What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)

The internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a topic of constant research interest due to the impact these have on economic growth and employment in developed, emerging and developing countries. A desire to understand and a growing interest in the study of the internation...

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Main Authors:	María del Pilar Casado-Belmonte, Gema María Marín-Carrillo, Eduardo Terán-Yépez, María de las Mercedes Capobianco-Uriarte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:	Publications
Subjects:	internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises state-of-the-art bibliometrics co-word analysis
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/8/1/11

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spelling	doaj-47ee3590aa5c4cf5b824b70b9eba2b9e2020-11-25T02:56:03ZengMDPI AGPublications2304-67752020-02-01811110.3390/publications8010011publications8010011What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)María del Pilar Casado-Belmonte0Gema María Marín-Carrillo1Eduardo Terán-Yépez2María de las Mercedes Capobianco-Uriarte3Department of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, SpainDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, SpainDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, SpainDepartment of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, SpainThe internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a topic of constant research interest due to the impact these have on economic growth and employment in developed, emerging and developing countries. A desire to understand and a growing interest in the study of the internationalization process of SMEs has provoked a significant increase in the production of manuscripts in this field in the last decade. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out periodic reviews on the state-of-the-art of this phenomenon in order to highlight advances and limitations, to motivate reflections and stimulate progress in future research. Thus, the main objective of this study is to describe the state-of-the-art of the research into SME Internationalization based on a bibliometric analysis of 1152 manuscripts published from 1990 to 2018. The results enable the identification of the main agents that are constantly developing this field through an analysis of scientific production and collaboration indicators. Furthermore, through a co-word analysis, this research establishes hot-spot research trends that need to be developed in future research. The main contribution of this research is the configuration of a knowledge map on SME Internationalization research.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/8/1/11internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprisesstate-of-the-artbibliometricsco-word analysis
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title	What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)
title_short	What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)
title_full	What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)
title_fullStr	What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)
title_full_unstemmed	What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)
title_sort	what is going on with the research into the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (smes)? an intellectual structure analysis into the state-of-the-art (1990–2018)
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description	The internationalization of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is a topic of constant research interest due to the impact these have on economic growth and employment in developed, emerging and developing countries. A desire to understand and a growing interest in the study of the internationalization process of SMEs has provoked a significant increase in the production of manuscripts in this field in the last decade. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out periodic reviews on the state-of-the-art of this phenomenon in order to highlight advances and limitations, to motivate reflections and stimulate progress in future research. Thus, the main objective of this study is to describe the state-of-the-art of the research into SME Internationalization based on a bibliometric analysis of 1152 manuscripts published from 1990 to 2018. The results enable the identification of the main agents that are constantly developing this field through an analysis of scientific production and collaboration indicators. Furthermore, through a co-word analysis, this research establishes hot-spot research trends that need to be developed in future research. The main contribution of this research is the configuration of a knowledge map on SME Internationalization research.
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What Is Going on with the Research into the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? An Intellectual Structure Analysis into the State-of-the-Art (1990–2018)

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