2026 Donald F. Kuratko: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	83	137	127	72	67	280	36111

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - 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
21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow

Overview

Donald F. Kuratko is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on entrepreneurship. Their research portfolio includes 73 publications within this main field of study.

The subfields that Kuratko has notably contributed to include Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Business and International Management, Accounting, and Strategy and Management. Their investigations often cover topics such as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Family Business Performance and Succession, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Higher Education and Employability, and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.

Recent scholarly papers authored by Donald F. Kuratko include:

Unraveling the entrepreneurial mindset (2020), published in Small Business Economics
Entrepreneurial Hustle: Navigating Uncertainty and Enrolling Venture Stakeholders through Urgent and Unorthodox Action (2020), published in Journal of Management Studies
The great divides in social entrepreneurship and where they lead us (2020), published in Small Business Economics
Escaping the knowledge corridor: How founder human capital and founder coachability impacts product innovation in new ventures (2020), published in Journal of Business Venturing
Overcoming the liability of poorness: disadvantage, fragility, and the poverty entrepreneur (2020), published in Small Business Economics

Kuratko's frequent coauthors include Michael H. Morris, Greg Fisher, Regan Stevenson, Emily Neubert, and Matthew R. Marvel. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse array of topics within entrepreneurship and innovation.

The primary publication venues where Kuratko's work appears include:

Small Business Economics (7 publications)
Journal of Business Venturing (3 publications)
Business Horizons (3 publications)
Journal of Small Business Management (3 publications)
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (3 publications)

Among book publications, Kuratko has contributed a title published by Edward Elgar Publishing: What do Entrepreneurs Create? (2020), which has received citations within academic circles.

Donald F. Kuratko has been recognized as a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow, indicating engagement with emerging research themes within entrepreneurship.

Best Publications

The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Education: Development, Trends, and Challenges

Donald F. Kuratko

3804
Citations
Middle managers' perception of the internal environment for corporate entrepreneurship: assessing a measurement scale

Jeffrey S Hornsby;Donald F Kuratko;Shaker A Zahra

1814
Citations
Entrepreneurship: A Contemporary Approach

Donald F. Kuratko;Richard M. Hodgetts

1708
Citations
Conceptualizing Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategy

R. Duane Ireland;Jeffrey G. Covin;Donald F. Kuratko

1489
Citations
Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Michael H. Morris;Donald F.Kuratko;Jeffrey G. Covin

1252
Citations
A Model of Middle‐Level Managers’ Entrepreneurial Behavior

Donald F. Kuratko;R. Duane Ireland;Jeffrey G. Covin;Jeffrey S. Hornsby

1083
Citations
An Examination of Owner's Goals in Sustaining Entrepreneurship

Donald F. Kuratko;Jeffrey S. Hornsby;Douglas W. Naffziger

996
Citations
Reconceptualizing entrepreneurial orientation

Brian S. Anderson;Patrick M. Kreiser;Donald F. Kuratko;Jeffrey S. Hornsby

892
Citations
The Antecedents and Consequences of Firm-Level Entrepreneurship: The State of the Field

Shaker A. Zahra;Daniel F. Jennings;Donald F. Kuratko

892
Citations
A Proposed Research Model of Entrepreneurial Motivation

Douglas W. Naffziger;Jeffrey S. Hornsby;Donald F. Kuratko

880
Citations
Developing an Intrapreneurial Assessment Instrument for an Effective Corporate Entrepreneurial Environment

Donald F. Kuratko;Ray V. Montagno;Jeffrey S Hornsby

843
Citations
An Interactive Model of the Corporate Entrepreneurship Process

Jeffrey S. Hornsby;Douglas W. Naffziger;Donald F. Kuratko;Ray V. Montagno

818
Citations
Strategic Entrepreneurship: Exploring Different Perspectives of an Emerging Concept:

Donald F. Kuratko;David B. Audretsch

773
Citations
Entrepreneurial Leadership in the 21st Century: Guest Editor's Perspective

Donald F. Kuratko

664
Citations
Managers' corporate entrepreneurial actions: Examining perception and position

Jeffrey S. Hornsby;Donald F. Kuratko;Dean A. Shepherd;Jennifer P. Bott

645
Citations
Improving firm performance through entrepreneurial actions: Acordia's corporate entrepreneurship strategy

Donald F. Kuratko;R. Duane Ireland;Jeffrey S. Hornsby

592
Citations
Diagnosing a firm's internal environment for corporate entrepreneurship

Donald F. Kuratko;Jeffrey S. Hornsby;Jeffrey G. Covin

580
Citations
Disaggregating entrepreneurial orientation: the non-linear impact of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk-taking on SME performance

Patrick M. Kreiser;Louis D. Marino;Donald F. Kuratko;K. Mark Weaver

483
Citations
Effective Small Business Management

Richard M. Hodgetts;Donald F. Kuratko

478
Citations
Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice

Donald F. Kuratko

419
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey S. Hornsby University of Missouri–Kansas City

Jeffrey G. Covin University of Wyoming

Michael H. Morris University of Notre Dame

Dean A. Shepherd University of Notre Dame

David B. Audretsch Indiana University

Shaker A. Zahra University of Minnesota

R. Duane Ireland Texas A&M University

Jeffery S. McMullen Indiana University

Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Paul Westhead Durham University

External Links

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