OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Small Business Journal-Researching Entrepreneurship is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Did you save some cash for a rainy COVID-19 day? The crisis and SMEs	188
Financing entrepreneurship in times of crisis: Exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the market for entrepreneurial finance in the United Kingdom	166
Pivoting to stay the course: How women entrepreneurs take advantage of opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic	133
SME response to major exogenous shocks: The bright and dark sides of business model pivoting	102
R&D and innovation after COVID-19: What can we expect? A review of prior research and data trends after the great financial crisis	82
The impact of the global crisis on the growth of SMEs: A resource system perspective	66
COVID-19 and the importance of space in entrepreneurship research and policy	55
SMEs and exogenous shocks: A conceptual literature review and forward research agenda	52
Strategic entrepreneurship behaviour and the innovation ambidexterity of young technology-based firms in incubators	50
The geographical impact of the Covid-19 crisis on precautionary savings, firm survival and jobs: Evidence from the United Kingdom’s 100 largest towns and cities	48
How do resilience and self-efficacy relate to entrepreneurial intentions in countries with varying degrees of fragility? A six-country study	47
Perceived institutional support and small venture performance: The mediating role of entrepreneurial persistence	46
Bios, mythoi and women entrepreneurs: A Wynterian analysis of the intersectional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed women and women-owned businesses	44
The Covid-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom and subjective well-being: Have the self-employed suffered more due to hours and income reductions?	40
Performance stability among small and medium-sized enterprises during COVID-19: A test of the efficacy of dynamic capabilities	38
Strategic orientations and digital marketing tactics in cross-border e-commerce: Comparing developed and emerging markets	37
Knowledge acquisition strategy, speed of capability development and speed of SME internationalisation	33
Start-ups’ business model changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Counteracting adversities and pursuing opportunities	32
Dynamic capabilities and performance of emerging market international new ventures: Does international entrepreneurial culture matter?	32
When all doors close: Implications of COVID-19 for cosmopolitan entrepreneurs	30
Standing up against crisis-induced entrepreneurial uncertainty: Fewer teams, more habitual entrepreneurs	28
Successfully navigating the paradox of control and autonomy in succession: The role of managing ambivalent emotions	27
Navigation of the paradoxical landscape of the family business	27
Managing the paradox: Individual ambidexterity, paradoxical leadership and multitasking in entrepreneurs across firm life cycle stages	27
A commentary on the impacts of ‘Great Lockdown’ and its aftermath on scaling firms: What are the implications for entrepreneurial research?	25

Negotiating the female successor–leader role within family business succession in China