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Originande mergenceofentrepreneurshipasaresearch field M. Meyer ?D. Libaers -B. Thijs .K. Grant ? W. Glahzel ? K. Debackere Received: 14January2013 6 AkademiaiKiadQ Budapest, Hungary2013 r A bstracl T hispaperseeksto mapoutthee mergenceandevolutionofenliDprcneiii^ship asanindependcntfieldinthesocialsciencelitcralurcfromthccaidyl990sto2009. Our arialysisuidicatesthatenti^pi-erieiH-shiphasgix) wnsleadilydiuingthe 1990sbulhasti^uly emergedasalegiLi mateacade micdiscipliiieinlhelattenjartoflhe2()()0s Thefieldhas beendo minatedbyreseairhei-slixxii A ngl(rSax()ricountiiesoveithepasl20yecir^ with paiticularly strong representations fro in the US, UK, and Canada The results from our strucUiral analysis which is based on a core document approach, point to five large knowledge clusters and further 16 sub-clusters We characterize the clusters from their cogiiitivestiuctui^eandassessthestnenglhoftherelationshipsbetweentheseclustei^In addition, al islofmoslci tedailiclesispresenLedanddiscussed Key woi ds Entrepreneurship\EmergingdisciplineACoredocumentapproach M. Meyer() KenLBusinessSchool, Univei-sityofKent, CanLei-bia^yCT17PE, LK e-mail: m.s HYPERLINK mailto:meyer@keni.ac.ukmeyer@keni.ac.uk M. Meyer SC-ResearchiiislilulQ UnivcfsilyofVaaisa, Vaasa, Finland ￥(； rf f? f IuhI BeVai t me n versilpitLeuveii, Wai ssUBat.fi 3000 Leu veil, Belgium D. Libaers RegnierliistitutefbrEntjppiPneurshipaiidlnnovatioii, Henry W. BlochSchoolofManagemenl, UniversitydTHissouri-KnnsasCily, KansasCity, M064110, K. Grant DepartmenLofIiilra*malice LondonSouthbankUniversity London, UK W. Gla iizel Depart mentofSciencePolicyScientomeIlich HungarianAcade myofSciences Budapest, Hungary 12 3Published online: 31 Muy 2013 12 3 Introduction The present study aiins at presenting findings frorn the analysis of the emergence and ev()luti()n()feriUepi-eneLLishipasciriindependentfieldiiithes()cicilscienceliteicitiiieIix)ni the eaiiy 1990s to 2009. As an e merging area, the enti^epreneui^ship field has already at