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2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
114
Citations
69869
World Ranking
19
National Ranking
9

Dean A. Shepherd 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 Dean A. Shepherd sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 448 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dean A. Shepherd 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 Dean A. Shepherd 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: 67 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: 114 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow

Overview

Dean A. Shepherd is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields, including Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business and International Management, Accounting, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research addresses a variety of topics, notably Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Family Business Performance and Succession, Management and Organizational Studies, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Key recent publications by Dean A. Shepherd include:

  • The Lean Startup Framework: Closing the Academic-Practitioner Divide (2020), published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Creating New Ventures: A Review and Research Agenda (2020), published in Journal of Management
  • Machines augmenting entrepreneurs: Opportunities (and threats) at the Nexus of artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship (2022), published in Journal of Business Venturing
  • COVID 19 and Entrepreneurship: Time to Pivot? (2020), published in Journal of Management Studies
  • A Call for Research on the Scaling of Organizations and the Scaling of Social Impact (2020), published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Frequent co-authors include Holger Patzelt, Joakim Wincent, Trenton A. Williams, and Vangelis Souitaris. These collaborations highlight a network of scholars engaged in overlapping areas of entrepreneurship and management.

The principal venues where Dean A. Shepherd publishes include:

  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
  • Journal of Business Venturing
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Management
  • Academy of Management Review

Dean A. Shepherd has received recognition such as the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow and the Mentor Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Academy of Management Review

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  • Entrepreneurial orientation and small business performance : A Configurational Approach

    Johan Wiklund;Johan Wiklund;Dean Shepherd;Dean Shepherd

  • Knowledge‐based resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and the performance of small and medium‐sized businesses

    Johan Wiklund;Dean Shepherd

  • Entrepreneurial Action And The Role Of Uncertainty In The Theory Of The Entrepreneur

    Jeffery S. McMullen;Dean A. Shepherd

  • Entrepreneurship Research in Emergence: Past Trends and Future Directions:

    Lowell W. Busenitz;G. Page West;Dean Shepherd;Teresa Nelson

  • Self-Employment as a Career Choice: Attitudes, Entrepreneurial Intentions, and Utility Maximization:

    Evan J. Douglas;Dean A. Shepherd

  • The New Field of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Studying Entrepreneurial Action Linking “What is to be Sustained” with “What is to be Developed”:

    Dean A. Shepherd;Holger Patzelt

  • Organizational response to adversity: Fusing crisis management and resilience research streams

    Trenton A. Williams;Daniel A. Gruber;Kathleen M. Sutcliffe;Dean A. Shepherd

  • A Hubris Theory of Entrepreneurship

    Mathew L. A. Hayward;Dean A. Shepherd;Dale Griffin

  • Aspiring for, and Achieving Growth: The Moderating Role of Resources and Opportunities*

    Johan Wiklund;Dean A. Shepherd

  • Prior Knowledge, Potential Financial Reward, and Opportunity Identification:

    Dean A. Shepherd;Dawn R. DeTienne

  • Building an integrative model of small business growth

    Johan Wiklund;Holger Patzelt;Dean A. Shepherd

  • New venture survival: Ignorance, external shocks, and risk reduction strategies

    Dean A Shepherd;Evan J Douglas;Mark Shanley

  • Entrepreneurs’ Decisions to Exploit Opportunities

    Young Rok Choi;Dean A. Shepherd

  • Life After Business Failure The Process and Consequences of Business Failure for Entrepreneurs

    Deniz Ucbasaran;Dean A. Shepherd;Andy Lockett;S. John Lyon

  • Entrepreneurship as a utility maximizing response

    Evan J. Douglas;Dean A. Shepherd

  • Human capital theory and venture capital firms: Exploring ‘home runs’ and ‘strike outs’

    Dimo P. Dimov;Dean A. Shepherd

  • A situated metacognitive model of the entrepreneurial mindset

    J. Michael Haynie;Dean Shepherd;Elaine Mosakowski;P. Christopher Earley

  • The nature of information and overconfidence on venture capitalists' decision making

    Andrew L Zacharakis;Dean A Shepherd

  • Exploring the Heart: Entrepreneurial Emotion Is a Hot Topic

    Melissa S. Cardon;Maw–Der Foo;Dean Shepherd;Johan Wiklund

  • Thinking About Entrepreneurial Decision Making: Review and Research Agenda

    Dean A. Shepherd;Trenton A. Williams;Holger Patzelt

  • Learning from Business Failure: Propositions of Grief Recovery for the Self-Employed

    Dean A. Shepherd

Frequent Co-Authors

Holger Patzelt
Holger Patzelt Technical University of Munich
Johan Wiklund
Johan Wiklund Syracuse University
Joakim Wincent
Joakim Wincent Hanken School of Economics
Jeffery S. McMullen
Jeffery S. McMullen Indiana University
Donald F. Kuratko
Donald F. Kuratko Indiana University
Vinit Parida
Vinit Parida Luleå University of Technology
Jeffrey G. Covin
Jeffrey G. Covin University of Wyoming
Dimo Dimov
Dimo Dimov University of Bath
Per Davidsson
Per Davidsson Jönköping University
Roy Suddaby
Roy Suddaby University of Victoria

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