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2026

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Business and Management

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76
Citations
59088
World Ranking
197
National Ranking
96

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
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow
  • 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow

Overview

Jeffrey G. Covin is affiliated with the University of Wyoming in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a strong focus on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, covering 36 publications in this topic.

The key areas of study within their work span several subfields including Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting, Strategy and Management, and Business and International Management.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Human Resource and Talent Management

Jeffrey G. Covin has contributed to frequently publishing in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of Business Research
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
  • The Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Small Business Economics

Their recent papers illustrate a strong engagement with entrepreneurial orientation, as evidenced by works such as:

  • "Individual and team entrepreneurial orientation: Scale development and configurations for success" (2020), published in Journal of Business Research
  • "Entrepreneurial orientation: The necessity of a multilevel conceptualization" (2020), published in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
  • "The status quo of research on entrepreneurial orientation: Conversational landmarks and theoretical scaffolding" (2020), published in Journal of Business Research
  • "Entrepreneurial orientation, concern for socioemotional wealth preservation, and family firm performance" (2021), published in Journal of Business Research
  • "Is It Okay to Study Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) at the Individual Level? Yes!" (2023), published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Co-author collaborations are frequent in their body of work, notably with Ricarda B. Bouncken, William J. Wales, Mathew Hughes, Sascha Kraus, and Daniel R. Clark.

Jeffrey G. Covin has also contributed to book publications, including the title Entrepreneurial Orientation: Epistemological, Theoretical, and Empirical Perspectives (2021), published under Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence, and growth.

The scientist has received recognition such as the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow award. Their overall publication record includes 64 works in Business, Management and Accounting, reflecting a comprehensive engagement in research on entrepreneurship and related fields.

Best Publications

  • Strategic management of small firms in hostile and benign environments

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Dennis P. Slevin

  • A Conceptual Model of Entrepreneurship as Firm Behavior

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Dennis P. Slevin

  • Contextual influences on the corporate entrepreneurship-performance relationship: A longitudinal analysis

    Shaker A. Zahra;Jeffrey G. Covin

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship and the Pursuit of Competitive Advantage

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Morgan P. Miles

  • Meta-analyses of Post-acquisition Performance: Indications of Unidentified Moderators

    David R. King;Dan R. Dalton;Catherine M. Daily;Jeffrey G. Covin

  • Strategic Process Effects on the Entrepreneurial Orientation–Sales Growth Rate Relationship

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Kimberly M. Green;Dennis P. Slevin

  • Entrepreneurial strategy making and firm performance: tests of contingency and configurational models

    Gregory G. Dess;G. T. Lumpkin;J. G. Covin

  • THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE ON THE UTILITY OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL TOP MANAGEMENT STYLE

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Dennis P. Slevin

  • Environmental Marketing: A Source of Reputational, Competitive, and Financial Advantage

    Morgan P. Miles;Jeffrey G. Covin

  • The Measurement of Entrepreneurial Orientation

    Jeffrey G. Covin;William J. Wales

  • Entrepreneurial Orientation Theory and Research: Reflections on a Needed Construct:

    Jeffrey G. Covin;G.T. Lumpkin

  • Conceptualizing Corporate Entrepreneurship Strategy

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

  • Business strategy, technology policy and firm performance

    Shaker A. Zahra;Jeffrey G. Covin

  • Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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

  • A Model of Middle‐Level Managers’ Entrepreneurial Behavior

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

  • International Entrepreneurial Orientation: Conceptual Considerations, Research Themes, Measurement Issues, and Future Research Directions

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Danny Miller

  • New venture strategic posture, structure, and performance: An industry life cycle analysis

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Dennis P. Slevin

  • Competitive Aggressiveness, Environmental Context, and Small Firm Performance:

    Jeffrey G. Covin;Teresa Joyce Covin

  • The effects of industry growth and strategic breadth on new venture performance and strategy content

    Patricia Phillips McDougall;Jeffrey G. Covin;Richard B. Robinson;Lanny Herron

  • Wealth and the effects of founder management among IPO-stage new ventures

    S. Trevis Certo;Jeffrey G. Covin;Catherine M. Daily;Dan R. Dalton

  • Diagnosing a firm's internal environment for corporate entrepreneurship

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis P. Slevin
Dennis P. Slevin University of Pittsburgh
Donald F. Kuratko
Donald F. Kuratko Indiana University
Morgan P. Miles
Morgan P. Miles Charles Sturt University
Dean A. Shepherd
Dean A. Shepherd University of Notre Dame
Sascha Kraus
Sascha Kraus University of Siegen
Jeffrey S. Hornsby
Jeffrey S. Hornsby University of Missouri–Kansas City
Shaker A. Zahra
Shaker A. Zahra University of Minnesota
R. Duane Ireland
R. Duane Ireland Texas A&M University
Ricarda B. Bouncken
Ricarda B. Bouncken University of Bayreuth
G. T. Lumpkin
G. T. Lumpkin University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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