Subareas of Internationalization of Enterprises: A Bibliographic Review

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https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.42.1.2021.Org.7

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Internationalization, Entrepreneurship, Education, Networks, State of the art, Documentary review

Abstract

In a globalized world and one in constant change due to the accelerated progress of information and communication technologies, it is essential that enterprises are created and projected to global scenarios, in order to improve their capabilities and performance resulting from the competitive advantages acquired in the process. Although it is true that a great part of the literature shows the benefits of becoming international, this phenomenon is perceived in some markets as highly remarkable and in others it is still incipient; and although it enjoys several decades of study it lacks unification of the most dominant aspects. Therefore, this article identifies the thematic axes that have caused the greatest interest in the academic community around the "Internationalization of Entrepreneurship". At the methodological level, the process was carried out in three steps: 1) analysis of the scientometric indicators, in the indexed database Scopus to get to know the documents on internationalization in entrepreneurship. 2) The bibliometrix program was used to identify various sub-areas around the subject. 3) The subareas with the greatest preponderance were selected. The results show three approaches, some directly and indirectly related to the business field where the first is Orientation to Entrepreneurship, the second is Education in the Internationalization of Enterprises and the third is International Business Networks. In practical terms, entrepreneurs, government and institutions can use these trends for assertive decision-making in order to engage the efforts emanating from each of these actors in the internationalization process.

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Julieth Paola Acevedo Meneses, Francisco de Paula Santander University

She is a professional in Foreign Trade in 2014 at the University of Santander (Cúcuta, Colombia), in 2016 he received the title of Specialist in International Business Administration and is currently a Professor in Business Management. His research interests include international loan research, business internationalization, prospects for new national and international opportunities, business growth networks, logistics as a generator of value. She is a researcher at the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Francisco de Paula of Santander University .

Sebastián Robledo Giraldo, Luis Amigó Catholic University

He is an engineer from the Universidad de Nacional (Manizales, Colombia) received in 2005, in 2013 he received a Master's degree in Business Administration, in 2018 he received the title of Doctor of Engineering and is currently pursuing his Postdoctorate. His research interests include research in: business marketing. He is a researcher at the Faculty of Administrative, Economic and Accounting Sciences at the Luis Amigó Catholic University.

Magda Zarela Sepúlveda Angarita, Francisco de Paula Santander University

She is a Business Administrator in 1998 from the Francisco de Paula Santander University (Cucuta, Colombia), in 2011 she received the title of Master in Business Management with a Mention in Finance, in 2011 she received the title. Her research interests include: management in the organization, researcher at the Faculty of Administration, Accounting and Accounting.

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Acevedo Meneses, J. P., Robledo Giraldo, S., & Sepúlveda Angarita, M. Z. (2020). Subareas of Internationalization of Enterprises: A Bibliographic Review. ECONÓMICAS CUC, 42(1), 249–268. https://doi.org/10.17981/econcuc.42.1.2021.Org.7

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