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Business and Management
UK
2023

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Business and Management D-index 62 Citations 15,751 260 World Ranking 269 National Ranking 40

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Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Finance
  • Social science
  • China

His scientific interests lie mostly in Venture capital, Finance, Social venture capital, Entrepreneurship and Angel investor. He has researched Venture capital in several fields, including Small business and Access to finance. Colin Mason regularly links together related areas like Tax incentive in his Finance studies.

His studies deal with areas such as Equity, Private equity firm, Return of capital, Capital employed and Capital market as well as Social venture capital. His research integrates issues of Public policy, Marketing, Public economics and Economic geography in his study of Entrepreneurship. His research investigates the link between Angel investor and topics such as Labour economics that cross with problems in Rate of return, New Ventures and Initial public offering.

His most cited work include:

  • Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (967 citations)
  • What do Investors Look for in a Business Plan? A Comparison of the Investment Criteria of Bankers, Venture Capitalists and Business Angels (324 citations)
  • Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms (278 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Colin Mason mostly deals with Venture capital, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Social venture capital and Market economy. His research on Venture capital focuses in particular on Angel investor. His study in Finance is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Public sector and Investment opportunities.

The concepts of his Entrepreneurship study are interwoven with issues in Economic growth, Management, Small business, Marketing and Social capital. He combines subjects such as Capital employed and Financial capital with his study of Social venture capital. His Market economy study frequently links to other fields, such as Entrepreneurial finance.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Venture capital (32.22%)
  • Finance (28.52%)
  • Entrepreneurship (24.44%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2012-2021)?

  • Entrepreneurship (24.44%)
  • Entrepreneurial finance (6.30%)
  • Economic growth (10.74%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial finance, Economic growth, Public relations and Marketing. Colin Mason has included themes like Small business, Urban studies, Social capital and Public policy in his Entrepreneurship study. His Public policy research incorporates elements of Emerging markets, Public economics and Entrepreneurial ecosystem.

His Entrepreneurial finance research incorporates themes from Equity crowdfunding, Actuarial science, Economy, Process and Market economy. His work carried out in the field of Market economy brings together such families of science as Commerce and Venture capital. His Venture capital study contributes to a more complete understanding of Finance.

Between 2012 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms (278 citations)
  • Looking inside the spiky bits: a critical review and conceptualisation of entrepreneurial ecosystems (195 citations)
  • ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GROWTH ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP (183 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Finance
  • Social science
  • China

His primary areas of study are Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Public policy, Entrepreneurial finance and Economic growth. Colin Mason performs multidisciplinary study in the fields of Entrepreneurship and Regional development via his papers. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Public policy, focusing on Public economics and, on occasion, Small business.

His Entrepreneurial finance research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Actuarial science, Transaction cost, Economy and Market economy. His work in Market economy addresses issues such as Field, which are connected to fields such as Venture capital. His Economic growth study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Regional innovation system, Function and Commercialization.

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Best Publications

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research

Richard Harrison;C.G. Brush;P. Davidsson;J. Fiet.
Babson College, Wellesley Massachusetts (2004)

1551 Citations

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research

Richard Harrison;C.G. Brush;P. Davidsson;J. Fiet.
Babson College, Wellesley Massachusetts (2004)

1515 Citations

ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GROWTH ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Colin Mason;Ross Brown.
(2014)

1225 Citations

What do Investors Look for in a Business Plan? A Comparison of the Investment Criteria of Bankers, Venture Capitalists and Business Angels

C.M. Mason;J.M. Stark.
(2004)

852 Citations

Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms

Colin Mason;Ross Brown.
(2013)

685 Citations

Looking inside the spiky bits: a critical review and conceptualisation of entrepreneurial ecosystems

Ross Crawford Brown;Colin Mason.
(2017)

523 Citations

Is it worth it? The rates of return from informal venture capital investments

Colin M Mason;Richard T Harrison.
Journal of Business Venturing (2002)

513 Citations

Does Gender Matter? Women Business Angels and the Supply of Entrepreneurial Finance

Richard T. Harrison;Colin M. Mason.
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2007)

413 Citations

Barriers to investment in the informal venture capital sector

Colin M. Mason;Richard T. Harrison.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (2002)

409 Citations

Informal venture capital: a study of the investment process, the post-investment experience and investment performance

Colin M Mason;Richard T. Harrison.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (1996)

342 Citations

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