Will Drover

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Will Drover is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Drover has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 13 papers in Accounting and 6 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Will Drover's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (14 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers) and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (6 papers). Will Drover is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (14 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers) and FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance (6 papers). Will Drover collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. Will Drover's co-authors include Matthew Wood, Aaron H. Anglin, Sharon F. Matusik, David M. Townsend, Lowell W. Busenitz, Gary Dushnitsky, Andrew C. Corbett, Aaron F. McKenny, Jeremy C. Short and Regan Stevenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Management, Journal of Business Ethics and Journal of Business Venturing.

In The Last Decade

Will Drover

20 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Review and Road Map of Entrepreneurial Equity Financing Research: Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Crowdfunding, and Accelerators

2017 436 citations Will Drover, Lowell W. Busenitz et al. Journal of Management profile →
The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on crowdfunding performance

2018 317 citations Aaron H. Anglin, Jeremy C. Short et al. Journal of Business Venturing profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will Drover United States	13	692	683	558	463	218	22	1.4k
Aaron H. Anglin United States	17	661 1.0×	946 1.4×	792 1.4×	490 1.1×	421 1.9×	27	1.9k
Arvin Sahaym United States	18	290 0.4×	356 0.5×	343 0.6×	309 0.7×	251 1.2×	44	1.2k
Matthew Josefy United States	14	289 0.4×	314 0.5×	362 0.6×	288 0.6×	200 0.9×	26	1.2k
Magdalena Cholakova Netherlands	5	207 0.3×	460 0.7×	397 0.7×	215 0.5×	111 0.5×	8	862
Veroniek Collewaert Belgium	18	715 1.0×	253 0.4×	323 0.6×	548 1.2×	110 0.5×	31	1.3k
Blakley C. Davis United States	8	360 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	971 1.7×	166 0.4×	433 2.0×	12	1.5k
Ernst Verwaal Netherlands	16	226 0.3×	241 0.4×	176 0.3×	232 0.5×	174 0.8×	46	1.5k
Bruce Walters United States	17	1.0k 1.5×	150 0.2×	265 0.5×	359 0.8×	107 0.5×	40	1.8k
Stefan Wally United States	11	431 0.6×	150 0.2×	260 0.5×	366 0.8×	133 0.6×	14	1.5k
Susan L. Cohen United States	12	729 1.1×	161 0.2×	283 0.5×	929 2.0×	85 0.4×	14	1.3k

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Matthews, Michael, Aaron H. Anglin, Will Drover, & Marcus T. Wolfe. (2023). Just a number? Using artificial intelligence to explore perceived founder age in entrepreneurial fundraising. Journal of Business Venturing. 39(1). 106361–106361. 14 indexed citations

Wood, Matthew, David W. Williams, & Will Drover. (2022). A theory of missed external enablement. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 17(2). 485–504. 8 indexed citations

Clingingsmith, David, Will Drover, & Scott Shane. (2022). Examining the outcomes of entrepreneur pitch training: an exploratory field study. Small Business Economics. 60(3). 947–974. 8 indexed citations

Bacq, Sophie, Will Drover, & Phillip H. Kim. (2021). Writing bold, broad, and rigorous review articles in entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing. 36(6). 106147–106147. 27 indexed citations

Massaro, Sebastiano, Will Drover, Moran Cerf, & Keith M. Hmieleski. (2020). Using functional neuroimaging to advance entrepreneurial cognition research. Journal of Small Business Management. 61(2). 938–966. 18 indexed citations

Massaro, Sebastiano, Will Drover, & Moran Cerf. (2020). Founder Gender and Investor Pitch Assessments: An fMRI Multivariate Pattern Analysis Investigation. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 21497–21497. 2 indexed citations

Shane, Scott, Will Drover, David Clingingsmith, & Moran Cerf. (2019). Founder passion, neural engagement and informal investor interest in startup pitches: An fMRI study. Journal of Business Venturing. 35(4). 105949–105949. 75 indexed citations

Anglin, Aaron H., Jeremy C. Short, Will Drover, et al.. (2018). The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on crowdfunding performance. Journal of Business Venturing. 33(4). 470–492. 317 indexed citations breakdown →

Drover, Will, Matthew Wood, & Andrew C. Corbett. (2017). Toward a Cognitive View of Signalling Theory: Individual Attention and Signal Set Interpretation. Journal of Management Studies. 55(2). 209–231. 204 indexed citations

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Drover, Will, Lowell W. Busenitz, Sharon F. Matusik, et al.. (2017). A Review and Road Map of Entrepreneurial Equity Financing Research: Venture Capital, Corporate Venture Capital, Angel Investment, Crowdfunding, and Accelerators. Journal of Management. 43(6). 1820–1853. 436 indexed citations breakdown →

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Drover, Will, Sebastiano Massaro, Moran Cerf, & Lowell W. Busenitz. (2017). Neuro-Entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017(1). 13893–13893. 1 indexed citations

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Wood, Matthew, David W. Williams, & Will Drover. (2016). Past as prologue: Entrepreneurial inaction decisions and subsequent action judgments. Journal of Business Venturing. 32(1). 107–127. 50 indexed citations

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Fassin, Yves & Will Drover. (2015). Ethics in Entrepreneurial Finance: Exploring Problems in Venture Partner Entry and Exit. Journal of Business Ethics. 140(4). 649–672. 26 indexed citations

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Anglin, Aaron H., Regan Stevenson, Will Drover, et al.. (2015). The Role of Positive Psychological Capital Language in Crowdfunding Performance. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015(1). 12776–12776. 1 indexed citations

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Drover, Will, Matthew Wood, & Andrew Zacharakis. (2015). Attributes of Angel and Crowdfunded Investments as Determinants of VC Screening Decisions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 41(3). 323–347. 139 indexed citations

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Fassin, Yves & Will Drover. (2014). Exploring Ethical Orientation and Ethical Gradation in Venture Capital. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 12984–12984.

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Drover, Will, Matthew Wood, & Yves Fassin. (2013). Take the money or run? Investors' ethical reputation and entrepreneurs' willingness to partner. Journal of Business Venturing. 29(6). 723–740. 57 indexed citations

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Drover, Will & Yves Fassin. (2013). The Role of Ethical Reputation in the Evaluation of VC Investors: The Entrepreneurs’ View. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2013(1). 12059–12059. 1 indexed citations

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Drover, Will, Matthew Wood, & G. Tyge Payne. (2013). The Effects of Perceived Control on Venture Capitalist Investment Decisions: A Configurational Perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 38(4). 833–861. 43 indexed citations

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Drover, Will, et al.. (2012). A 30-Year Historical Examination of Ethical Concerns Regarding Business Ethics: Who’s Concerned?. Journal of Business Ethics. 111(4). 431–438. 15 indexed citations

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