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D-Index
45
Citations
29013
World Ranking
1240
National Ranking
526

Research.com Recognitions

  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management

Overview

Lowell W. Busenitz is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research predominantly lies within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with notable contributions to Psychology.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Accounting, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their research are Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research, Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, and Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification.

Lowell W. Busenitz has published work in a number of academic venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Journal of Business Venturing Insights
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Management
  • Journal of Business Venturing
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • "Advancing entrepreneurial alertness: Review, synthesis, and future research directions" (2021), Journal of Business Research
  • "Oh, the places you'll go: A schema theory perspective on cross-cultural experience and entrepreneurship" (2020), Journal of Business Venturing Insights
  • "Increasing alertness to new opportunities: the influence of positive affect and implications for innovation" (2020), Asia Pacific Journal of Management
  • "Being alert to new opportunities: It is a matter of time" (2021), Journal of Business Venturing Insights
  • "Non-probabilistic reasoning in navigating entrepreneurial uncertainty: A psychology of religious faith lens" (2024), Journal of Business Venturing

The scientist has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Ludvig Levasseur, Robert J. Pidduck, Jintong Tang, Masoud Karami, and Stephen E. Lanivich.

Lowell W. Busenitz has received the Mentor Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

  • Differences between entrepreneurs and managers in large organizations: Biases and heuristics in strategic decision-making

    Lowell W. Busenitz;Jay B. Barney

  • The Entrepreneurship of Resource-based Theory*

    Sharon A. Alvarez;Lowell W. Busenitz

  • The entrepreneurship of resource-based theory

    Sharon A. Alvarez;Lowell W. Busenitz

  • Toward a Theory of Entrepreneurial Cognition: Rethinking the People Side of Entrepreneurship Research:

    Ronald K. Mitchell;Lowell Busenitz;Theresa Lant;Patricia P. McDougall

  • Country Institutional Profiles: Unlocking Entrepreneurial Phenomena

    Lowell W. Busenitz;Carolina Gómez;Jennifer W. Spencer

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

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

  • Entrepreneurial alertness in the pursuit of new opportunities

    Jintong Tang;K. Michele (Micki) Kacmar;Lowell Busenitz

  • The Central Question in Entrepreneurial Cognition Research 2007

    Ronald K. Mitchell;Lowell W. Busenitz;Barbara Bird;Connie Marie Gaglio

  • A Cross-Cultural Cognitive Model of New Venture Creation:

    Lowell W. Busenitz;Chung-Ming Lau

  • New Venture Teams A Review of the Literature and Roadmap for Future Research

    Anthony C. Klotz;Keith M. Hmieleski;Bret H. Bradley;Lowell W. Busenitz

  • The Boundaries and Limitations of Agency Theory and Stewardship Theory in the Venture Capitalist/Entrepreneur Relationship*

    Jonathan D. Arthurs;Lowell W. Busenitz

  • Entrepreneurial Risk and Strategic Decision Making It’s a Matter of Perspective

    Lowell W. Busenitz

  • Dynamic capabilities and venture performance: The effects of venture capitalists

    Jonathan D. Arthurs;Lowell W. Busenitz

  • Signaling in Venture Capitalist—New Venture Team Funding Decisions: Does It Indicate Long-Term Venture Outcomes?

    Lowell W. Busenitz;James O. Fiet;Douglas D. Moesel

  • Managerial Agents Watching other Agents: Multiple Agency Conflicts Regarding Underpricing in IPO Firms

    Jonathan D. Arthurs;Robert E. Hoskisson;Lowell W. Busenitz;Richard A. Johnson

  • A review and road map of entrepreneurial equity financing research

    Will Drover;Lowell Busenitz;Sharon Matusik;David Townsend

  • To start or not to start: Outcome and ability expectations in the decision to start a new venture

    David M. Townsend;Lowell W. Busenitz;Jonathan D. Arthurs

  • Entrepreneurial Growth Through Privatization: The Upside of Management Buyouts

    Mike Wright;Robert E. Hoskisson;Lowell W. Busenitz;Jay Dial

  • The Distinctive and Inclusive Domain of Entrepreneurial Cognition Research

    Ronald K. Mitchell;Lowell Busenitz;Theresa Lant;Patricia P. McDougall

  • Reconsidering the venture capitalists' “value added” proposition: An interorganizational learning perspective

    Lowell W Busenitz;James O Fiet;Douglas D Moesel

  • New venture teams' assessment of learning assistance from venture capital firms

    Jay B. Barney;Lowell W. Busenitz;James O. Fiet;Douglas D. Moesel

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Hoskisson
Robert E. Hoskisson Rice University
Jay B. Barney
Jay B. Barney University of Utah
Jintong Tang
Jintong Tang Saint Louis University
Mike Wright
Mike Wright Imperial College London
Sharon A. Alvarez
Sharon A. Alvarez University of Pittsburgh
Patricia P. McDougall
Patricia P. McDougall Indiana University
K. Michele Kacmar
K. Michele Kacmar Texas State University
David A. Sabatini
David A. Sabatini University of Oklahoma
Chung-Ming Lau
Chung-Ming Lau Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dean A. Shepherd
Dean A. Shepherd University of Notre Dame

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