Christopher Sutter

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher Sutter is a scholar working on Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Sutter has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Business and International Management, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Christopher Sutter's work include Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (15 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (9 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers). Christopher Sutter is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (15 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (9 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers). Christopher Sutter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Christopher Sutter's co-authors include Garry D. Bruton, Geoffrey M. Kistruck, Juanyi Chen, Justin W. Webb, Israr Qureshi, Babita Bhatt, R. Duane Ireland, Paul W. Beamish, David J. Ketchen and Brett R. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science and Journal of Business Venturing.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Sutter

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A revi... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A review and future research directions
    2018 427 citations Christopher Sutter, Garry D. Bruton et al. Journal of Business Venturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Sutter United States 13 781 728 470 350 218 18 1.4k
Diana Hechavarria United States 20 428 0.5× 1.2k 1.7× 289 0.6× 630 1.8× 258 1.2× 41 1.6k
Muhammad Azam Roomi United Kingdom 18 356 0.5× 881 1.2× 295 0.6× 557 1.6× 368 1.7× 35 1.5k
Geoffrey M. Kistruck United States 19 905 1.2× 828 1.1× 487 1.0× 524 1.5× 315 1.4× 25 2.0k
Christian Seelos United States 13 954 1.2× 955 1.3× 284 0.6× 509 1.5× 228 1.0× 19 1.8k
Panagiotis Piperopoulos United Kingdom 17 335 0.4× 942 1.3× 489 1.0× 375 1.1× 147 0.7× 32 1.9k
Robert Newbery United Kingdom 22 270 0.3× 530 0.7× 261 0.6× 260 0.7× 220 1.0× 43 1.2k
Hans Rawhouser United States 10 297 0.4× 527 0.7× 157 0.3× 242 0.7× 115 0.5× 18 917
Grisna Anggadwita Indonesia 21 199 0.3× 523 0.7× 203 0.4× 315 0.9× 302 1.4× 98 1.3k
Caleb Kwong United Kingdom 18 309 0.4× 688 0.9× 186 0.4× 368 1.1× 230 1.1× 38 1.1k
Jonathan Kimmitt United Kingdom 16 286 0.4× 446 0.6× 172 0.4× 220 0.6× 185 0.8× 35 901

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Sutter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Sutter

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Bhatt, Babita, et al.. (2025). Building Inclusive Markets: A Review and Synthesis of the Interplay between Intermediaries and Institutions. Academy of Management Annals. 20(1). 34–75.
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Sutter, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Collaborations for Social Value: Governance Framework for Community-Social Enterprise Partnerships. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024(1).
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Sutter, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Exploring the effects of institutional logics on entrepreneurial opportunity evaluations in emerging economies. Journal of Small Business Management. 63(5). 2008–2042. 1 indexed citations
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Qureshi, Israr, Babita Bhatt, Christopher Sutter, & Dhirendra Mani Shukla. (2023). Social entrepreneurship and intersectionality: Mitigating extreme exclusion. Journal of Business Venturing. 38(2). 106283–106283. 28 indexed citations
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Bhatt, Babita, Israr Qureshi, & Christopher Sutter. (2022). How do Intermediaries Build Inclusive Markets? The Role of the Social Context. Journal of Management Studies. 59(4). 925–957. 34 indexed citations
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Sutter, Christopher, Babita Bhatt, & Israr Qureshi. (2022). What Makes Resource Provision an Effective Means of Poverty Alleviation? A Resourcing Perspective. Organization Science. 34(1). 223–245. 33 indexed citations
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Bruton, Garry D., et al.. (2021). Economic inequality – Is entrepreneurship the cause or the solution? A review and research agenda for emerging economies. Journal of Business Venturing. 36(3). 106095–106095. 117 indexed citations
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Sutter, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Venture distress and problemistic search among entrepreneurs in Brazilian favelas. Journal of Business Venturing. 36(6). 106162–106162. 12 indexed citations
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Rawhouser, Hans, et al.. (2020). VENTURE ACCELERATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL GROWTH IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. 25(4). 2050026–2050026. 5 indexed citations
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Sutter, Christopher, Garry D. Bruton, & Juanyi Chen. (2018). Entrepreneurship as a solution to extreme poverty: A review and future research directions. Journal of Business Venturing. 34(1). 197–214. 427 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sutter, Christopher, et al.. (2017). Transitioning entrepreneurs from informal to formal markets. Journal of Business Venturing. 32(4). 420–442. 110 indexed citations
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Qureshi, Israr, Christopher Sutter, & Babita Bhatt. (2017). The Transformative Power of Knowledge Sharing in Settings of Poverty and Social Inequality. Organization Studies. 39(11). 1575–1599. 74 indexed citations
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Kistruck, Geoffrey M., et al.. (2014). The double-edged sword of legitimacy in base-of-the-pyramid markets. Journal of Business Venturing. 30(3). 436–451. 139 indexed citations
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Sutter, Christopher, Geoffrey M. Kistruck, & Shad S. Morris. (2014). Adaptations to Knowledge Templates in Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Markets: The Role of Social Interaction. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 8(4). 303–320. 33 indexed citations
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Sutter, Christopher, et al.. (2013). Entrepreneurs' responses to semi-formal illegitimate institutional arrangements. Journal of Business Venturing. 28(6). 743–758. 104 indexed citations
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Kistruck, Geoffrey M., Christopher Sutter, Robert B. Lount, & Brett R. Smith. (2012). Mitigating Principal-Agent Problems in Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets: An Identity Spillover Perspective. Academy of Management Journal. 56(3). 659–682. 74 indexed citations
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Kistruck, Geoffrey M., Paul W. Beamish, Israr Qureshi, & Christopher Sutter. (2012). Social Intermediation in Base‐of‐the‐Pyramid Markets. Journal of Management Studies. 50(1). 31–66. 118 indexed citations
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Kistruck, Geoffrey M., Justin W. Webb, Christopher Sutter, & R. Duane Ireland. (2011). Microfranchising in Base–of–the–Pyramid Markets: Institutional Challenges and Adaptations to the Franchise Model. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 35(3). 503–531. 117 indexed citations

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