Abstract:

In this study, the evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship papers published in international journals from its first occurrence to the today’s status will be briefly summarized. In order to understand how the research field is academically analyzed and appreciated in Turkey, a qualitative method, content analysis, is used in the thesis study. By means of online search in Tubitak-Ulakbim database in social science between the years 2009-2018, 311 papers and 2 journals having “SME” or “Entrepreneurship” word in the title are reached and these papers are analyzed by means of MAXQDA 2018 software. According to analyses, it is concluded that “Qualitative Design” is used in 186 papers, “Survey Method” is used in 169 papers, “Entrepreneurial Behaviour” subject is focused in 74 papers and “Finance and Financial Management” is used in 71 papers. According to implications of these results, suggestions are given for the future studies conducted in the research field in Turkey.

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