In recent decades, the concepts of international entrepreneurial opportunity (IEO) have attracted the consideration of many scholars and have proliferated in the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature. Since 2005, the concepts of IEO have become an emerging and evolving stream of research in international entrepreneurship studies, so this article examines the gaps, themes, and trends in IEO research from 2005 to early 2019. The primary purpose of this article is to understand the current state of the art in the field of IEO by examining the boundaries of its knowledge and eventually proposing future research agenda for scholars. To achieve this goal, we utilize a systematic literature review process and meta-synthesis methodology. We select studies and synthesize them based on defined elements and represent summary tables and figures according to these processes. First, we extract quantitative information from articles to gain a perception of the trends in prior studies. Second, we consider the purpose and focus of the IEO research to find out the critical concepts. Finally, we conclude by presenting several directions for future studies based on the knowledge gaps in prior IEO research.

近几十年来，国际创业机会（IEO）的概念引起了许多学者的关注，并在国际创业（IE）文献中激增。自 2005 年以来，IEO 的概念已成为国际创业研究中新兴且不断发展的研究流，因此本文探讨了 2005 年至 2019 年初 IEO 研究的差距、主题和趋势。本文的主要目的是了解通过检查其知识的边界并最终为学者提出未来的研究议程，了解 IEO 领域的当前最新技术。为了实现这一目标，我们利用系统的文献回顾过程和综合方法。我们根据定义的元素选择研究并综合它们，并根据这些过程表示汇总表和图形。首先，我们从文章中提取定量信息，以了解先前研究的趋势。其次，我们考虑 IEO 研究的目的和重点，以找出关键概念。最后，我们基于先前 IEO 研究中的知识差距提出了未来研究的几个方向。