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113
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23
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Zoltan J. Acs 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 Zoltan J. Acs sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 527 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Zoltan J. Acs 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 Zoltan J. Acs sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 113 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
  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2001 - Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum

Overview

Zoltan J. Acs is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within business and management, with a focus on topics related to digital platforms, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

The main fields of study for Zoltan J. Acs include Business, Management and Accounting, with notable subfields such as Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, Marketing, Management Science and Operations Research, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Sharing Economy and Platforms
  • Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Firm Innovation and Growth

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Zoltan J. Acs, including:

  • László Szerb
  • Esteban Lafuente
  • Éva Komlósi
  • Abraham K. Song
  • Siri Terjesen

Their recent published papers reflect active research interests and include:

  • The evolution of the global digital platform economy: 1971-2021, 2021, published in Small Business Economics
  • Working from home: small business performance and the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, published in Small Business Economics
  • A composite indicator analysis for optimizing entrepreneurial ecosystems, 2021, published in Research Policy
  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Economic Development Policy, 2022, published in Economic Development Quarterly
  • Optimizing entrepreneurial development processes for smart specialization in the European Union, 2020, published in Papers of the Regional Science Association

Zoltan J. Acs has published extensively in notable venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • Small Business Economics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology)
  • Research Policy
  • Economic Development Quarterly

Their scholarly contributions also extend to book publications. One significant work is The Digital Platform Economy Index 2020, published in 2022 by Springer International Publishing.

Recognition for Zoltan J. Acs includes the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, awarded by the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in 2001.

Best Publications

  • Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis

    Zoltan J Acs;David B Audretsch

  • Innovation and Small Firms

    David B. Audretsch;Zoltan Acs

  • Local Geographic Spillovers between University Research and High Technology Innovations

    Luc Anselin;Attila Varga;Zoltan Acs;Zoltan Acs

  • Patents and innovation counts as measures of regional production of new knowledge

    Zoltan J Acs;Luc Anselin;Attila Varga

  • The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

    Zoltan J. Acs;Pontus Braunerhjelm;David B. Audretsch;Bo Carlsson

  • Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change

    Zoltán J. Ács;Zoltán J. Ács;Attila Varga

  • Innovation, Market Structure, and Firm Size

    Zoltan J. Acs;David B. Audretsch

  • National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement issues and policy implications

    Zoltan Acs;Erkko Autio;László Szerb

  • National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement issues and policy implications

    Zoltán J. Ács;Erkko Autio;Erkko Autio;László Szerb

  • Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions

    Zoltan J. Acs;Sameeksha Desai;Sameeksha Desai;Jolanda Hessels

  • R&D spillovers and recipient firm size

    Zoltan J. Acs;David B. Audretsch;Maryann P. Feldman

  • Real Effects of Academic Research: Comment

    Zoltan J Acs;David B Audretsch;Maryann P Feldman

  • Creativity and Entrepreneurship: A Regional Analysis of New Firm Formation

    Sam Youl Lee;Richard Florida;Zoltán J. Ács;Zoltán J. Ács

  • Employment Growth and Entrepreneurial Activity in Cities

    Zoltan Acs;Catherine Armington

  • Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy

    Zoltan J. Acs;Laszlo Szerb

  • The Determinants of Regional Variation in New Firm Formation

    Catherine Armington;Zoltan J. Acs

  • How Is Entrepreneurship Good for Economic Growth

    Zoltan J. Acs

  • Entrepreneurship, Agglomeration and Technological Change

    Zoltan Acs;Zoltan Acs;Attila Varga

  • The digital entrepreneurial ecosystem

    Fiona Sussan;Zoltan J. Acs

  • Exploring country-level institutional arrangements on the rate and type of entrepreneurial activity

    Pekka Stenholm;Zoltan Acs;Robert Wuebker

  • The Economics of Small Firms

    Zoltan J. Acs;David B. Audretsch

  • Exploring country-level institutional arrangements on the rate and type of entrepreneurial activity

    Pekka Stenholm;Zoltan J. Acs;Zoltan J. Acs;Robert Wuebker

  • Innovation and the Growth of Cities

    Zoltan J. Acs;Zoltan J. Acs

  • Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis

    Zoltan J. Acs;David B. Audretsch

  • The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship

    Zoltan Acs;David Audrestch;Pontus Braunerhjelm;Bo Carlsson

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch Indiana University
László Szerb
László Szerb University of Pecs
Erkko Autio
Erkko Autio Imperial College London
Pontus Braunerhjelm
Pontus Braunerhjelm Royal Institute of Technology
Bo Carlsson
Bo Carlsson Case Western Reserve University
Siri Terjesen
Siri Terjesen Florida Atlantic University
Saul Estrin
Saul Estrin London School of Economics and Political Science
Esteban Lafuente
Esteban Lafuente Costa Rica Institute of Technology
Charlie Karlsson
Charlie Karlsson Jönköping University
Niels Bosma
Niels Bosma Utrecht University

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