Mapping of E-Entrepreneurship Research: Bibliometric Review

Abstract

E-entrepreneurship has gotten more attention. E-entrepreneurship is the harmonization of electronic business elements with entrepreneurial activities and the use of information technology in entrepreneurship. E-entrepreneurship roles have fundamentally altered economic growth, industrial progress, and societal sustainability. This study aims to map e-entrepreneurship research at the global level. To achieve this, 182 relevant international publications from 1995 to 2021 were mapped using bibliometric analysis with Scopus and VOSviewer. The results show an increasing trend and evolution of literature related to e-entrepreneurship. This research study indicates that Kollmann, T., and Universität Duisburg-Essen were the most productive individual researcher and research institutions in e-entrepreneurship. The most prolific researcher in the entrepreneurship area was usually from UK affiliates. The United States was a leading research country on e-entrepreneurship. This study proposes a conceptual framework from the IBEEE research theme for the e-entrepreneurship topic based on the keyword cluster categorization of innovation and policy, business, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial process, and e-business. The IBEEE research theme can be used to develop e-entrepreneurship studies in the future.