporate entrepreneurship (MNEs and subsidiaries) in research focus, entrepreneurial venturing in emerging economies, opportunity recognition and entrepreneurial decision making. | Dimitratos & Li (2014) |
| According to Hambrick & Chen’s (2008) framework, international entrepreneurship has reached considerable maturity and acceptance as a theoretical field. | Coviello et al. (2015) |
| Current field is partially situated as a major component of international entrepreneurship. Key possibilities for future research are building and testing holistic frameworks (characteristics, antecedents and outcomes) simultaneously. Consider use of theories from management, international business, economics and entrepreneurship. Develop integrative approaches and multi-level studies. | Terjesen et al. (2016) |
| The field of international entrepreneurship clusters around five distinct fields of knowledge: (1) SME internationalization; (2) INVs; (3) Born global firms; (4) RBV and (5) conceptualization and synthesis. | Servantie et al. (2016) |
| Factors that help overcome challenges and support export performance: (1) unique strategies needed for SMEs; (2) high EO; (3) firm capabilities to use government support; (4) innovation; (5) networks | Paul et al. (2017) |
| Results of meta-analysis: (1) the relationship between internationalization and performance is positive; (2) knowledge intensity reduces the effect of the scope of internationalization on firm performance; (3) knowledge intensity increases the effect of the speed of internationalization on performance | Schwens et al. (2017) |
| This analysis provides networks of co-cited references, journals and first authors and their respective clusters, revealing their rankings in terms of contributions to the born global firms’ literature. Cluster 1: internationalization process, cluster 2: entrepreneurial approach, cluster 3: new venture internationalization, cluster 4: network view, cluster 5: organizational capabilities. | Dzikowski (2018) |
| The review identified six streams of BG/INV research: (1) international intensity and global diversity; (2) market orientation; (3) entrepreneurial perspectives; (4) capabilities; (5) networks and social capital and (6) strategic choices and environmental factors. | Øyna and Alon (2018) |
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Most Frequent Keywords | Frequency of Use |
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Entrepreneurship | 11 |
International entrepreneurship | 9 |
Born globals | 7 |
SMEs | 6 |
International business | 6 |
Bibliometrics/citations | 5 |
Marketing | 4 |
Internationalization | 4 |
International new ventures | 4 |
Globalization | 3 |
Export | 2 |
Ref. | Title | Journal | Year | Sys. 1 | Bwd 2 | Fwd 3 |
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Zou and Stan (1998) [35] | The determinants of export performance: a review of the empirical literature between 1987 and 1997 | International Marketing Review | 1998 | Y | 0 | 1 |
Coviello and McAuley (1999) [41] | Internationalization and the smaller firm: a review of contemporary empirical research | Management International Review | 1999 | Y | 0 | 5 |
Fillis (2001) [36] | Small firm internationalization: an investigative survey and future research directions | Management Decision | 2001 | N | 0 | 2 |
Zahra and George (2002) [22] | International entrepreneurship: the current status of the field and future agenda | edited volume (Blackwell) | 2002 | N | 0 | 9 |
Young et al. (2003) [44] | International entrepreneurship research: what scope for international business theories? | Journal of International Entrepreneurship | 2003 | N | 0 | 2 |
Etemad and Lee (2003) [45] | The knowledge network of international entrepreneurship: theory and evidence | Small Business Economics | 2003 | Y | 0 | 3 |
Coviello and Jones (2004) [32] | Methodological issues in international entrepreneurship research | Journal of Business Venturing | 2004 | Y | 2 | 9 |
Rialp et al. (2005) [31] | International entrepreneurship: a review and future directions | International Business Review | 2005 | Y | 2 | 6 |
Ruzzier et al. (2006) [40] | SME internationalization research: past, present and future | Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development | 2006 | N | 0 | 2 |
Wright et al. (2007) [43] | Internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and International Entrepreneurship: A Critique and Policy Implications | Regional Studies | 2007 | N | 1 | 3 |
Aspelund et al. (2007) [34] | A review of the foundation, international marketing strategies and performance of international new ventures | European Journal of Marketing | 2007 | Y | 2 | 6 |
Keupp and Gassmann (2009) [26] | The Past and the Future of International Entrepreneurship: A Review and Suggestions for Developing the Field | Journal of Management | 2009 | Y | 0 | 10 |
Coombs et al. (2009) [46] | Two decades of international entrepreneurship research: what have we learned-where do we go from here? | International Journal of Entrepreneurship | 2009 | Y | 2 | 4 |
Jones et al. (2011) [27] | International entrepreneurship research (1989–2009): a domain ontology and thematic analysis | Journal of Business Venturing | 2011 | Y | 6 | 8 |
Kiss et al. (2012) [20] | International entrepreneurship research in emerging economies: a critical review and research agenda | Journal of Business Venturing | 2012 | Y | 4 | 3 |
