Sameeksha Desai

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Sameeksha Desai is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Sameeksha Desai has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 24 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 16 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Sameeksha Desai's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (24 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (11 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (8 papers). Sameeksha Desai is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (24 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (11 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (8 papers). Sameeksha Desai collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Sweden. Sameeksha Desai's co-authors include Zoltán J. Ács, Jolanda Hessels, Maksim Belitski, David B. Audretsch, Leora Klapper, Farzana Chowdhury, Besni̇k A. Krasniqi, Utz Weitzel, Wim Naudé and Nora Stel and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

Sameeksha Desai

50 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 200 400 600
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. Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions
    2008 746 citations Zoltán J. Ács, Sameeksha Desai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sameeksha Desai United States 20 1.4k 946 595 410 401 54 2.2k
Paloma López-García Germany 16 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.3× 596 1.0× 355 0.9× 221 0.6× 42 2.2k
Sebastián Aparicio Spain 19 1.2k 0.9× 734 0.8× 345 0.6× 462 1.1× 240 0.6× 46 1.9k
José Ernesto Amorós Chile 27 1.9k 1.4× 953 1.0× 536 0.9× 717 1.7× 426 1.1× 79 3.1k
Sergey Anokhin United States 25 877 0.6× 649 0.7× 657 1.1× 252 0.6× 398 1.0× 61 2.2k
Isabel Grilo Belgium 18 1.2k 0.9× 876 0.9× 432 0.7× 330 0.8× 205 0.5× 37 1.9k
Mark Hart United Kingdom 25 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 557 0.9× 233 0.6× 281 0.7× 103 2.2k
Ben Spigel United Kingdom 15 2.2k 1.6× 719 0.8× 721 1.2× 726 1.8× 442 1.1× 30 2.9k
Phillip H. Kim United States 20 1.3k 0.9× 549 0.6× 604 1.0× 268 0.7× 498 1.2× 42 2.1k
Magnus Henrekson Sweden 29 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 2.5× 953 1.6× 212 0.5× 378 0.9× 142 3.7k
Max Keilbach Germany 17 2.3k 1.7× 2.3k 2.5× 1.1k 1.8× 418 1.0× 373 0.9× 28 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Sameeksha Desai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sameeksha Desai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Belitski, Maksim & Sameeksha Desai. (2024). Filtering or facilitating productive entrepreneurship?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 206. 123497–123497. 3 indexed citations
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Audretsch, David B., Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury, & Sameeksha Desai. (2023). Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity. Research Policy. 53(2). 104942–104942. 19 indexed citations
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Audretsch, David B., Maksim Belitski, Farzana Chowdhury, & Sameeksha Desai. (2022). CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports. International Business Review. 31(5). 102008–102008. 23 indexed citations
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Belitski, Maksim, Sameeksha Desai, & Andrew Godley. (2021). Small business and poverty: evidence from post-Soviet cities. Regional Studies. 55(5). 921–935. 9 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha, et al.. (2020). Entry Regulation and Persistence of Profits in Incumbent Firms. Review of Industrial Organization. 57(3). 537–558. 3 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha, et al.. (2020). Challenges Along the Entrepreneurial Journey: Considerations for Entrepreneurship Supporters. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Fairlie, Robert W. & Sameeksha Desai. (2020). 2019 Early-Stage Entrepreneurship in the United States: National and State Report. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha, et al.. (2019). Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs: Removing Barriers. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations
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Belitski, Maksim & Sameeksha Desai. (2019). Female ownership, firm age and firm growth: a study of South Asian firms. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 38(3). 825–855. 30 indexed citations
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Audretsch, David B., Maksim Belitski, & Sameeksha Desai. (2018). National Business Regulations and City Entrepreneurship in Europe: A Multilevel Nested Analysis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 43(6). 1148–1165. 101 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha. (2017). Economic effects of terrorism: Local and city considerations, priorities for research and policy. Geography Compass. 11(11). 7 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha. (2016). Destructive entrepreneurship and the security context. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. 5(2). 240–250. 11 indexed citations
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Braunerhjelm, Pontus, Sameeksha Desai, & Johan Eklund. (2015). Regulation, Firm Dynamics and Entrepreneurship. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics.
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Belitski, Maksim & Sameeksha Desai. (2015). What drives ICT clustering in European cities?. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 41(3). 430–450. 34 indexed citations
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Aldridge, Taylor, et al.. (2014). Scientist entrepreneurship across scientific fields. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 39(6). 819–835. 28 indexed citations
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Carley, Sanya, Sameeksha Desai, & Morgan Bazilian. (2012). Energy-Based Economic Development: Mapping the Developing Country Context. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Weitzel, Utz, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksha Desai, Mark Sanders, & Zoltán J. Ács. (2010). The good, the bad, and the talented: Entrepreneurial talent and selfish behavior. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 76(1). 64–81. 54 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha, et al.. (2008). Transnational ethnic groups and conflict : the Zaghawa in Chad and Sudan. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. 2008(2). 25–29. 2 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha. (2008). Essays on entrepreneurship and postconflict reconstruction. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 80(3). 42–6, 82. 3 indexed citations
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Desai, Sameeksha & Zoltán J. Ács. (2007). A Theory of Destructive Entrepreneurship. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations

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