New venture entrepreneurship and context in East Asia: a systematic literature review

Martin Hemmert, Adam R. Cross, Ying Cheng, Jae Jin Kim, Masahiro Kotosaka, Franz Waldenberger, Leven J. Zheng

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Abstract

While research on new venture entrepreneurship has been predominantly conducted in Western countries, East Asian start-ups have gained global relevance in recent years. In this article, we systematically review studies on new venture entrepreneurship in East Asia published in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)-listed journals between 2000 and 2020 and find that the number of papers annually published has been rapidly increasing. However, the research body is highly unbalanced, as most articles are single-country studies focused on China, apply a quantitative methodology, and concentrate on topics such as entrepreneurial strategies and new venture entrepreneurs’ personal attributes and networks. Moreover, a majority of studies provides no or only a weak consideration of the national or subnational context. More strongly contextualized research on countries such as Japan and South Korea and on less studied themes such as culture, entrepreneurial financing, entrepreneurial teams, new venture internationalization and new venture entrepreneurial intention is desirable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)831-865
Number of pages35
JournalAsian Business and Management
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Contextualization
  • East Asia
  • New venture entrepreneurship
  • Systematic literature review

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