Entrepreneurial Resilience in SMEs: A Bibliometric Perspective
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Entrepreneurial Resilience, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract
Entrepreneurial resilience is essential to SMEs' success and long-term viability, especially when faced with competitive pressures and economic uncertainty. The resilience of their leaders and staff is critical to SMEs' capacity to weather economic downturns, adjust to shifting market conditions, and seize new opportunities. Because of the rapidly expanding and multidisciplinary nature of the research, a bibliometric analysis was carried out, as it is crucial in the field of entrepreneurial resilience. The Scopus database provided the bibliometric information used in this investigation. The results highlight the most significant writers, organizations, and geographical areas that contribute to the field, as well as trends in keyword co-occurrence and citation. The results and limitations of this study can be taken into consideration for future research.
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Duchek, Stephanie. (2018). Entrepreneurial resilience: a biographical analysis of successful entrepreneurs. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 14.
de Vries, H., & Shields, J. (2006). Resilience as a key entrepreneurial trait: Conceptual foundations and empirical insights. Journal of Business Research, 59(3), 245-253.
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Duchek, S. (2017). Entrepreneurial resilience: a biographical analysis of successful entrepreneurs. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(2), 429-455.
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Liu, X., Wu, X., Wang, Q., & Zhou, Z. (2022). Entrepreneurial mindfulness and organizational resilience of Chinese SMEs during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of entrepreneurial resilience. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 992161.
Li, B., Zhong, Y., Zhang, T., & Hua, N. (2021). Transcending the COVID-19 crisis: Business resilience and innovation of the restaurant industry in China. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 49, 44-53.
Magadán-Díaz M & Rivas-García JI (2022) Publishing industry: a bibliometric analysis of the scientific production indexed in Scopus. Publ Res Q 38(4):665–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-022-09911-3
Martinelli, E., Tagliazucchi, G., & Marchi, G. (2018). The resilient retail entrepreneur: dynamic capabilities for facing natural disasters. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 24(7), 1222-1243.
Orchiston, C. (2013). Tourism business preparedness, resilience, and disaster planning in a region of high seismic risk: The case of the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Current Issues in Tourism, 16(5), 477-494.
Pham-Duc B, Tran T, Huu Hoang D, Bao Do C (2023) Global scientific literature on human resource development: a bibliometric analysis using Scopus database. Europ J Train Develop 47(7–8):846–861. https:// doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-01-2022-0004/FULL/PDF
Purnomo, B. R., Adiguna, R., Widodo, W., Suyatna, H., & Nusantoro, B. P. (2021). Entrepreneurial resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic: navigating survival, continuity and growth. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 13(4), 497-524.
Pramesti, P., & Prihastiwi, W. J. (2020). The Analysis of Resilience of Young Successful Entrepreneurs. Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019). https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.002
Prayitno, E., Tarigan, N. L. L., Mauidzoh, U., & Sukmawaty, W. E. P. (2024). The Revival of SMEs in Indonesia from the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Journal of the Community Development in Asia, 7(2), 99–114.
Quvae, J. (2023). The scope and coverage of Scopus: An overview. Information Services Journal, 39(2), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2023.1882345
Saad, M. H., Hagelaar, G., Van Der Velde, G., & Omta, S. W. F. (2021). Conceptualization of SMEs’ business resilience: A systematic literature review. Cogent Business & Management, 8(1), 1938347.
Sachdev, N. (2023). Entrepreneurial Resilience: What Makes an Entrepreneur Start Another Business After Failure? Asian Journal of Economics, Business and Accounting, 23(18), 46. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajeba/2023/v23i181057Santos, S. C., Liguori, E. W., & Garvey, E. (2023). How digitalization reinvented entrepreneurial resilience during COVID-19. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 189, 122398.
Santoro, G., Messeni-Petruzzelli, A., & Del Giudice, M. (2021). Searching for resilience: the impact of employee-level and entrepreneur-level resilience on firm performance in small family firms. Small Business Economics, 57(1), 455-471.
Santoro, G., Bertoldi, B., Giachino, C., & Candelo, E. (2020). Exploring the relationship between entrepreneurial resilience and success: The moderating role of stakeholders' engagement. Journal of Business Research, 119, 142-150.
Senderovitz, M. (2016). How are SMEs defined in current research? University of Southern Denmark. Retrieved June 22, 2025, from https://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/file/2f2a940e-6486-4ce2-93b9-ac666ae6edd2/1/PDF%20(Published%20version).pdf
Seraj, A. H. A., Fazal, S. A., & Alshebami, A. S. (2022). Entrepreneurial competency, financial literacy, and sustainable performance—examining the mediating role of entrepreneurial resilience among Saudi entrepreneurs. Sustainability, 14(17), 10689.
Shepherd, D. A., Saade, F. P., & Wincent, J. (2020). How to circumvent adversity? Refugee-entrepreneurs' resilience in the face of substantial and persistent adversity. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4), 105940.
Singh N, & Arora S (2023). Recognizing the legacy of the TQM Journal: a bibliometric analysis of Scopus-indexed publications (2008–2021). TQM J 35(4):946–963. https://doi.org/10.1108/TQM-01-2022-0002/FULL/PDF
St-Jean, E., & Audet, J. (2012). The role of mentoring in the learning development of the novice entrepreneur. International entrepreneurship and management journal, 8, 119-140.
Sweileh WM (2022) Analysis and mapping of global research publications on shift work (2012–2021). Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-022-00364-0
Tanner, S., Prayag, G., & Kuntz, J. C. (2022). Psychological capital, social capital, and organizational resilience: A Herringbone Model perspective. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 78, 103149.
Telli, E. (2023). Giri?imci esnekli?ine ili?kin küresel ara?t?rma trendlerinin bibliyometrik analizi [Bibliometric analysis of global research trends on entrepreneurial resilience]. Selçuk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Meslek Yüksekokulu Dergisi, 26(2), 357–369. https://doi.org/10.29228/SUSBMYD.73051
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Van Eck NJ, Waltman L (2010) Software survey: VOSviewer, a computer program for bibliometric mapping. Scientometrics, 84(2), 523–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0146-3
Van Eck, N. J., & Waltman, L. (2022). VOSviewer Manual
Vogel R (2012) The visible colleges of management and organization studies: a bibliometric. Analys Acad J 33(8), 1015–1043. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840612448028
Zhou X, Zhou M, Huang D, Cui L (2022) A probabilistic model for co-occurrence analysis in bibliometrics. J Biomedi. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104047
Zupic I, & Cater T (2015). Bibliometric methods in management and organization. Org Res Methods, 18(3), 429–472
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Ma’amor, H., Badrolhisam, N. I., & Munir, R. (2025). Entrepreneurial Resilience in SMEs: A Bibliometric Perspective. Information Management and Business Review, 17(3(I), 252-265. https://doi.org/10.22610/imbr.v17i3(I).4701
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