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Franchising research on emerging markets: Bibliometric and content analyses

Ilan AlonVanessa Pilla Galetti Bretas

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MarketingBibliometric analysisKnowledge managementbusiness.industry05 social sciencesScopusContent analysisPolitical science0502 economics and businessConceptual structure050211 marketingThematic analysisEmerging marketsbusinessCitation050203 business & management

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Abstract This study reviews the franchising literature on emerging markets. We used the Bibliometrix R-package and VOSviewer software to perform a bibliometric analysis of 297 articles between 1989 and 2020 obtained from the Scopus database. We combined bibliometric coupling, historiographic citation, keyword co-occurrence, and conceptual thematic analysis, with a content analysis of the most cited articles based on total global and local citations. We identified two main research clusters: international franchising and social franchising. This article provides a deep understanding of the intellectual and conceptual structure of the academic field. It complements existing qualitative reviews and attempts at characterizations, and suggests future research directions.

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2021-09-01Journal of Business Research
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.04.067