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2024

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Business and Management

D-Index
70
Citations
19563
World Ranking
305
National Ranking
40

Colin Mason publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin Mason sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 307 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Colin Mason D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin Mason sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Colin Mason is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom, specializing in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research concentrates on various subfields including Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their primary research topics focus on Private Equity and Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Corporate Finance and Governance, Family Business Performance and Succession, Digital Economy and Work Transformation, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, and Innovation and Knowledge Management.

Colin Mason has contributed to numerous academic papers published between 2020 and 2021. Some of the recent papers include:

  • A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems, 2020, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • The engagement of home-based businesses in the digital economy, 2020, Futures
  • Time and the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems, 2021, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
  • Digital futures of small businesses and entrepreneurial opportunity, 2021, Futures
  • Promoting cross-border investing by business angels in the European Union, 2021, Regional Studies

The researcher frequently collaborates with fellow academics, with notable co-authors including Tiago Botelho, Darja Reuschke, Michaela Hruskova, Richard Harrison, and Stephen Syrett.

Colin Mason's work has been published in several recurrent academic venues, prominently featuring:

  • Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
  • Futures
  • International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
  • Venture Capital

The scope of Mason's research addresses complex issues related to entrepreneurial ecosystems, the digital economy's impact on small and home-based businesses, and cross-border investment dynamics within the European business angel community. This research spans topics that are important in understanding the transformation of contemporary entrepreneurial and financial landscapes.

Best Publications

  • ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS AND GROWTH ORIENTED ENTREPRENEURSHIP

    Colin Mason;Ross Brown

  • Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research

    Richard Harrison;C.G. Brush;P. Davidsson;J. Fiet

  • 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

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

    Ross Crawford Brown;Colin Mason

  • Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms

    Colin Mason;Ross Brown

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

    Colin M Mason;Richard T Harrison

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

    Richard T. Harrison;Colin M. Mason

  • Barriers to investment in the informal venture capital sector

    Colin M. Mason;Richard T. Harrison

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

    Colin M Mason;Richard T. Harrison

  • After the exit: acquisitions, entrepreneurial recycling and regional economic development

    Colin M. Mason;Richard T. Harrison

  • Closing the regional equity capital gap: The role of informal venture capital

    Colin M. Mason;Richard T. Harrison

  • Informal Sources of Venture Finance

    Colin M. Mason

  • Financial bootstrapping and venture development in the software industry

    Richard T. Harrison;Colin M. Mason;Paul Girling

  • The latent demand for bank debt: characterizing “discouraged borrowers”

    Mark Freel;Sara Carter;Stephen Tagg;Colin Mason

  • Venture capital market complementarities: The links between business angels and venture capital funds in the United Kingdom

    Richard T. Harrison;Colin M. Mason

  • Invisible businesses : the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom

    Colin M. Mason;Sara Carter;Stephen Tagg

  • The role of trust in the informal investor's investment decision: an exploratory analysis

    Richard T. Harrison;Mark R. Dibben;Colin M. Mason

  • International perspectives on the supply of informal venture capital

    Richard T. Harrison;Colin M. Mason

  • Why 'Business Angels' Say No: A Case Study of Opportunities Rejected by an Informal Investor Syndicate

    Colin Mason;Richard Harrison

  • Public policy support for the informal venture capital market in Europe: A critical review

    Colin M. Mason

  • Handbook of entrepreneurship research: an interdisciplinary survey and introduction

    Colin Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard T. Harrison
Richard T. Harrison University of Edinburgh
Sara Carter
Sara Carter University of Glasgow
Hans Landström
Hans Landström Lund University
Per Davidsson
Per Davidsson Jönköping University
Maarten van Ham
Maarten van Ham Delft University of Technology
Melvin J. Lerner
Melvin J. Lerner University of Waterloo
Candida G. Brush
Candida G. Brush Babson College
Shaker A. Zahra
Shaker A. Zahra University of Minnesota
Patricia G. Greene
Patricia G. Greene Babson College
Mark Hart
Mark Hart Aston University

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