CHILEAN BUSINESS RESEARCH: AN ANALYSIS OF THE WEB OF SCIENCE DATABASE OVER 35 YEARS (1986-2020)

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"This paper addresses the Chilean business research production in the Web of Science (WoS) in the last 35 years (1986-2020), where 1,797 research papers appeared in three business related WoS categories: ‘business’, ‘management’ and ‘business & finance’. Chilean business research production represents a larger percentage of Latin American research (17.8%) in these fields compared to social sciences (12.8%) and all sciences (9.1%), and it is the leading country in the region for papers per capita. Important insights regarding the development of scientific field in Latin American countries can be drawn from examining this evolution in the Chilean context. We focus on the environmental drivers that may be explaining this evolution. Specific entity level research strategies, industry characteristics like increased competition/collaboration or, more challenging demands (international accreditations) can be relevant drivers of this evolution. The inclusion of new Latin American business journals in WoS and the openness of relevant global journals to publish special issues appear as positive influencers. The national research promotion policies may have mixed results by promoting and stimulating research concentration by allocating all grants to winners. The promotion of Chilean indexed business journals and fostering of Chilean doctoral programs might be relevant to continue a more inclusive path in the future, reducing concentration in few schools and scholars. Implications are drawn for continuing the promotion of business research in Latin America."