Title: Artisan entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review of this emerging field of research and new trends

Authors: Alex Olivier Rodrigues; Carla Susana Marques; Gina Santos

Addresses: University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto-Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal ' CETRAD Research Center, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto-Douro (UTAD), 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal ' CETRAD Research Center, Lusófona University, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal

Abstract: This study provides an overview of the past, present, and future of research in the artisan entrepreneurship field. We have carried out a systematic review of the literature by combining different bibliometric techniques applied to data from a search of the following keywords 'entrepreneur*' (article titles) AND '*craft*' OR 'artisan*' (topics), in the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases. Our findings indicate that the extant literature on this topic falls into two clusters: 1) entrepreneurship ecosystem, culture, and the artisan; 2) models, theories and conceptual visions. We present the most relevant contributions and a future research agenda for each cluster to address the gaps in the field. This study will enable future researchers to focus their efforts on the poorly addressed shortcomings in the literature.

Keywords: artisan; craft; artisan entrepreneurship; systematic literature review; SLR; bibliometrics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2024.138279

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2024 Vol.52 No.2, pp.256 - 282

Received: 02 Oct 2021
Accepted: 22 Dec 2021
Published online: 01 May 2024 *

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