Elena Cefis

3.5k total citations
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Elena Cefis is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Elena Cefis has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 25 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 14 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Elena Cefis's work include Firm Innovation and Growth (38 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (22 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (12 papers). Elena Cefis is often cited by papers focused on Firm Innovation and Growth (38 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (22 papers) and Economic Growth and Productivity (12 papers). Elena Cefis collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Elena Cefis's co-authors include Orietta Marsili, Luigi Orsenigo, Matteo Ciccarelli, Koen Frenken, Erik Stam, Marco Capasso, Giovanni Dosi, Angelo Secchi, Giulio Bottazzi and Alex Coad and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies and Small Business Economics.

In The Last Decade

Elena Cefis

49 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elena Cefis Italy	19	1.6k	800	747	651	176	50	2.2k
Orietta Marsili Netherlands	21	1.3k 0.8×	729 0.9×	805 1.1×	490 0.8×	153 0.9×	36	2.0k
Katrin Hussinger Luxembourg	25	1.5k 0.9×	752 0.9×	865 1.2×	439 0.7×	288 1.6×	91	2.2k
Bettina Peters Germany	22	1.9k 1.2×	439 0.5×	688 0.9×	478 0.7×	332 1.9×	76	2.6k
Gustavo Crespi United States	23	1.4k 0.9×	519 0.6×	615 0.8×	269 0.4×	247 1.4×	58	2.0k
Elena Huergo Spain	15	1.5k 0.9×	333 0.4×	827 1.1×	319 0.5×	287 1.6×	32	2.0k
Mariko Sakakibara United States	21	1.2k 0.7×	511 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	510 0.8×	198 1.1×	46	2.2k
Mercedes Teruel Spain	17	1.1k 0.6×	383 0.5×	530 0.7×	402 0.6×	160 0.9×	53	1.6k
Christian Helmers United States	20	1.3k 0.8×	732 0.9×	450 0.6×	459 0.7×	150 0.9×	89	1.8k
Nola Hewitt‐Dundas United Kingdom	19	993 0.6×	656 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	230 0.4×	75 0.4×	55	1.9k
Bernd Ebersberger Austria	23	1.1k 0.7×	409 0.5×	850 1.1×	191 0.3×	99 0.6×	71	1.8k

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Cefis, Elena, et al.. (2025). Innovation policies and firms’ productivity: the Italian Industry 4.0 Plan for digital transformation. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 50(5). 2443–2475. 4 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena, Riccardo Leoncini, Luigi Marengo, & Sandro Montresor. (2023). Firms and innovation in the new industrial paradigm of the digital transformation. Industry and Innovation. 30(1). 1–16. 19 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena, Cristina Bettinelli, Alex Coad, & Orietta Marsili. (2021). Understanding firm exit: a systematic literature review. Small Business Economics. 59(2). 423–446. 60 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena & Orietta Marsili. (2018). Good Times, Bad Times: Innovation and Survival over the Business Cycle. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2018(1). 17783–17783. 6 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena, et al.. (2016). The Effects of the Specialization of Private Equity Firms on their Exit Strategy. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 43(9-10). 1420–1443. 20 indexed citations

Frenken, Koen, Elena Cefis, & Erik Stam. (2014). Industrial Dynamics and Clusters: A Survey. Regional Studies. 49(1). 10–27. 106 indexed citations

Capasso, Marco, Erik Stam, & Elena Cefis. (2014). Industrial Dynamics and Economic Geography. Regional Studies. 49(1). 5–9. 8 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena & Orietta Marsili. (2014). Crossing the innovation threshold through mergers and acquisitions. Research Policy. 44(3). 698–710. 53 indexed citations

Cefis, Elena, et al.. (2008). The effects of mergers and acquisitions on the firm size distribution. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 19(1). 1–20. 18 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena, Stephanie Rosenkranz, & Utz Weitzel. (2008). Effects of coordinated strategies on product and process R&D. Journal of Economics. 96(3). 193–222. 31 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena & Orietta Marsili. (2007). Going, Going, Gone. Innovation and Exit in Manufacturing Firms. RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 3 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena & Rinaldo Evangelista. (2007). La valutazione delle politiche per l'innovazione: un confronto tra Italia e Paesi Bassi. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology. 2(2). 243–264. 1 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena & Rinaldo Evangelista. (2007). The Evaluation of Innovation Policies: A Comparative Analysis between Italy and The Netherlands. L'industria. 243–264. 1 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena, Matteo Ciccarelli, & Luigi Orsenigo. (2007). Testing Gibrat's legacy: A Bayesian approach to study the growth of firms. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 18(3). 348–369. 14 indexed citations

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Brusoni, Stefano, Elena Cefis, & Luigi Orsenigo. (2006). Innovate or Die? A critical review of the literature on innovation and performance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 17 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena & Orietta Marsili. (2006). Survivor: The role of innovation in firms’ survival. Research Policy. 35(5). 626–641. 396 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena. (2005). A matter of life and death: innovation and firm survival. Industrial and Corporate Change. 14(6). 1167–1192. 358 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena & Orietta Marsili. (2004). A Matter of Life and Death: Innovation and Firm Survival. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 15 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena. (2003). Persistence in lnnovation and Profitability. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 111(1). 19–37. 3 indexed citations

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Cefis, Elena. (2003). Persistence in Innovation and Profitability. 1000–1019. 13 indexed citations

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