OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice is 15. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Taking Charge: A Configurational Perspective on Post-Succession Change in Family Firms	219
A Self-Regulatory Model of Entrepreneurs’ Variability in Decision-Making and Taking Charge Behavior	120
Entrepreneurship and Physical Health: A Natural Experiment Based on the 1956 British Clean Air Act	110
A Real Options Perspective on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Government Ties	80
Business Model Implementation of New Ventures: Linking TMT Process Antecedents, Organizational Culture, and Firm Performance	56
Baby Boom or Baby Bust? Parental Leave of TMT Members and Innovation in SMEs	56
The Strategic Advantage of Impulsivity in Entrepreneurial Action: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach	55
ETP at 50: The Past, Present, and Future of Entrepreneurship Research	49
The Double-Edged Sword of Entrepreneurial Orientation: Product Recalls and the Role of COO Power	44
Shifts in Innovation Focus in Response to Online and Offline Shareholder Activism: Unpacking Patterns in Family and Non-Family Firms	42
Striking a Balance: The Effect of Capability and Character Reputation Claims on Crowdfunding Performance	41
When Do Shareholder Agreements Add Value? Mitigating Superprincipal-Agency Conflicts in Family Firms	36
Beneficial, Harmful, or Both? Effects of Corporate Venture Capital and Alliance Activity on Product Recalls	33
A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jess Chua	33
Entrepreneurial Responsibility: A Conceptual Framework to Understand Ethical Dualism Throughout the Entrepreneurial Process	31
Following in the Footsteps of Others: Social Proof in Angel Groups	31
Entrepreneurship and Democracy: A Complex Relationship	30
Mediated Reference Point Shifts: Breaking Free of the Family DNA	29
No Credit for Success, Penalized for Failure? An Examination of Entrepreneur Race, Gender, and Prior Fundraising Track Records in Crowdfunding	26
Informal Institutions as Inhibitors of Rent-Seeking Entrepreneurship: Evidence From U.S. Legal History	25
When Environmental Sustainability Meets Equity Crowdfunding: The Role of Green Ventures in Job Creation	25
“The Odd Ones Out”: How Root Metaphors From Management Studies are Used in Mainstream Entrepreneurship Research	25
Angel Investors’ Reinvestment Decisions: Escalating Commitments and Conflict Management Beyond Venture Performance	23
Venture Capitalists’ Decision-Making in Hot and Cold Markets: The Effect of Signals and Cheap Talk	23
Human Capital Theory and Venture Capital Firms: Exploring “Home Runs” and “Strike Outs”—A Replication and Extension of Dimov and Shepherd (2005)	23

Private Equity Diversity and Talent: Do They Matter for Acquisitive Growth?	22
Startup Evaluations with Generative Artificial Intelligence: An Exploratory Study on Early-Stage Investments and Survival Predictions by Large Language Models	22
Entrepreneurial Experimentation: Conceptual Foundations, Integrative Theoretical Framework, and Research Agenda	21
Virtue Signaling in the Sharing Economy: The Effect of Airbnb Entrepreneurs’ Virtue Language on Airbnb Price Premiums	21
Biased Calibration: Exacerbating Instead of Mitigating Entrepreneurial Overplacement with Reference Values	21
Founders’ Social Class Origin, Risk-Taking, and Venture Performance: A Bourdieusian Lens	20
A Methodological Guide for Quantitative Analysis of Star Performance in Entrepreneurship	20
Resourcefulness Enactment: The Sensemaking Process Underpinning Resourceful Actions	19
Elaborating On Ethnic Entrepreneurship: How Differences in Immigrant Founders’ Strategic Choices Regarding Human Capital Sourcing Affect Business Model Designs and Evolution	19
Groupthink in the Board of Family Firms: The Case of Institutional Investment	19
Politics of Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness in Compassion Venture Expansion	19
Crowd Evaluations of Entrepreneurs with Physical Disabilities: Stereotype Subtyping through the Lens of Benevolent Ableism	18
Fabricating Effectual Networks: How Hybrid Logics Collectivize Voice for Co-Creation in Makerspaces	17
Resource Orchestration, Team Faultlines, and Entrepreneurial Resilience	17
Is Blending Fintech With Traditional Finance a Top-Shelf Blend or a Sour Mix? Evidence From the Ownership of Equity Crowdfunding Platforms	17
Crises, Covid-19, and Entrepreneurship	17
Troops are Business Schools: Military Service and Entrepreneurial Behaviors in China	17
Seeing Expectations as “Opportunities”: Interpretive Philosophy and the Origins of “Opportunity” Perceptions	17
Towards a Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Energy	17
Restricted Variance Interactions in Entrepreneurship Research: A Unique Basis for Context-as-Moderator Hypotheses	16
Communicating During Societal Crises: How Entrepreneurs’ Interactions with Backers Affect Fundraising via Crowdfunding	16
Measuring Entrepreneurial Activities in the U.S.: Introducing the Entrepreneurship in the Population Survey	16
Entrepreneurship, Management, and Cognitive Reflection: A Preregistered Replication Study With Extensions	16
Cognitive Processes of Signal Set From Entrepreneurs and the Importance of Herds in Equity Crowdfunding	15
Merely Folklore? The Role of a Growth Mindset in the Taking and Timing of Entrepreneurial Actions	15
Liability of Ownership Origin, Corporate Philanthropy, and Desire for Control in Chinese Family Firms	15
A Real Options Reasoning Perspective on Entrepreneurs’ Decision-Making Over Time	15
The Interdependence Between Donors and Investors: Liability of Hybridity, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Affordances, and Venture Financing	15