William D. Bygrave

9.4k citations
43 papers · 6.0k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 22

Impact in

Papers in

Journals
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (5 papers)Journal of Business Venturing (5 papers)Venture Capital (1 paper)The Journal of Private Equity (1 paper)Repository of the University of Ljubljana (University of Ljubljana) (1 paper)

In The Last Decade

William D. Bygrave

43 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2003 · 1.4k citations
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Peers

William D. Bygrave
Comparison fields: 5 of 101
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 4.3k
  • Business and International Management 872
  • Accounting 2.7k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.8k
  • Strategy and Management 985
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20142
2 20142
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Entrepreneurship, 2nd ed.
201019
4
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem)-2002 Executive Report
2009137
5
Do Business Plans Make No Difference in the Real World? A Study of 117 New Ventures
20094
6
'The Entrepreneurship Paradigm' Revisited Seventeen Years Later
20081
7
Pre-Startup Formal Business Plans and Post-Startup Performance: A Study of 116 New Ventures
200815
8
Entrepreneurship, Welfare Provision and Unemployment: Relationships Between Unemployment, Welfare Provision, and Entrepreneurship in Thirty-Seven Nations Participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002
20071
9
Who Finances Startups in the USA? A Comprehensive Study of Informal Investors, 1999-2003
200624
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Financing Report
200521
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem) - National Entrepreneurship Assessment United States of America - 2003 Executive Report
200457
12
Entrepreneurship and Unemployment: Relationships between Unemployment and Entrepreneurship in 37 Nations Participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002
200326
13
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 1998: proceedings of the 18th annual entrepreneurship research conference
19989
14
Realizing investment value
199417
15 199337
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Venture Capital at the Crossroads
1992459
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Theorizing about Entrepreneurship
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1992702
18
The Entrepreneurship Paradigm (I): A Philosophical Look at its Research Methodologies
1989216
19
Venture capital investing : a resource exchange perspective
19899
20
Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation for Economic Growth
19867

About William D. Bygrave

William D. Bygrave is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management, having authored 43 papers that have together received 6.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Private Equity and Venture Capital (20 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (18 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (7 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (4 papers), Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (3 papers), Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis (2 papers), Family Business Performance and Succession (1 paper) and Social and Cultural Dynamics (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Management of Technology and Innovation (4.3k citations), Business and International Management (872 citations), Accounting (2.7k citations), Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management (1.8k citations) and Strategy and Management (985 citations). William D. Bygrave has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Frequent co-authors include Charles W. Hofer, Jeffry A. Timmons, Erkko Autio, Neil Churchill, G. Dale Meyer, Richard Harrison, James O. Fiet, Maria Minniti, Paul D. Reynolds and Joseph Rosenstein. Their work appears in journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Venture Capital, The Journal of Private Equity and Repository of the University of Ljubljana (University of Ljubljana).

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