Status Quo and Outlook of the Studies of Entrepreneurship Education in China: Statistics and Analysis Based on Papers Indexed in CSSCI (2004–2013)

Abstract

We utilized cross tabulation statistics, word frequency counts, and content analysis of research output to conduct a bibliometric study, and used CiteSpace software to depict a knowledge map for research on entrepreneurship education in China from 2004 to 2013. The study shows that, in this duration, the study of Chinese entrepreneurship education experienced a progression through three stages, an “exploratory stage of learning from foreign models,” a “developmental stage geared toward employment problems,” and a “transformative stage promoting cultivation of student abilities,” and featured three primary characteristics, “multidisciplinary fusion,” “imbalanced regional distribution,” and “policy orientation.” In the future, popular fields in the study of entrepreneurship education are to be concentrated in the three areas, namely “entrepreneurship education and talent cultivation,” “entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial environments,” and “entrepreneurship education and innovation education.”

Keywords:

• Bibliometrics
• entrepreneurship education
• knowledge map
• research status quo

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Notes on contributors

Tian Xia

Tian Xia is a staff member in the Practicum Office of the Provost Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.

Zhang Shumin

Zhang Shumin is the director of the Practicum Office of the Provost Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.

Wu Yifeng

Wu Yifeng is the assistant director of the Practicum Office of the Provost Office, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.