Stephen Spinelli

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen Spinelli is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Accounting and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Spinelli has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Strategy and Management, 1 paper in Accounting and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Stephen Spinelli's work include Franchising Strategies and Performance (3 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (1 paper) and Cooperative Studies and Economics (1 paper). Stephen Spinelli is often cited by papers focused on Franchising Strategies and Performance (3 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (1 paper) and Cooperative Studies and Economics (1 paper). Stephen Spinelli collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Stephen Spinelli's co-authors include Robert Adams, Prescott C. Ensign, Sue Birley, Benoı̂t Leleux, Andrew Zacharakis, Jeffry A. Timmons and Anthony L. Iaquinto and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Private Equity, CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) and Medical Entomology and Zoology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Spinelli

7 papers receiving 919 citations

Hit Papers

New Venture Creation 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. New Venture Creation
    1994 553 citations Stephen Spinelli, Prescott C. Ensign et al. profile →
  2. New Venture Creation Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century
    2014 548 citations Stephen Spinelli, Robert Adams 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
Stephen Spinelli United States 6 754 329 296 291 210 8 1.2k
Sankaran Venkataraman United States 7 834 1.1× 304 0.9× 244 0.8× 291 1.0× 173 0.8× 9 1.1k
Tomas Karlsson Sweden 11 747 1.0× 339 1.0× 324 1.1× 235 0.8× 137 0.7× 22 993
Alain Fayolle France 18 1.0k 1.4× 494 1.5× 272 0.9× 285 1.0× 165 0.8× 65 1.4k
Arndt Werner Germany 18 690 0.9× 441 1.3× 340 1.1× 197 0.7× 210 1.0× 46 1.0k
Truls Erikson Norway 16 654 0.9× 336 1.0× 388 1.3× 285 1.0× 146 0.7× 44 1.0k
Dave Valliere Canada 19 938 1.2× 289 0.9× 358 1.2× 234 0.8× 271 1.3× 53 1.3k
Lanny Herron United States 9 848 1.1× 446 1.4× 338 1.1× 357 1.2× 253 1.2× 15 1.2k
Douglas W. Naffziger United States 8 956 1.3× 597 1.8× 301 1.0× 294 1.0× 185 0.9× 9 1.3k
Drew Bagby United States 4 914 1.2× 373 1.1× 380 1.3× 197 0.7× 293 1.4× 7 1.2k
Dilani Jayawarna United Kingdom 18 804 1.1× 452 1.4× 210 0.7× 243 0.8× 201 1.0× 35 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Spinelli

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Spinelli

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Spinelli

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Spinelli. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Spinelli 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 Stephen Spinelli. Stephen Spinelli is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
1.
Spinelli, Stephen & Robert Adams. (2014). New Venture Creation Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 548 indexed citations breakdown →
2.
Spinelli, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Action Research to Support the Sustainability of Strategic Planning.. Planning for higher education. 39(4). 23–31.
3.
Spinelli, Stephen. (2007). Franchises without borders. Business Strategy Review. 18(1). 50–52. 6 indexed citations
4.
Iaquinto, Anthony L. & Stephen Spinelli. (2006). Never Bet the Farm: How Entrepreneurs Take Risks, Make Decisions -- and How You Can, Too. 1 indexed citations
5.
Zacharakis, Andrew, Stephen Spinelli, & Jeffry A. Timmons. (2004). Business Plans that Work. 7 indexed citations
6.
Spinelli, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Franchising: Pathway to Wealth Creation. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 113(3). 427–32. 27 indexed citations
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Spinelli, Stephen, Sue Birley, & Benoı̂t Leleux. (2003). An Analysis of Shareholder Return in Public Franchisor Companies. The Journal of Private Equity. 6(3). 56–67. 14 indexed citations
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Spinelli, Stephen, Prescott C. Ensign, & Robert Adams. (1994). New Venture Creation. 553 indexed citations breakdown →

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