Brian Headd

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 715 citations indexed

About

Brian Headd is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Headd has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 4 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 2 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Brian Headd's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (4 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 papers). Brian Headd is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (4 papers) and Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (3 papers). Brian Headd collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brian Headd's co-authors include Bruce A. Kirchhoff, Zoltán J. Ács and Lawrence A. Plummer and has published in prestigious journals such as Small Business Economics, Journal of Small Business Management and Monthly labor review.

In The Last Decade

Brian Headd

8 papers receiving 614 citations

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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.

Redefining Business Success: Distinguishing Between Closure and Failure

2003 533 citations Brian Headd Small Business Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Headd United States	7	423	361	299	178	114	8	715
Alessandro Arrighetti Italy	11	222 0.5×	293 0.8×	143 0.5×	82 0.5×	156 1.4×	28	576
Alan Bauerschmidt United States	9	283 0.7×	152 0.4×	238 0.8×	160 0.9×	360 3.2×	14	668
Augusto Rocha United Kingdom	6	191 0.5×	405 1.1×	168 0.6×	74 0.4×	164 1.4×	10	675
Joakim Winborg Sweden	8	434 1.0×	181 0.5×	331 1.1×	193 1.1×	107 0.9×	14	670
Mikaela Bäckman Sweden	13	244 0.6×	185 0.5×	133 0.4×	215 1.2×	75 0.7×	31	573
Vassiliki Bamiatzi United Kingdom	11	173 0.4×	170 0.5×	208 0.7×	120 0.7×	332 2.9×	18	633
Harald Strotmann Germany	9	170 0.4×	345 1.0×	145 0.5×	57 0.3×	156 1.4×	26	558
Marius Pretorius South Africa	15	184 0.4×	81 0.2×	306 1.0×	154 0.9×	200 1.8×	69	719
Reyes Aterido United States	13	125 0.3×	584 1.6×	321 1.1×	56 0.3×	59 0.5×	23	839
Ignatius Ekanem United Kingdom	12	183 0.4×	92 0.3×	132 0.4×	121 0.7×	99 0.9×	27	431

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Headd

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Plummer, Lawrence A. & Brian Headd. (2009). RURAL AND URBAN ESTABLISHMENT BIRTHS AND DEATHS USING THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S BUSINESS INFORMATION TRACKING SERIES (SUMMARY). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 29(16). 6. 7 indexed citations

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Headd, Brian & Bruce A. Kirchhoff. (2009). The Growth, Decline and Survival of Small Businesses: An Exploratory Study of Life Cycles. Journal of Small Business Management. 47(4). 531–550. 73 indexed citations

3.

Ács, Zoltán J., et al.. (2009). Nonemployer Start-Up Puzzle. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

4.

Headd, Brian, et al.. (2008). Do Business Definition Decisions Distort Small Business Research Results?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations

5.

Headd, Brian & Bruce A. Kirchhoff. (2007). Small Business Growth: Searching for Stylized Facts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations

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Headd, Brian. (2005). Business Estimates from the Office of Advocacy: A Discussion of Methodology. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Headd, Brian. (2003). Redefining Business Success: Distinguishing Between Closure and Failure. Small Business Economics. 21(1). 51–61. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Headd, Brian. (2000). The Characteristics of Small-Business Employees.. Monthly labor review. 123(4). 13–18. 52 indexed citations

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