William Bygrave

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

William Bygrave is a scholar working on Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Bygrave has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Accounting, 4 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in William Bygrave's work include Private Equity and Venture Capital (7 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers). William Bygrave is often cited by papers focused on Private Equity and Venture Capital (7 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (4 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers). William Bygrave collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and United Kingdom. William Bygrave's co-authors include Maria Minniti, Paul D. Reynolds, Michael Hay, Wei Sean Yong, Linda Vincent, Joel M. Shulman, J. William Petty, Howard Frederick, David Brown and Yan Tan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and BMC Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

William Bygrave

13 papers receiving 1.2k 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 Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Learning

2001 792 citations Maria Minniti, William Bygrave Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William Bygrave United States	8	1.1k	483	466	335	257	14	1.4k
Dave Valliere Canada	19	938 0.9×	289 0.6×	358 0.8×	333 1.0×	271 1.1×	53	1.3k
Alain Fayolle France	18	1.0k 1.0×	494 1.0×	272 0.6×	294 0.9×	165 0.6×	65	1.4k
Jason R. Fitzsimmons Australia	12	925 0.9×	484 1.0×	285 0.6×	343 1.0×	249 1.0×	34	1.2k
Stephen Spinelli United States	6	754 0.7×	329 0.7×	296 0.6×	186 0.6×	210 0.8×	8	1.2k
Francis J. Greene United Kingdom	21	910 0.9×	392 0.8×	494 1.1×	157 0.5×	436 1.7×	47	1.4k
Sankaran Venkataraman United States	7	834 0.8×	304 0.6×	244 0.5×	259 0.8×	173 0.7×	9	1.1k
Lanny Herron United States	9	848 0.8×	446 0.9×	338 0.7×	185 0.6×	253 1.0×	15	1.2k
Drew Bagby United States	4	914 0.9×	373 0.8×	380 0.8×	268 0.8×	293 1.1×	7	1.2k
Truls Erikson Norway	16	654 0.6×	336 0.7×	388 0.8×	164 0.5×	146 0.6×	44	1.0k
Arndt Werner Germany	18	690 0.6×	441 0.9×	340 0.7×	169 0.5×	210 0.8×	46	1.0k

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Brown, David, et al.. (2012). IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP A PROFESSION? (SUMMARY). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 32(5). 13–62. 1 indexed citations

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Bygrave, William, et al.. (2012). HUMAN ASSETS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE: A STUDY OF COMPANIES STARTED BY BUSINESS SCHOOL GRADUATES. Journal of business & entrepreneurship. 24(1). 1. 7 indexed citations

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Yong, Wei Sean, et al.. (2011). DOES AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION HAVE LASTING VALUE? A STUDY OF CAREERS OF 4,000 ALUMNI. Journal of business & entrepreneurship. 25(2). 1. 42 indexed citations

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Tan, Yan, et al.. (2010). DOES ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION HAVE A LASTING EFFECT? A STUDY OF THE CAREERS OF 3,894 BUSINESS SCHOOL ALUMNI (INTERACTIVE PAPER). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 30(6). 19. 1 indexed citations

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Bygrave, William, et al.. (2007). For love or money? A study of financial returns on informal investments in businesses owned by relatives, friends, and strangers. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Frederick, Howard & William Bygrave. (2004). The importance of informal investing to New Zealand's new and growing firms. BMC Infectious Diseases. 21(1). 51–65. 1 indexed citations

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Bygrave, William, et al.. (2003). Executive forum: A study of informal investing in 29 nations composing the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Venture Capital. 5(2). 101–116. 146 indexed citations

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Bygrave, William, et al.. (2001). Smart money? The impact of having top venture capital investors and underwriters backing a venture. Venture Capital. 3(4). 309–326. 37 indexed citations

9.

Minniti, Maria & William Bygrave. (2001). A Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Learning. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 25(3). 5–16. 792 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bygrave, William & Maria Minniti. (2000). The Social Dynamics of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 24(3). 25–36. 175 indexed citations

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Minniti, Maria & William Bygrave. (1999). The Microfoundations of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 23(4). 41–52. 114 indexed citations

12.

Bygrave, William, et al.. (1997). The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship Case Studies. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

13.

Petty, J. William, Joel M. Shulman, & William Bygrave. (1994). Mergers and Acquisitions: A Means of Harvesting the Venture. Managerial Finance. 20(1). 43–52. 7 indexed citations

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Bygrave, William, et al.. (1989). Early rates of return of 131 venture capital funds started 1978–1984. Journal of Business Venturing. 4(2). 93–105. 29 indexed citations

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