Entrepreneurial behaviour: bibliometric identification the influence of international publications in national studies/Comportamento empreendedor: estudo bibliometrico da producao nacional e a influencia de referencial teorico internacional

• Published in: Internext 2012-01, Vol.7 (1), p.166
• Main Authors: Brancher, Indiara Beltrame, de Oliveira, Elizabeth Mocato, Roncon, Aleksander
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• ISSN: 1980-4865; 1980-4865

It has been possible to apprehend a significant contribution of entrepreneurs to economy, given its ability to create jobs, provide new products, as well as establish networks of small businesses, both national and international. This can be verified in the importance given to these entrepreneurship studies in a global level. In this sense, the study of entrepreneurial behavior has been gaining attention as it has been increasing interest in entrepreneurship, reflected on the increasing number of publications on the subject. In this direction, the paper aims to develop a bibliometric study considering the articles published in EnANPAD about entrepreneurial behavior in the period from 2004 to 2008, and identify the influence of international publications in national studies on the subject. The paper seeks to review the issue in order to present a theoretical map of the paths which Brazilian researchers have followed in the search for understanding the topic, and identify a possible influence of international publications on the national production on the subject. As a theoretical mark can be highlighted Dornelas (2001), Gimenez et al. (2008); Schumpeter (1982), McClelland (1972) and Filion (1999). The results suggest a predominance of the approach on the subject from the behavioral characteristics of the entrepreneur, the majority of authors are from institutions located in the south and southeastern of Brazil, and the methodology which was most used by these authors, in the development of the work, was theoretical-empirical. Also significant was the confirmation of the influence of international bibliographic productions, since the main authors (except for Fernando Dolabela) and most of the references considered by Brazilian researchers, aware of international authors, being on an average 59.0% of the references used in the articles were international. Keywords: Entrepreneurial Behavior. Entrepreneurship. Bibliometric Study. Tem sido possivel perceber a significativa contribuicao dos empreendedores para economia, haja vista sua capacidade de criar empregos, disponibilizar novos produtos, assim como estabelecer redes de pequenos negocios. Isso pode ser verificado na importancia dada ao estudo em empreendedorismo no mundio contemporaneo. Nesse sentido, o estudo do comportamento empreendedor vem ganhando destaque, visto que tem havido cada vez mais interesse pelo empreendedorismo, refletido no numero crescente de publicacoes sobre o tema. Com esse norte, o pr