Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: a bibliometric study

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https://doi.org/10.9771/cp.v18i3.60499

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Ecosystem, Entrepreneurship, Bibliometrics.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to analyze the thematic evolution of the research field on entrepreneurial ecosystems, based on articles published in English in the Web of Science (WoS) database using the expressions “entrepreneurial ecosystem” or “entrepreneurial ecosystems”, without defining a search period. To this end, a systematic review of the literature was carried out through a bibliometric study with citation-based analysis using the CitNetExplorer software, which allows visualizing and analyzing citation networks, applying the functionalities of core publication (cutting the most relevant articles), clustering (grouping similar publications) and drill down (creating a sub-network of publications). The results obtained indicate that the publications are recent and the main concern of the authors was to establish a definitive concept for the theme, since it was the cluster with 377 publications. Three other themes addressed were: sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, entrepreneurship in universities and case studies of entrepreneurial ecosystems.

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Paulo Henrique de Lima Siqueira, Federal University of São João del-Rei

He holds a degree in Administration (1999) and a master's degree in Applied Economics (2004) from the Federal University of Viçosa (2004) and a PhD in Administration (2013) from the Federal University of Lavras (2013). He is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of São João Del-Rei, linked to the Department of Administrative and Accounting Sciences-DECAC and Coordinator of the Professional Master's degree in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer for Innovation (Profnit). He has already coordinated the Undergraduate course in Administration, the Professional Master's course in Network Public Administration (Profiap) for four years and was deputy coordinator of Profnit. He is a reviewer for national journals such as Revista Economia & Gestão and Revista Brasileira de Iniciação Científica and the international journal Journal of Cleaner Production. He has taught classes in undergraduate courses in Administration and Production Engineering of the curricular units Small Business Management, Marketing, and Fundamentals of Quantitative Research in Administration, at Profiap the subject of Public Project Management and at Profnit the subject of Technological Prospecting and the discipline of Public Policy for Science, Technology and Innovation and the Brazilian State. He has experience in the area of Administration, with an emphasis on Business Administration and Public Administration, working mainly on the following topics: Innovation in the Public and Private Sectors, Small Business Management, Agroindustry. (Text provided by the author)

Jucelio Luiz de Paula Sales Sales, Federal University of São João del-Rei

Professional Master in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer.

Suelen Moura Teixeira, Federal University of São João del-Rei

Specialist in Business Management from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Bezamat de Souza Neto, Federal University of São João del-Rei

PhD in Production Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

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2025-07-01

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Siqueira, P. H. de L. ., Sales, J. L. de P. S., Teixeira, S. M. ., & Souza Neto, B. de. (2025). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: a bibliometric study. Cadernos De Prospecção, 18(3), 686–697. https://doi.org/10.9771/cp.v18i3.60499

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Vol. 18 No. 3 (2025)

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