Die Entrepreneurshipforschung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Eine Resonanzanalyse (Entrepreneurship Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: A Resonance Analysis)

Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 53-76, 2012

26 Pages Posted: 16 Jan 2012

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Tobias Kollmann

University of Duisburg-Essen

Andreas Kuckertz

University of Hohenheim

Christoph Stöckmann

University of Duisburg-Essen - Department of Economics and Business Administration

Patrick Krell

University of Duisburg-Essen

Date Written: October 1, 2011

Abstract

Over the last decades the number of journal publications in entrepreneurship research has increased dramatically. To analyze the perception of these studies, the present paper suggests a relative measure – the so-called resonance factor (RF) –, which puts a paper’s citations in relation to the number of expected citations of the average paper of the same age. We apply this resonance factor to 257 entrepreneurship studies published between 1997 and 2007 and the respective Google Scholar citations they achieved until 2010. All studies included in the sample were authored by researchers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The study identifies trends in publications and discusses – based on the resonance factor – the most important contributions over the inspected time period in four areas of entrepreneurship research, i.e. entrepreneurial opportunities, the entrepreneurial personality, organization and management as well as environmental influences on entrepreneurship.

Keywords: entrepreneurship research

JEL Classification: M13

Suggested Citation

Kollmann, Tobias and Kuckertz, Andreas and Stöckmann, Christoph and Krell, Patrick, Die Entrepreneurshipforschung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Eine Resonanzanalyse (Entrepreneurship Research in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: A Resonance Analysis) (October 1, 2011). Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 53-76, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1986105 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1986105

Tobias Kollmann

University of Duisburg-Essen ( email )

Universitätsstrasse 9
Essen, 45147
Germany

HOME PAGE: http://www.e-entrepreneurship.de

Andreas Kuckertz (Contact Author)

University of Hohenheim ( email )

Wollgrasweg 49
Stuttgart, 70599
Germany
+49 711 459-24820 (Phone)
+49 711 459-24826 (Fax)

HOME PAGE: http://entrepreneurship.uni-hohenheim.de/

Christoph Stöckmann

University of Duisburg-Essen - Department of Economics and Business Administration ( email )

Universitätsstr. 9
Essen, 45141
Germany

Patrick Krell

University of Duisburg-Essen ( email )

Lotharstrasse 1
Duisburg, 47048
Germany

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