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Competences that affect the gastronomic entrepreneur for a proper business management

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  • Diana C. Pérez-Bustamante Yábar

    (Rey Juan Carlos University)

  • Juan José García-Machado

    (University of Huelva)

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The aim of this paper is to analyse the latest research using a systematic review of the literature and a bibliographic mapping in order to identify the competencies that a gastronomic entrepreneur should possess in order to be effective and achieve success in their business. To this end, a review of the literature is carried out through the most relevant topics, main authors and journals, and to visualise their interrelations. The results show that gastronomic management requires the acquisition of knowledge, competences and skills from a multidisciplinary perspective, specifically differentiating between the needed training competences to be a good gastronomic manager, and those that are acquired and developed during the work in the industry premises. A bibliometric mapping of the publications indexed in WoS and Scopus was conducted using VOSviewer software. During the search process, 178 references for a search period from 2014 to 2023 were obtained. Based on co-occurrence frequencies of key terms, our term map provides a visual representation of the latest research in the Gastronomic Entrepreneur's Competencies (GEC). This study contributes to the literature on gastronomy entrepreneurship research and its findings may be useful for gastronomic entrepreneurs, researchers, food business leaders and decision-makers in this sector.

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  • Diana C. Pérez-Bustamante Yábar & Juan José García-Machado, 2025. "Competences that affect the gastronomic entrepreneur for a proper business management," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 1-34, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:intemj:v:21:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s11365-024-01041-w
    DOI: 10.1007/s11365-024-01041-w
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