A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE LINK BETWEEN RISK MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Purpose: Increasing the performance of an organization is an area of permanent interest for both the agenda of the authorities and for organizations of any kind. Therefore, the number of papers published in the specialized literature analysing the factors that contribute to the performance improvement is increasing. The specialists in the field have concluded that effective risk management can influence the performance, both financial and other type. In this context, the present paper aims to highlight the stage of the researches based on the relationship between the risk management and the evolution of business performance in entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach: The study use the bibliometric analysis of the written publications during 1993-2019 and indexed in Web of Science database. For the papers' search in Web of Science were used the words "risk management", "performance" and "entrepreneurship" in topic. The resulting sample were analysed from the point of view of the areas within which researchers are studying risk management and performance in entrepreneurship, the trend in the number of publications from year to year, the most relevant journals, and the most prolific and most cited authors. Findings: The authors found that most publications are articles in English, in business and economics area. However, there are a significant number of articles in the fields of engineering, operational research and management science, as well as public administration. The Journal of Business Venturing, a journal dedicated to entrepreneurship, recorded the most publications and also a very large number of citations. Research/practical implications: This study can be useful to researchers and practitioners interested in studying the relationship between risk management and performance in entrepreneurship. Moreover, this research presents the current situation of the researches carried out on the subject and highlights new possibilities to continue the researches, starting from a quantitative analysis of the scientific literature in the field and identify the most appropriate journals to publish the results of their studies. Originality/value: The study is the first contributions in the field of quantitative analysis of academic literature about relationship between risk management and performance in entrepreneurship.