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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
The value of leadership practices when there is no one to lead: A nascent entrepreneurship context123
Lead user innovation and entrepreneurship: Analyzing the current state of research118
COVID-19 and entrepreneurial processes in US equity crowdfunding111
Introduction to the special issue on entrepreneurship processes98
Disentangling owners’ emotional determinants of the first-offer price for valuating small and medium-sized enterprises97
Comparing the moderated impact of entrepreneurial orientation, market orientation, and entrepreneurial marketing on firm performance91
When do negative emotions arise in entrepreneurship? A contextualized review of negative affective antecedents88
Bouncing back to the surface: Factors determining SME recovery66
The paths leading to harmonious and obsessive entrepreneurial passion63
Culture values and entrepreneurial innovativeness: A comparative study of Malaysian ethnic entrepreneurs60
The role of flexibility, digitalization, and crisis response strategy for SMEs: Case of COVID-1960
Financial literacy in SMEs: A systematic literature review and a framework for further inquiry48
Transitional entrepreneurship: Elevating research into marginalized entrepreneurs48
The female role model tactic: Theorizing change in tech entrepreneurship45
Does prior experience matter? A meta-analysis of the relationship between prior experience of entrepreneurs and firm performance42
The power of family firm image in rewards-based crowdfunding40
Business model innovation and SME performance and performance variability: The role of CEO persistence39
External finance and the growth of rural and urban SMEs in England34
He-said, she-said: A family science and gendered perspective of communication in small family businesses34
From belief to action: How constructive rule beliefs influence rule-breaking in entrepreneurial settings34
Achieving high international market performance via simple vs complex configuration of international managerial network ties: A set theoretic approach across two countries33
Women entrepreneurship in developing economies: A gender-based growth model31
Unpacking the early alumni engagement of entrepreneurship graduates31
Exploitative and exploratory search: Dynamic capabilities enhancing SME adaptation, new product development, and environmental performance30
The impact of startup subsidies on survival, growth, and stakeholder value30
Intersectional dimensions of entrepreneurship among immigrant Hispanic women30
Social innovation in Saudi Arabia: The role of entrepreneurs’ spirituality, ego resilience and alertness28
Choice or chance: How successful entrepreneurs talk about luck28
Open innovation in SMEs: A process view towards business model innovation27
Origin of Korean entrepreneurship27
Understanding micro-level resilience enactment of everyday entrepreneurs under threat27
Enhancing digital innovation in developing countries: Organizational improvisation and resource constraints in digital entrepreneurial firms26
Exploring the benefits and risks of displayed passion in entrepreneurial pitches25
Eco-innovations in family SMEs: Understanding the role of financial performance satisfaction24
CEO succession game in family firms: Owners vs. advisors23
Unconventional philosophies and practices: Vietnamese family firm performance in multiple countries23
Hybrid entrepreneurs: The value of experience23
Can playing defense yield gains? Examining the relationships among regulatory focus, innovation, and SME performance22
Government finance, loans, and guarantees for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2000–2021): A systematic review22
Drivers and success factors of digital entrepreneurship: A systematic literature review and future research agenda22
Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners22
Transmission of entrepreneurial identity across generations in business families: Understanding the effect of family communications21
Forced transgenerational succession: Insights from a South African family business20
Lessons on small business resilience19
Advancing entrepreneurial mindset: What do we know and where do we go?18
Termination of nascent entrepreneurship: The central effects of action crisis in new venture creation18
Why bother teaching entrepreneurship? A field quasi-experiment on the behavioral outcomes of compulsory entrepreneurship education18
What we say = what we think? How implicit beliefs shape nascent entrepreneurial behavior17
Gender role congruity and crowdfunding success17
Making the case for digital transformation: Digital entrepreneurship and on-demand service innovation17
The process of growing in small firms: Exploring dialectic adjustments to nonroutine disruption17
A configurational approach to strategic change in family firms16
Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviors in the Digital Age–A Systematic Literature Review15
New venture teams and acquisition: Team composition matters15
The spectrum of perceived uncertainty and entrepreneurial orientation: Impacts on effectuation15
Family firms’ survival in an economic downturn: The role of ownership concentration and collaborative intensity15
A disaggregated view of soft skills: Entrepreneurship education systems of Africa14
Agility and improvisation in Ontario’s craft breweries: Capabilities for constraints-based innovation14
Pre-start-up internationalization mindsets trigger action13
Life satisfaction of family business members: The role of socioemotional wealth goals and psychological functioning13
Serial entrepreneurs: A review of literature and guidance for future research13
The Effect of Online Discussion Boards on Equity Crowdfunding Dynamics13
R&D investment, innovation, and export performance: An analysis of SME and large firms13
The implications of crypto hacker attacks on financing new ventures13
Building strategic human capital resources: The effects of strategic entrepreneurship on employee recruitment and retention13
Market orientation, failure learning orientation, and financial performance13
Peer-to-peer lending: Exploring borrowers’ motivations and expectations13
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