The Korea Local Administration Review

This study examines the trends and characteristics of research through research methods and research contents centering on 46 studies of community business from 2010 to 2016 and focuses on the relationship among words through language network analysis method. The purpose of this study is to elucidate the implications for the development of community business in the future by deriving core concept and structure of linkage.
As a result of the analysis, research trends of community business are more and more focused on problem-solving research rather than theoretical research. Especially local community and business have to actively work to promote community business at local government level, Based on these keywords(community, activation, local development, participation, community, village enterprise, case), it is suggested that local vitality policies should be implemented.

□ Keywords: Local vitality, Language network, Journal search(RISS), Network structure