The entrepreneurial marketing domain: a citation and co-citation analysis Sascha Kraus University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Matthias Filser Montpellier Research in Management, Group Sup de Co Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France Fabian Eggers Department of Marketing, Menlo College, Atherton, California, USA Gerald E. Hills Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, USA, and Claes M. Hultman Swedish Business School, O ¨ rebro University, O ¨ rebro, Sweden Abstract Purpose – Entrepreneurial marketing (EM) is at the brink of becoming an established discipline. To advance the field further and to better guide research efforts in different sub categories, the purpose of this paper is to examine the field’s intellectual structure with the help of citation and co-citation analysis. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a two-stage research design. First a citation analysis is carried out through which thematic clusters are identified. In a second step a co-citation analysis is conducted to determine the intellectual structure of EM research. Findings – This study exposes the most influential authors and publications and emphasizes conjunctions among scholars and their findings. Results show three streams that are the foundation of EM research: theoretical foundations of management, entrepreneurship, and marketing; the research interface of marketing and entrepreneurship; SME and new venture marketing. Research limitations/implications – The results of a bibliometric analysis are limited by the publications that have been selected as a starting point. However, through the selection criteria chosen to identify the database for analysis, the authors are confident that the results illustrate the intellectual structure of EM research in its entirety. The authors recommend that future research should be conducted in one of the three sub-fields identified in this study. Practical implications – By laying out different research streams within EM it is hoped that future research will be guided in different directions. “Fine-tuning” of research efforts will benefit small, new, and entrepreneurial firms. Originality/value – The analyses conducted in this paper draw a picture of the field that is based on a quantitative approach and therefore sets itself apart from other literature reviews that have a qualitative core. Keywords Entrepreneurial marketing interface, Bibliometrics, Citation and co-citation analysis, Literature review, Marketing, Entrepreneurialism Paper type Literature review The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1471-5201.htm JRME 14,1 6 Received 21 March 2012 Revised 11 April 2012 Accepted 12 April 2012 Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship Vol. 14 No. 1, 2012 pp. 6-26 q Emerald Group Publishing Limited 1471-5201 DOI 10.1108/14715201211246698