Sampsa Samila

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sampsa Samila is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Accounting and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Sampsa Samila has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 15 papers in Accounting and 13 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Sampsa Samila's work include Private Equity and Venture Capital (13 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (12 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Sampsa Samila is often cited by papers focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital (13 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (12 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Sampsa Samila collaborates with scholars based in Spain, United States and Canada. Sampsa Samila's co-authors include Olav Sorenson, John‐Paul Ferguson, Rembrand Koning, Ramana Nanda, Ryan C. McDevitt, Brian S. Silverman, Avi Goldfarb, Mireia Giné, Bledi Taska and Emily Erikson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Financial Economics and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Sampsa Samila

31 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Venture Capital, Entrepre... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400
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. Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth
    2010 423 citations Sampsa Samila, Olav Sorenson The Review of Economics and Statistics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sampsa Samila Spain 12 567 515 435 161 116 35 1.2k
Deepak Hegde United States 21 447 0.8× 763 1.5× 584 1.3× 391 2.4× 83 0.7× 53 1.4k
Benjamin Balsmeier Germany 15 731 1.3× 646 1.3× 254 0.6× 410 2.5× 113 1.0× 41 1.5k
Serguey Braguinsky United States 17 387 0.7× 483 0.9× 391 0.9× 301 1.9× 168 1.4× 52 1.1k
Gil Avnimelech Israel 15 390 0.7× 389 0.8× 399 0.9× 218 1.4× 126 1.1× 43 892
Federico Munari Italy 20 890 1.6× 744 1.4× 701 1.6× 489 3.0× 55 0.5× 62 1.6k
Carolin Haeussler Germany 14 244 0.4× 373 0.7× 415 1.0× 342 2.1× 74 0.6× 29 1.1k
Theodore A. Khoury United States 12 384 0.7× 282 0.5× 362 0.8× 460 2.9× 157 1.4× 20 988
Hana Milanov United States 13 360 0.6× 192 0.4× 410 0.9× 452 2.8× 148 1.3× 26 999
Andrea Moro United Kingdom 20 731 1.3× 699 1.4× 144 0.3× 201 1.2× 149 1.3× 67 1.5k
Georg Licht Germany 16 261 0.5× 800 1.6× 322 0.7× 345 2.1× 83 0.7× 55 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sampsa Samila

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sampsa Samila

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sampsa Samila

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sampsa Samila. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sampsa Samila based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sampsa Samila. Sampsa Samila is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Samila, Sampsa, et al.. (2021). Institutional ownership and the nature of corporate innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Samila, Sampsa, Alexander Oettl, & Sharique Hasan. (2021). Helpful Behavior and the Durability of Collaborative Ties. Organization Science. 33(5). 1816–1836. 7 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa, et al.. (2021). Co-Ethnicity Effects in New Venture Screening. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Giné, Mireia, et al.. (2021). AI Adoption and Firm Performance: Management versus IT. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021(1). 15935–15935. 4 indexed citations
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Koning, Rembrand, Sampsa Samila, & John‐Paul Ferguson. (2021). Who do we invent for? Patents by women focus more on women’s health, but few women get to invent. Science. 372(6548). 1345–1348. 96 indexed citations
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Keller, Klaus, et al.. (2021). Robots, China and Polls: Structural Shocks and Political Participation in the US. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Giné, Mireia, et al.. (2020). AI Adoption and Firm Performance: Management versus IT. SSRN Electronic Journal. 23 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa, et al.. (2020). Investor – Entrepreneur Gender Effects in New Venture Screening. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Azar, José, et al.. (2019). The Demand for AI Skills in the Labor Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa & Olav Sorenson. (2017). Community and Capital in Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. American Sociological Review. 82(4). 770–795. 48 indexed citations
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Nanda, Ramana, Sampsa Samila, & Olav Sorenson. (2017). The Persistent Effect of Initial Success: Evidence from Venture Capital. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa & Olav Sorenson. (2015). Community and Capital in Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations
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Erikson, Emily & Sampsa Samila. (2015). Social Networks and Port Traffic in Early Modern Overseas Trade. Social Science History. 39(2). 151–173. 9 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa, Alexander Oettl, & Sharique Hasan. (2015). Helpful Thirds and the Durability of Collaborative Ties. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Goldfarb, Avi, Ryan C. McDevitt, Sampsa Samila, & Brian S. Silverman. (2014). The Effect of Social Interaction on Economic Transactions: Evidence from Changes in Two Retail Formats.
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Samila, Sampsa & Vivek Tandon. (2013). Immigration Law and Mobility of Inventors. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2013(1). 15532–15532. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Qiu-Hong, Sampsa Samila, Sendil Ethiraj, et al.. (2011). Law and Innovation: Evidence from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. 6 indexed citations
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Samila, Sampsa & Olav Sorenson. (2010). Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 93(1). 338–349. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Räisänen‐Sokolowski, Anne, et al.. (1997). A VITAMIN D ANALOG, MC1288, INHIBITS ADVENTITIAL INFLAMMATION AND SUPPRESSES INTIMAL LESIONS IN RAT AORTIC ALLOGRAFTS. Transplantation. 63(7). 936–941. 38 indexed citations
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Räisänen‐Sokolowski, Anne, et al.. (1996). Effect of MC1288, a vitamin D analogue, on lymphocyte proliferation in vitro and rat aortic allograft arteriosclerosis in vivo.. PubMed. 28(2). 919–919. 3 indexed citations

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