Peiris, Akoorie and Sinha (2012) [33] | International entrepreneurship: a critical analysis of studies in the past two decades and future directions for research | Journal of International Entrepreneurship | 2012 | Y | 9 | 1 |
Cesinger et al. (2012) [47] | Rapidly internationalizing ventures: how definitions can bridge the gap across contexts | Management Decision | 2012 | Y | 4 | 3 |
Laufs and Schwens (2014) [48] | Foreign market entry mode choice of small and medium-sized enterprises: A systematic review and future research agenda | International Business Review | 2014 | Y | 2 | 0 |
Rialp et al. (2014) [49] | International entrepreneurship: a review and future directions | edited volume (Routledge) | 2014 | N | 10 | 1 |
Dimitratos and Li (2014) [50] | “Where to” international entrepreneurship? An exploration of seminal articles | edited volume (Routledge) | 2014 | Y | 7 | 0 |
Coviello et al. (2015) [51] | Is international entrepreneurship research a viable spinoff from its parent disciplines | edited volume (Routledge) | 2015 | Y | 3 | 1 |
Terjesen et al. (2016) [52] | Comparative international entrepreneurship: a review and research agenda | Journal of Management | 2016 | Y | 4 | 2 |
Servantie et al. (2016) [53] | Is international entrepreneurship a field? A bibliometric analysis of the literature (1989–2015) | Journal of International Entrepreneurship | 2016 | Y | 8 | 1 |
Paul et al. (2017) [42] | Exporting challenges of SMEs: A review and future research agenda | Journal of World Business | 2017 | Y | 4 | 0 |
Schwens et al. (2018) [37] | International Entrepreneurship: A Meta-Analysis on the Internationalization and Performance Relationship | Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice | 2018 | Y | 4 | 0 |
Dzikowski (2018) [38] | A bibliometric analysis of born global firms | Journal of Business Research | 2018 | Y | 7 | 0 |
Øyna and Alon (2018) [39] | A Review of Born Globals | International Studies of Management & Organization | 2018 | Y | 7 | 0 |
Search Terms | Freq. | Search Terms | Freq. |
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International entrepreneurship | 15 | Early internationalizing firms | 1 |
International new ventures | 11 | Internationalization of small firms | 1 |
Born globals | 10 | Rapidly internationalizing ventures | 1 |
SME internationalization | 6 | Corporate Venturing | 1 |
Global start-ups | 3 | Emerging economies | 1 |
Entrepreneurship | 3 | Export challenges | 1 |
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor | 2 | Export marketing | 1 |
International business | 2 | Export performance | 1 |
Internationalization | 2 | International marketing strategies | 1 |
Performance | 2 | MNE internationalization | 1 |
Comparative international entrepreneurship | 1 | Policy | 1 |
Small and medium sized enterprises | 1 |
Theoretical Focus | Frequency |
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International entrepreneurship | 9 |
Rapid/early internationalization (INVs, BGs) | 7 |
SME internationalization | 6 |
Performance | 2 |
Developing/emerging economies | 1 |
Comparative international entrepreneurship | 1 |
Methodologies | 1 |
Key Attributes | Frequency |
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Theoretical background | 22 |
Methods and analysis | 17 |
Findings/results/outcomes | 14 |
Country/context | 13 |
International activity | 11 |
Journal (outlet) | 11 |
Research objectives | 10 |
Citations/references | 10 |
Firm characteristics | 8 |
Variables | 8 |
Year | Journal | Scope/Focus/Title | # 1 |
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1996 | Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice | International Entrepreneurship: Past, Present and Future | 4 |
2000 | Academy of Management Journal | Special Research Forum on International Entrepreneurship | 5 |
2001 | Journal of International Management | SMEs and the Global Economy | 5 |
2003 | Small Business Economics | Internationalization of SMEs: Toward a New Paradigm | 6 |
2005 | International Business Review | Future directions for international entrepreneurship research | 6 |
2005 | Journal of International Business Studies | Decade Award: Toward a Theory of International New Ventures | 3 |
2005 | Management International Review | Aspects of the Internationalization Process in Smaller Firms | 6 |
2006 | International Marketing Review | New perspectives on international entrepreneurship | 5 |
2007 | Journal of World Business | The Early and Rapid Internationalization of the Firm | 9 |
2008 | European Management Journal | International Entrepreneurship | 8 |
2009 | Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal | International entrepreneurship: managerial and policy implications | 4 |
2009 | The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation | Catalyzing international entrepreneurship | 6 |
2011 | Journal of Business Venturing | International Forum | 2 |
2011 | Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development | International entrepreneurship: areas for future research | 10 |
2014 | European Business Review | International new ventures—rapid internationalization across different industry contexts | 5 |
2014 | Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice | International Entrepreneurship | 7 |
2014 | Management International Review | Born Global Firms—From Birth to Maturity | 6 |
