Karl H. Vesper

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Karl H. Vesper is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Education and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl H. Vesper has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 7 papers in Education and 6 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Karl H. Vesper's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (16 papers), Management and Marketing Education (8 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (6 papers). Karl H. Vesper is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (16 papers), Management and Marketing Education (8 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (6 papers). Karl H. Vesper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Japan. Karl H. Vesper's co-authors include Donald L. Sexton, Calvin A. Kent, William B. Gartner, W. Ed McMullan, Robert Ronstadt, Terence R. Mitchell, James J. Chrisman, Dennis M. Ray, James Luther Adams and Arnold C. Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Karl H. Vesper

39 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Encyclopedia of entrepreneurship 1979 2026 1994 2010 1982 1979 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. Encyclopedia of entrepreneurship
    1982 1.4k citations Calvin A. Kent, Donald L. Sexton et al. SSRN Electronic Journal profile →
  2. New venture strategies
    1979 651 citations Karl H. Vesper Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl H. Vesper United States 14 2.7k 1.2k 732 673 620 41 3.2k
Allan Gibb United Kingdom 27 2.7k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 557 0.8× 496 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 50 3.7k
James W. Carland United States 17 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 599 0.8× 439 0.7× 226 0.4× 43 2.8k
Evan J. Douglas Australia 20 2.4k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 658 0.9× 803 1.2× 343 0.6× 63 3.2k
Jeffrey E. McGee United States 19 2.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 617 0.8× 775 1.2× 410 0.7× 32 3.2k
Elizabeth J. Gatewood United States 18 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 663 0.9× 532 0.8× 224 0.4× 33 2.5k
Elizabeth Chell United Kingdom 22 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 354 0.5× 623 0.9× 306 0.5× 55 2.9k
Murray B. Low United States 9 1.8k 0.7× 971 0.8× 705 1.0× 475 0.7× 166 0.3× 10 2.4k
Claire Leitch United Kingdom 28 2.5k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 520 0.7× 627 0.9× 747 1.2× 54 3.3k
Gerald E. Hills United States 22 3.3k 1.2× 1.7k 1.4× 489 0.7× 1.2k 1.8× 694 1.1× 47 4.4k
Anisya S. Thomas United States 16 1.7k 0.6× 1.4k 1.1× 640 0.9× 460 0.7× 224 0.4× 28 3.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl H. Vesper

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McMullan, W. Ed & Karl H. Vesper. (2000). Becoming an entrepreneur: A participant's perspective. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 1(1). 33–43. 4 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H., et al.. (1997). New venture scholarship versus practice: When entrepreneurship academics try the real thing as applied research. Technovation. 17(7). 349–358. 9 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H. & William B. Gartner. (1997). Measuring progress in entrepreneurship education. Journal of Business Venturing. 12(5). 403–421. 392 indexed citations
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Varner, Iris I., et al.. (1995). Look What the Fax Dragged In: A Question of Ethics in an International Start-up Company. Business Communication Quarterly. 58(1). 52–54. 1 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H., et al.. (1993). Writing a Business Plan: The Total Term Assignment1. The Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication. 56(2). 29–32. 6 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H.. (1992). New venture mechanics. 24 indexed citations
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Gartner, William B., Terence R. Mitchell, & Karl H. Vesper. (1989). A taxonomy of new business ventures. Journal of Business Venturing. 4(3). 169–186. 87 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H.. (1988). Entrepreneurial academics—How can we tell when the field is getting somewhere?. Journal of Business Venturing. 3(1). 1–10. 46 indexed citations
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McMullan, W. Ed, et al.. (1987). THE VENTURE GENERATING POTENTIAL OF A UNIVERSITY. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 5(2). 31–40. 4 indexed citations
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Hornaday, John A., Jeffry A. Timmons, & Karl H. Vesper. (1983). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research : proceedings of the 1983 Conference on Entrepreneurship at Babson College. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations
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Kent, Calvin A., Donald L. Sexton, & Karl H. Vesper. (1982). Encyclopedia of entrepreneurship. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1371 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vesper, Karl H., John A. Hornaday, Jeffry A. Timmons, et al.. (1981). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research, 1982 : proceedings of the 1982 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations
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Hosmer, LaRue Tone, Arnold C. Cooper, & Karl H. Vesper. (1977). The entrepreneurial function: Text and cases on smaller firms. 5 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H.. (1977). Sub-Fields of Entrepreneurship Research.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1977(1). 440–444. 1 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H., et al.. (1973). Views on College Courses in Venture Initiation. Academy of Management Journal. 16(3). 519–522. 1 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H., et al.. (1973). VIEWS ON COLLEGE COURSES IN VENTURE INITIATION.. Academy of Management Journal. 16(3). 519–522. 2 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H. & James Luther Adams. (1972). Measuring Change Produced by Case Method Instruction.. Journal of Engineering Education. 2 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H. & James Luther Adams. (1971). Teaching Objectives, Style, and Effect with the Case Method.. Journal of Engineering Education. 1 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H.. (1971). VENTURE INITIATION COURSES IN U.S. BUSINESS SCHOOLS.. Academy of Management Journal. 14(4). 525–528. 8 indexed citations
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Vesper, Karl H. & James Luther Adams. (1969). Evaluating Learning from the Case Method.. English in Education. 5 indexed citations

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