Luca Grilli

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Luca Grilli is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Grilli has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 74 papers in Accounting and 33 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Luca Grilli's work include Private Equity and Venture Capital (68 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (61 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (33 papers). Luca Grilli is often cited by papers focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital (68 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (61 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (33 papers). Luca Grilli collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Netherlands and United States. Luca Grilli's co-authors include Massimo G. Colombo, Samuele Murtinu, Paola Garrone, Evila Piva, Douglas J. Cumming, Fabio Bertoni, Marco Delmastro, Annalisa Croce, Boris Mrkajic and Alessandra Colombelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Research Policy and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Luca Grilli

111 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Founders’ human capital and the growth of new technology-based firms: A competence-based view

2005 856 citations Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli profile →
On growth drivers of high-tech start-ups: Exploring the role of founders' human capital and venture capital

2009 470 citations Massimo G. Colombo, Luca Grilli profile →
Creativity and artificial intelligence: A multilevel perspective

2024 32 citations Luca Grilli et al. Creativity and Innovation Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luca Grilli Italy	34	2.6k	2.5k	2.1k	1.1k	441	118	4.8k
Dirk Czarnitzki Belgium	48	1.8k 0.7×	5.5k 2.2×	1.6k 0.8×	2.1k 2.0×	303 0.7×	199	7.3k
Paul A. Geroski United Kingdom	39	1.9k 0.7×	5.8k 2.3×	1.5k 0.7×	2.6k 2.5×	336 0.8×	111	8.1k
Xiaohui Liu China	40	1.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	3.6k 3.3×	741 1.7×	133	5.8k
Lucia Piscitello Italy	35	975 0.4×	1.4k 0.6×	672 0.3×	2.4k 2.2×	753 1.7×	135	3.9k
James H. Love United Kingdom	44	1.0k 0.4×	3.7k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	4.7k 4.4×	457 1.0×	139	7.5k
Marco Vivarelli Italy	47	1.0k 0.4×	5.1k 2.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	246 0.6×	178	6.1k
Scott L. Newbert United States	22	788 0.3×	749 0.3×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 1.9×	851 1.9×	53	4.0k
Farok J. Contractor United States	32	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	548 0.3×	4.9k 4.6×	945 2.1×	81	6.0k
Andréa Fosfuri Spain	29	953 0.4×	3.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.8×	4.1k 3.8×	278 0.6×	74	6.3k
Roger Strange United Kingdom	31	1.3k 0.5×	979 0.4×	303 0.1×	2.4k 2.2×	524 1.2×	94	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Luca Grilli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Butticè, Vincenzo, et al.. (2025). The times they are a‐changin’: how venture capital firms change their investment practices under the COVID-19 pandemic. Small Business Economics. 65(2). 871–893. 1 indexed citations

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2024). Yaratıcılık ve Yapay Zekâ: Çok Düzeyli Bir Bakış Açısı. 15-2(15-2). 274–307.

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence and shapeshifting capitalism. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 34(2). 303–318. 3 indexed citations

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2024). Creativity and artificial intelligence: A multilevel perspective. Creativity and Innovation Management. 33(2). 234–247. 32 indexed citations breakdown →

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2023). Ant colony optimization for Chinese postman problem. Neural Computing and Applications. 36(6). 2901–2920. 8 indexed citations

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2023). Does writing a business plan still matter for searching and obtaining external equity finance?. Venture Capital. 26(1). 47–73. 5 indexed citations

Rocha, Vera & Luca Grilli. (2023). Early-stage start-up hiring: the interplay between start-ups’ initial resources and innovation orientation. Small Business Economics. 62(4). 1641–1668. 9 indexed citations

Grilli, Luca, et al.. (2022). Industrial policy, innovative entrepreneurship, and the human capital of founders. Small Business Economics. 60(2). 707–728. 19 indexed citations

Pietro, Francesca Di, Luca Grilli, & Francesca Masciarelli. (2020). Costly and Costless Signals and the Role of Innovativeness in Equity Crowdfunding. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 18833–18833. 4 indexed citations

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Garrone, Paola, Luca Grilli, & Riccardo Marzano. (2019). Incentives to water conservation under scarcity: Comparing price and reward effects through stated preferences. Journal of Cleaner Production. 244. 118632–118632. 20 indexed citations

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Economidou, Claire, Luca Grilli, Magnus Henrekson, & Mark Sanders. (2018). Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society. Small Business Economics. 51(2). 279–291. 19 indexed citations

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Croce, Annalisa, Luca Grilli, & Samuele Murtinu. (2018). Why do entrepreneurs refuse venture capital?. Industry and Innovation. 26(6). 619–642. 7 indexed citations

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Bertoni, Fabio, Diego D’Adda, & Luca Grilli. (2015). Cherry-picking or frog-kissing? A theoretical analysis of how investors select entrepreneurial ventures in thin venture capital markets. Small Business Economics. 46(3). 391–405. 30 indexed citations

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Colombo, Massimo G., Luca Grilli, Massimiliano Guerini, Evila Piva, & Cristina Rossi Lamastra. (2011). The Enlargement of the Managerial Ranks of Entrepreneurial Ventures: The Case of High-Tech Start-Ups. L'industria. 513–538. 1 indexed citations

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Grilli, Luca & Samuele Murtinu. (2011). Turning European new technology-based firms into "gazelles": the role of public (and private) venture capital. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 1–41. 8 indexed citations

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Colombo, Stefano, Luca Grilli, & Cristina Rossi Lamastra. (2009). On the determinants of the degree of openness of Open Source firms: An entry model. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1–18. 1 indexed citations

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Garrone, Paola, et al.. (2007). Municipal ownership and cost efficiency in utilities. Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha). 15–36. 1 indexed citations

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Grilli, Luca. (2005). Internet Start-Ups Access to the Bank Loan Market: Evidence from Italy. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Grilli, Luca & Massimo G. Colombo. (2005). Start-Up Size: The Role of External Financing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Grilli, Luca. (2002). Start up Problem in a Network Good Market: The Use of Advertising by a Monopolist Provider. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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