International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO): A bibliometric overview of scholarly research

Abstract This study reviews the current state of research on international entrepreneurial orientation (IEO). Using a bibliometric and network analysis of 86 scientific documents on IEO collected from the Scopus database for the period of 2001–2020, the authors created a road map of extant knowledge in this field. Co-citation networks of references, journals, and authors was done and important clusters that emerge from these networks are described. The findings reveal, inter alia, publication trends in the field of IEO and identify the influential papers, productive authors, journals, institutions and countries in this field. The paper uncovers the main research topics and current theoretical foundations of this emerging field. Finally, we identify future research opportunities in IEO.