Journal of Small Business Management

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Small Business Management is 13. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Lead user innovation and entrepreneurship: Analyzing the current state of research132
COVID-19 and entrepreneurial processes in US equity crowdfunding130
Introduction to the special issue on entrepreneurship processes125
Disentangling owners’ emotional determinants of the first-offer price for valuating small and medium-sized enterprises103
The value of leadership practices when there is no one to lead: A nascent entrepreneurship context99
When do negative emotions arise in entrepreneurship? A contextualized review of negative affective antecedents95
Comparing the moderated impact of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and entrepreneurial marketing on firm performance72
The paths leading to harmonious and obsessive entrepreneurial passion70
The role of flexibility, digitalization, and crisis response strategy for SMEs: Case of COVID-1962
Financial literacy in SMEs: A systematic literature review and a framework for further inquiry49
Microfoundations of entrepreneurial leadership: Successful women entrepreneurs in a developing economy46
Bouncing back to the surface: Factors determining SME recovery45
I make my own rules: The role of rule-breaking and ethics in driving entrepreneurial intention and involvement44
The female role model tactic: Theorizing change in tech entrepreneurship44
From belief to action: How constructive rule beliefs influence rule-breaking in entrepreneurial settings38
Unpacking the early alumni engagement of entrepreneurship graduates37
Exploitative and exploratory search: Dynamic capabilities enhancing SME adaptation, new product development, and environmental performance37
He-said, she-said: A family science and gendered perspective of communication in small family businesses36
Business model innovation and SME performance and performance variability: The role of CEO persistence35
External finance and the growth of rural and urban SMEs in England34
The power of family firm image in rewards-based crowdfunding34
Does prior experience matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between prior experience of entrepreneurs and firm performance30
Intersectional dimensions of entrepreneurship among immigrant Hispanic women29
Achieving high international market performance via simple vs complex configuration of international managerial network ties: A set theoretic approach across two countries29
Social innovation in Saudi Arabia: The role of entrepreneurs’ spirituality, ego resilience and alertness29
The impact of startup subsidies on survival, growth, and stakeholder value28
Understanding micro-level resilience enactment of everyday entrepreneurs under threat27
Open innovation in SMEs: A process view towards business model innovation26
Choice or chance: How successful entrepreneurs talk about luck26
Origin of Korean entrepreneurship26
Drivers and success factors of digital entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda25
Exploring the benefits and risks of displayed passion in entrepreneurial pitches25
Unconventional philosophies and practices: Vietnamese family firm performance in multiple countries24
Hybrid entrepreneurs: The value of experience23
Eco-innovations in family SMEs: Understanding the role of financial performance satisfaction23
Enhancing digital innovation in developing countries: Organizational improvisation and resource constraints in digital entrepreneurial firms23
Government finance, loans, and guarantees for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2000–2021): A systematic review22
Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners22
Why bother teaching entrepreneurship? A field quasi-experiment on the behavioral outcomes of compulsory entrepreneurship education20
Termination of nascent entrepreneurship: The central effects of action crisis in new venture creation20
Advancing entrepreneurial mindset: What do we know and where do we go?20
Can playing defense yield gains? Examining the relationships among regulatory focus, innovation, and SME performance20
Lessons on small business resilience19
Transmission of entrepreneurial identity across generations in business families: Understanding the effect of family communications19
Forced transgenerational succession: Insights from a South African family business19
Gender role congruity and crowdfunding success18
The process of growing in small firms: Exploring dialectic adjustments to nonroutine disruption17
Family firms’ survival in an economic downturn: The role of ownership concentration and collaborative intensity16
A configurational approach to strategic change in family firms16
Agility and improvisation in Ontario’s craft breweries: Capabilities for constraints-based innovation16
What we say = what we think? How implicit beliefs shape nascent entrepreneurial behavior16
A disaggregated view of soft skills: Entrepreneurship education systems of Africa15
New venture teams and acquisition: Team composition matters15
The spectrum of perceived uncertainty and entrepreneurial orientation: Impacts on effectuation15
The implications of crypto hacker attacks on financing new ventures14
Making the case for digital transformation: Digital entrepreneurship and on-demand service innovation14
The Effect of Online Discussion Boards on Equity Crowdfunding Dynamics14
Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviors in the Digital Age–A Systematic Literature Review14
Building strategic human capital resources: The effects of strategic entrepreneurship on employee recruitment and retention14
Pre-start-up internationalization mindsets trigger action13
Peer-to-peer lending: Exploring borrowers’ motivations and expectations13
Market orientation, failure learning orientation, and financial performance13
Serial entrepreneurs: A review of literature and guidance for future research13
R&D investment, innovation, and export performance: An analysis of SME and large firms13
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