Ben Spigel

5.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
30 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ben Spigel is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Spigel has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Ben Spigel's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (20 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (8 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (6 papers). Ben Spigel is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (20 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (8 papers) and Cultural Industries and Urban Development (6 papers). Ben Spigel collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Ben Spigel's co-authors include Richard Harrison, Erik Stam, Bernd Wurth, Tara Vinodrai, Harald Bathelt, Fumi Kitagawa, Colin Mason, Edward J. Malecki, Pablo Muñoz and Jonathan Kimmitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics and Regional Studies.

In The Last Decade

Ben Spigel

28 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Relational Organization of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 2021 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Relational Organization of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
    2015 1.3k citations Ben Spigel Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice profile →
  2. Toward a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems
    2017 671 citations Ben Spigel, Richard Harrison Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal profile →
  3. Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program
    2021 381 citations Bernd Wurth, Erik Stam et al. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Spigel United Kingdom 15 2.2k 753 726 721 719 30 2.9k
Ross Brown United Kingdom 28 2.0k 0.9× 880 1.2× 542 0.7× 1.1k 1.5× 1.7k 2.3× 77 3.7k
László Szerb Hungary 28 2.3k 1.0× 848 1.1× 654 0.9× 777 1.1× 1.5k 2.1× 104 3.6k
Philip T. Roundy United States 24 1.5k 0.7× 852 1.1× 620 0.9× 663 0.9× 418 0.6× 78 2.6k
Bengt Johannisson Sweden 24 2.2k 1.0× 871 1.2× 492 0.7× 604 0.8× 384 0.5× 77 3.3k
José Ernesto Amorós Chile 27 1.9k 0.9× 822 1.1× 717 1.0× 536 0.7× 953 1.3× 79 3.1k
Paul Robson United Kingdom 30 1.3k 0.6× 991 1.3× 304 0.4× 896 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 84 3.1k
Max Keilbach Germany 17 2.3k 1.1× 754 1.0× 418 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 2.3k 3.2× 28 3.9k
Sameeksha Desai United States 20 1.4k 0.6× 396 0.5× 410 0.6× 595 0.8× 946 1.3× 54 2.2k
Magnus Klofsten Sweden 30 3.2k 1.5× 1.4k 1.8× 852 1.2× 761 1.1× 887 1.2× 117 4.3k
Pontus Braunerhjelm Sweden 27 2.0k 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 359 0.5× 864 1.2× 2.3k 3.1× 103 4.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Spigel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Spigel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wurth, Bernd, Erik Stam, & Ben Spigel. (2023). Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Mechanisms. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 19(3). 224–339. 31 indexed citations
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Muñoz, Pablo, Jonathan Kimmitt, & Ben Spigel. (2023). Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery. Small Business Economics. 62(2). 607–628. 8 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben, et al.. (2023). Accelerators and acceleration policy in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat. Hors Série 2(HS2). 47–74. 1 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben, et al.. (2022). Alacrity: a new model for venture acceleration. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 19(1). 237–259. 3 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben, et al.. (2022). Managing through a crisis: emotional leadership strategies of high-growth entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 35(1-2). 24–48. 11 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2022). Examining the cohesiveness and nestedness entrepreneurial ecosystems: evidence from British FinTechs. Small Business Economics. 59(4). 1381–1399. 42 indexed citations
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Wurth, Bernd, Erik Stam, & Ben Spigel. (2021). Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 46(3). 729–778. 381 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spigel, Ben, Fumi Kitagawa, & Colin Mason. (2020). A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems. Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 35(5). 482–495. 58 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2020). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: What They're Made of and How They Work.
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Spigel, Ben. (2020). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Theory, Practice, Futures. 3 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben & Tara Vinodrai. (2020). Meeting its Waterloo? Recycling in entrepreneurial ecosystems after anchor firm collapse. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 33(7-8). 599–620. 66 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben & Harald Bathelt. (2019). Questioning cultural narratives of economic development: An investigation of Kitchener‐Waterloo. Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes. 63(2). 267–283. 6 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2019). Joining Fin and Tech: Examining the Cohesiveness and Nestedness of Fintech Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben & Richard Harrison. (2017). Toward a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 12(1). 151–168. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spigel, Ben & Erik Stam. (2016). SAGE Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 29 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2016). Developing and governing entrepreneurial ecosystems: the structure of entrepreneurial support programs in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 7(2). 141–141. 99 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2016). Bourdieu, culture, and the economic geography of practice: entrepreneurial mentorship in Ottawa and Waterloo, Canada. Journal of Economic Geography. lbw019–lbw019. 44 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2015). The Cultural Governance of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh). 767–786. 1 indexed citations
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Strauss, Kendra, et al.. (2013). Economic Geography and the Financial Crisis: Full Steam Ahead?. The Professional Geographer. 66(1). 11–17. 8 indexed citations
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Spigel, Ben. (2012). REGIONAL CULTURAL CONTEXTS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: A BOURDIEUIAN APPROACH (SUMMARY). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 32(15). 13. 2 indexed citations

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