William A. Sahlman

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

William A. Sahlman is a scholar working on Accounting, Strategy and Management and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, William A. Sahlman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Accounting, 2 papers in Strategy and Management and 2 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in William A. Sahlman's work include Private Equity and Venture Capital (9 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 papers). William A. Sahlman is often cited by papers focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital (9 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers) and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation (2 papers). William A. Sahlman collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. William A. Sahlman's co-authors include Michael F. Gorman, Howard H. Stevenson, Paul A. Gompers, Brock Reeve, Michael J. Roberts, Chris Mason, David Brindley, Emily J Culme-Seymour, Natasha L. Davie and Jason Green and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Financial Economics, Cell stem cell and Journal of Business Venturing.

In The Last Decade

William A. Sahlman

32 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

The structure and governance of venture-capital organizat... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1990 1989 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. The structure and governance of venture-capital organizations
    1990 1.7k citations William A. Sahlman profile →
  2. What do venture capitalists do?
    1989 894 citations William A. Sahlman et al. Journal of Business Venturing profile →

Peers

William A. Sahlman
Gary Dushnitsky United Kingdom
Sophie Manigart Belgium
Douglas D. Moesel United States
Rosemarie Ham Ziedonis United States
Marc Deloof Belgium
Miguel Meuleman Belgium
Annalisa Croce Italy
Parthiban David United States
Gordon Murray United Kingdom
Mike Burkart Sweden
Gary Dushnitsky United Kingdom
William A. Sahlman
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All Works

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Brindley, David, Natasha L. Davie, William A. Sahlman, et al.. (2012). Promising Growth and Investment in the Cell Therapy Industry during the First Quarter of 2012. Cell stem cell. 10(5). 492–496. 12 indexed citations
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Brindley, David, Brock Reeve, William A. Sahlman, et al.. (2011). The Impact of Market Volatility on the Cell Therapy Industry. Cell stem cell. 9(5). 397–401. 18 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael J. & William A. Sahlman. (2011). AXA Private Equity: The Diana Investment. 1 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A.. (2009). Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us …). SSRN Electronic Journal. 19 indexed citations
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Roberts, Michael J., et al.. (2008). How Serial Entrepreneurs Build and Manage a Board of Directors in a Venture-Backed Start Up. 7(4). 287–8. 1 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A. & Elizabeth Kind. (2006). Prosper Marketplace, Inc.. 2 indexed citations
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Mullins, John, et al.. (2004). Take the Money-or Run?. Harvard business review. 82(11). 35–43. 4 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A.. (2003). Stock Options Are an Expense. Harvard business review. 81(5). 124–125.
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Sahlman, William A. & Michael J. Roberts. (2003). Endeavor-Determining A Growth Strategy. Gene. 233(1-2). 89–99.
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Sahlman, William A.. (2002). Note On The Financial Perspective: What Should Entrepreneurs Know?.
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Sahlman, William A.. (2002). Expensing options solves nothing.. PubMed. 80(12). 90–6, 134. 12 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A. & Michael J. Roberts. (1999). Launching a High-Risk Business CD. 2 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A., et al.. (1998). Amazon.com--Going Public. 4 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A. & Jason Green. (1995). Benjamin Rosen and Compaq. 1 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A., et al.. (1991). Introduction to the Entrepreneurial Venture. 7 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A. & Howard H. Stevenson. (1989). The Entrepreneurial Process. 31 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A.. (1988). ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTING IN VENTURE CAPITAL. Journal of applied corporate finance. 1(2). 23–36. 109 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A., et al.. (1987). A Method For Valuing High-Risk, Long-Term Investments: The "Venture Capital Method". 88(4). 459–62. 11 indexed citations
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Sahlman, William A. & Howard H. Stevenson. (1985). Capital market myopia. Journal of Business Venturing. 1(1). 7–30. 92 indexed citations

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