2020/02/01 by Sascha Kraus, Matthias Breier, Sonia Dasí-Rodríguez · 10 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Business Strategy and Innovation #Innovation and Knowledge Management
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11365-020-00635-4
openalex publication_date 2020/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Abstract Systematic literature reviews are an increasingly used review methodology to synthesize the existing body of literature in a field. However, editors complain about a high number of desk rejections because of a lack in quality. Poorly developed review articles are not published because of a perceived lack of contribution to the field. Our article supports authors of standalone papers and graduate students in the Entrepreneurship domain to write contribution-focused systematic reviews e.g. by providing a concrete guideline. Our article analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of a systematic literature review and how they can be overcome. Furthermore, we provide a combined list of highly ranked journals in the Entrepreneurship domain as a basis for quality appraisal. Finally, this article builds a scenario for the future of the systematic literature review methodology and shows how technological improvements have changed this methodology and what can be achieved in the future.