Academic Entrepreneurship Research Profiling : Towards Tematic Boundaries of the Field

• Autorzy: Andrzej Lis , Anna Komarnicka
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The issues of academic entrepreneurship have been receiving growing attention among researchers in recent years. This increasing interest results in the number of publications. Nevertheless, so far, the research field has not been mapped thoroughly. The paper aims to identify thematic boundaries of the research field related to academic entrepreneurship and its key contributors through research profiling. The following objectives have been defined to design the research process oriented to achieving the aforementioned aim: (1) to identify nations, research institutions, journals and authors considered to be the key contributors in the field, (2) to identify the leading subject areas grouping research output in the field, and (3) to identify predominant topics of publications. Research profiling is a method applied to achieve the aim of the study and related objectives. Research profiling comprises three components: general research profiling, subject area profiling and topic profiling. General research profiling is conducted in order to identify key contributors in the field with the focus on such aspects as countries/territories producing the highest number of publications, the most productive affiliated institutions, source titles and authors. Exploring diversity of research perspectives within the research field, subject area profiling is applied to identify and analyze the distribution of the research output in the field among various subject areas, which highlights the multidimensionality of the issues related to academic entrepreneurship. Topic profiling, with the emphasis on differences among source titles, authors, subject areas and core references, is aimed at identifying key topics and research streams in the field. The study contributes to the existing body of knowledge through mapping the research field related to academic entrepreneurship and discovering its thematic boundaries, which has not been done before. This originality and novelty of the paper strengthen its value in the theory of academic entrepreneurship. Due to its theoretical character, the paper shows more research than practical implications as it provides recommendations for further theoretical studies aimed at exploring and describing the research field. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Academic entrepreneurship; Bibliometric analysis; Knowledge mapping

PL

Przedsiębiorczość akademicka; Analiza bibliometryczna; Mapowanie wiedzy

• Czasopismo: Business and Non-profit Organizations Facing Increased Competition and Growing Customers' Demands
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 17
• Strony: 235--260

Twórcy

autor

Andrzej Lis

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

autor

Anna Komarnicka

• Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, PhD student

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