M. Olumekor, S. N. Polbitsyn, U. K. Singh. A Review of Academic Research on Regional Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Analysis

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doi: 10.15507/2413-1407.124.031.202303.514-526

Abstract

Introduction. Prior studies have connected entrepreneurship to the economic growth of regions. This fact has led to an increase in academic interest on regional entrepreneurship in Russia and around the world. However, these studies are highly diverse in their research scope, goals, methodologies and results. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to provide some coherence and synthesis to academic research on regional entrepreneurship in Russia.

Materials and Methods. Using a bibliometric method of analysis, this research presents an empirical review of academic studies on entrepreneurship in Russian regions. To maintain a quality threshold, our research focus was limited to studies indexed in the Scopus citation database. We analysed 361 articles from 2006 to 2022. The research includes a thorough performance analysis and a scientific mapping of the field.

Results. Our results show that the main thematic clusters include entrepreneurship, innovation system, government support, knowledge economy and competitiveness, while emerging themes include pandemic, digitalisation, higher education and investment attractiveness, among others. Also, we identified a number of research gaps, particularly in the sociological research of entrepreneurs, and propose suggestions for future research.

Discussion and Conclusion. This article provides an important resource for scholars interested in the study of regional entrepreneurship in Russia and around the world.

Keywords: entrepreneurial sociology, regional entrepreneurship, bibliometric, individual entrepreneur, regional economy, entrepreneurial behaviour, socio-economic development

Conflict of interests. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Funding. The research was financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University project within the Priority 2030 program).

For citation: Olumekor M., Polbitsyn S.N., Singh U.K. A Review of Academic Research on Regional Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Analysis. Russian Journal of Regional Studies. 2023;31(3):514–526. https://doi.org/10.15507/2413-1407.124.031.202303.514-526

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Submitted 22.01.2023; revised 27.03.2023; accepted 06.04.2023.

About the authors:

Michael Olumekor, Research Laboratory “Regional Development Strategies: Sustainability and Security of Economic Systems”, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19 Mira St., Ekaterinburg 620002, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1764-2240, molumekor@urfu.ru

Sergey N. Polbitsyn, Dr. Sci (Econ.), Professor, Department of Regional Economy, Innovative Entrepreneurship and Security, Ural Federal University named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19 Mira St., Ekaterinburg 620002, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0640-616X, s.n.polbitsyn@urfu.ru

Utsav Kumar Singh, Dr. Sci (Econ.), Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi (Sheikh Sarai, New Delhi 110017, India), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2309-3302, adh.utsav@sbs.du.ac.in

Contribution of the authors:

M. Olumekor – conceptualization; methodology; data curation; formal data analysis; writing the original draft of the manuscript; data visualisation.

S. N. Polbitsyn – conceptualization; provision of resources; project administrator; scientific guidance.

U. K. Singh – conceptualization; methodology; data collection.

The authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.