Hamid Reza Irani , Asf Karimi , Zeynab Molavi , Mohammad Amin
Askari
The purpose of this study is bibliometric analysis (bibliometrics) of
scientific documents published in Scopus database on the subject of
entrepreneurial ecosystem and drawing its scientific map in the period 1994-
2020. Methods and resources used in this descriptive-analytical study, 624
scientific articles as a thematic search in the Scopus database with the subject
of entrepreneurial ecosystem were bibliometric analysis. Data analysis was
performed by the facilities of this database as well as VOS viewer software
which is a social network analysis software. It shows that the subject of the
entrepreneurial ecosystem has gone through four distinct stages from the
beginning to the present. . In the first period, scientists focused on the business
environment and realized that the external environment is also important for
business growth. In the second period, they identified the components of the
environment and tried to find the factors that affect, In the third period,
scientists realized the complexities and various factors and dynamics of the
environment and discussed the systemic approach and holism. In the fourth
period, due to rapid changes in the environment and information technology in
the present century, entrepreneurship as an ecosystem discussion for each
region. And focused on digital startups. Entrepreneurship in general is a
systemic and process discussion, which is why the ecosystem discussion has
been raised.