2014 | The Routledge companion to international entrepreneurship | International entrepreneurship | 15 |
2015 | Journal of International Business Studies | Decade Award: Innovation, organizational capabilities and the born-global firm | 2 |
2016 | Journal of International Entrepreneurship | International entrepreneurship in and from emerging economies | 6 |
2017 | Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review | International Entrepreneurship: New Perspective in IB Research | 6 |
Domains of International Entrepreneurship Research [27] | Reviews Articles (n = 27) 1 | Special Issue Articles (n = 126) 1 |
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Entrepreneurial internationalization | 88.9% | 89.7% |
Comparative international entrepreneurship | 14.8% | 9.5% |
Comparative entrepreneurial internationalization | 14.8% | 6.3% |
Fields of International Entrepreneurship Research [53] | Reviews Articles (n = 27) 1 | Special Issue Articles (n = 126) 1 |
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Conceptual and theoretical synthesis | 63.0% | 31.7% |
Resource-based view | 7.4% | 2.4% |
Born globals | 48.1% | 16.7% |
International new ventures | 48.1% | 26.2% |
SME internationalization | 29.6% | 32.5% |
Special Issue Focus | Frequency |
---|---|
International entrepreneurship | 8 |
Rapid/early internationalization | 5 |
International entrepreneurship new/future perspectives | 4 |
SME internationalization | 3 |
Developing/emerging economies | 1 |
Broad Topic Area | # 1 | Broad Topic Area | # 1 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Specific topic | Specific topic | ||||
International entrepreneurship | 58 | Business theories | 68 | ||
resource-based view | 13 | ||||
International business theories | 63 | knowledge-based theory | 12 | ||
internationalization theory | 39 | stage model | 8 | ||
network theory | 15 | strategy | 6 | ||
international business | 7 | dynamic capabilities perspective | 5 | ||
international marketing | 1 | e-commerce | 4 | ||
risk theory | 1 | firm performance | 4 | ||
organizational theory | 4 | ||||
Entrepreneurship theories | 41 | business models | 3 | ||
entrepreneurship | 22 | firm growth | 2 | ||
innovation theory | 12 | organizational culture | 2 | ||
entrepreneurial orientation | 4 | top management teams perspective | 1 | ||
social entrepreneurship | 3 | evolutionary theory | 1 | ||
industrial organization | 1 | ||||
Economics/finance theories | 25 | management information systems | 1 | ||
competitiveness theory | 7 | ||||
institutional theory | 4 | Psychology/sociology theories | 20 | ||
human capital theory | 3 | cognition theory | 6 | ||
economic growth theory | 2 | effectuation theory | 3 | ||
game theory | 2 | theory of learning | 3 | ||
venture capital theory | 2 | behavioral theory | 2 | ||
economic policy | 1 | cross-cultural research | 2 | ||
intellectual property theory | 1 | contingency theory | 1 | ||
social capital theory | 1 | collaboration | 1 | ||
spatial economics | 1 | decision making theory | 1 | ||
transaction cost theory | 1 | gender studies | 1 |
Type of Research Pursued | Focus of Research Activity | # 1 |
---|---|---|
Explorative | 55 | |
explore | 45 | |
investigate | 10 | |
Synthesizing | 36 | |
focus | 10 | |
contribute | 10 | |
extend | 8 | |
develop | 8 | |
Evaluative | 27 | |
examine | 13 | |
review | 8 | |
analyze | 4 | |
discuss | 2 | |
Confirmatory | 8 | |
confirm | 4 | |
explain | 4 |
Type of Method | Number of Studies | Number of Observations | Average Number of Observations Per Study |
---|---|---|---|
Interviews | 10 | 216 | 22 |
Case studies | 32 | 229 | 7 |
Descriptive statistics | 2 | 356 | 178 |
Means comparisons | 3 | 737 | 246 |
Factor analyses | 2 | 1389 | 695 |
Cluster analyses | 5 | 1016 | 203 |
Regressions (survey) | 18 | 6238 | 347 |
Regressions (secondary) | 4 | 44,384 | 11,096 |
Structural Equation Modeling | 3 | 1265 | 422 |
Further Research Subjects | # 1 | Further Research Designs | # 1 |
---|---|---|---|
additional countries | 11 | quantitative design | 24 |
cross-cultural setting | 9 | longitudinal design | 17 |
low-tech industries | 2 | qualitative design | 11 |
high-tech industries | 2 | mixed methods design | 2 |
Hypotheses | Results |
---|---|
H1: review articles progressively build knowledge | SUPPORTED |
H2a: Systematic review articles link more to previous reviews | SUPPORTED |
H2b: Systematic review articles are more impactful | NOT SUPPORTED |
H3a: Systematic reviews and special issues cover similar domains of international entrepreneurship [27] | SUPPORTED |
H3b: Systematic reviews and special issues cover similar fields of international entrepreneurship [53] | NOT SUPPORTED |
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Perényi, Á.; Losoncz, M. A Systematic Review of International Entrepreneurship Special Issue Articles. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3476. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103476
Perényi Á, Losoncz M. A Systematic Review of International Entrepreneurship Special Issue Articles. Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3476. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103476
Chicago/Turabian StylePerényi, Áron, and Miklós Losoncz. 2018. "A Systematic Review of International Entrepreneurship Special Issue Articles" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3476. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103476