Research trend exploring of the performance of international business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Bibliometric Analysis)

Fotovat Eskandari, Atousa; Mohammadkazemi, Reza; Razavi, S. Mostafa; Tayeb Nia, Mohammad Reza

doi:10.22034/jtd.2025.2037297.1952

Research trend exploring of the performance of international business and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (Bibliometric Analysis)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Atousa Fotovat Eskandari ¹

Reza Mohammadkazemi ²

S. Mostafa Razavi ³

mohammad reza tayeb nia ⁴

¹ ,Candidate in Entrepreneurship, Caspian International Campus University of Tehran

² New Business Department, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor in University of Tehran

⁴ Assistant Professor in University of Tehran

10.22034/jtd.2025.2037297.1952

Abstract

Entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation and entrepreneurship empowerment (Mago, 2023) by multiple stakeholders, several institutions (Ferreira, 2023) and the interaction of venture capitalists, anchors, government, universities, research entities within a region (Bonomi, 2023), with an evolutionary approach and collective innovation goal (Chaudhary, 2024) are formed and relate to different levels of analysis macro (agents) and meso (different partners) level variables positively impact international performance (Ferreira, et al., 2023).). The purpose of the research is in descriptive analytical study by comprehensive bibliometric analysis of 685 scholarly articles on entrepreneurship ecosystem and international performance published in the Scopus database from 2016 to 2024 by VOSviewer, which is a social network analysis software, to giving the innovative approach in this field of research (article) to receive a summary of research in the field, get an overview and improve understanding. According to the present study, in recent years, many scientists around the world have attracted the dynamic of entrepreneurial ecosystem and its impact on business performance. Dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems foster sustainable development (Audretsch, et al., 2024), so the government's attention to one or more elements of the ecosystem instead of paying attention to many elements at the same time (Mohammadkazemi, et al., 1400), can mislead the government's efforts in relation to by creating a suitable platform for the act of international companies This study examines the role of entrepreneurial ecosystems and its elements in improving the international performance of business.

Keywords

"Entrepreneurial ecosystem"

"attributes regional"

"international performance of businesses"

"network"

Subjects

Entrepreneurship

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