OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Shifts in Innovation Focus in Response to Online and Offline Shareholder Activism: Unpacking Patterns in Family and Non-Family Firms	197
Entrepreneurship and Physical Health: A Natural Experiment Based on the 1956 British Clean Air Act	110
ETP at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of Entrepreneurship Research	99
A Real Options Perspective on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Government Ties	80
The Strategic Advantage of Impulsivity in Entrepreneurial Action: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach	72
Baby Boom or Baby Bust? Parental Leave of TMT Members and Innovation in SMEs	67
Striking a Balance: The Effect of Capability and Character Reputation Claims on Crowdfunding Performance	65
The Double-Edged Sword of Entrepreneurial Orientation: Product Recalls and the Role of COO Power	58
Taking Charge: A Configurational Perspective on Post-Succession Change in Family Firms	51
A Self-Regulatory Model of Entrepreneurs’ Variability in Decision-Making and Taking Charge Behavior	49
Business Model Implementation of New Ventures: Linking TMT Process Antecedents, Organizational Culture, and Firm Performance	43
When Do Shareholder Agreements Add Value? Mitigating Superprincipal-Agency Conflicts in Family Firms	42
A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jess Chua	41
Beneficial, Harmful, or Both? Effects of Corporate Venture Capital and Alliance Activity on Product Recalls	40
Entrepreneurship and Democracy: A Complex Relationship	40
Following in the Footsteps of Others: Social Proof in Angel Groups	37
Mediated Reference Point Shifts: Breaking Free of the Family DNA	37
Entrepreneurial Responsibility: A Conceptual Framework to Understand Ethical Dualism Throughout the Entrepreneurial Process	33
“The Odd Ones Out”: How Root Metaphors From Management Studies are Used in Mainstream Entrepreneurship Research	32
Informal Institutions as Inhibitors of Rent-Seeking Entrepreneurship: Evidence From U.S. Legal History	30
No Credit for Success, Penalized for Failure? An Examination of Entrepreneur Race, Gender, and Prior Fundraising Track Records in Crowdfunding	28
Venture Capitalists’ Decision-Making in Hot and Cold Markets: The Effect of Signals and Cheap Talk	28
Human Capital Theory and Venture Capital Firms: Exploring “Home Runs” and “Strike Outs”—A Replication and Extension of Dimov and Shepherd (2005)	27
Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation: A Typology of Indigenous Crowdfunding Campaigns	26
Virtue Signaling in the Sharing Economy: The Effect of Airbnb Entrepreneurs’ Virtue Language on Airbnb Price Premiums	26

Private Equity Diversity and Talent: Do They Matter for Acquisitive Growth?	25
Startup Evaluations with Generative Artificial Intelligence: An Exploratory Study on Early-Stage Investments and Survival Predictions by Large Language Models	25