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Entrepreneurial cognition and socially situated approach: a systematic and bibliometric analysis

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Research on entrepreneurial cognition (EC) has evolved in recent years, and the aim of this contribution is to offer a clear, systematic, and bibliometric review of EC as a field of study from a more dynamic perspective, building on Socially Situated Cognition theory (SSC). Based on a data set that covers 18 years of research, from 1998 to 2016, the present study analyzes all of the 151 papers available in the Web of Science Core Collection and 15 editorials, book chapters, and books directly referring to entrepreneurial cognition. Building on our results, we divided EC studies into two stages, namely the “emerging” (1998–2007) and the “mature” (2008–2016). In addition, with this study we suggest three main topics that should be investigated in future researches: entrepreneurial action should be considered endogenous in the entrepreneurship process and the studies in the field of embodied and distributed cognition should be expanded.

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In the present appendix, we present all the papers included in the dataset. Please note that Table 5 refers to the period 1998–2007 and Table 6 refers to the period 2008–2016. In the third column, P.Y. refers to publication year.

Table 5 Paper included in the period 1998-2007
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Finally, Table 7 presents all the materials which are not peer-reviewed papers such as journals such as books, book chapters, and editorials.

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Sassetti, S., Marzi, G., Cavaliere, V. et al. Entrepreneurial cognition and socially situated approach: a systematic and bibliometric analysis. Scientometrics 116, 1675–1718 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-018-2809-4

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