William D. Bygrave

Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

231 Forest Street

Babson Park, MA 02457-0310

United States

  • Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

18

DOWNLOADS
Rank 9,325

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 9,325

in Total Papers Downloads

6,573

SSRN CITATIONS
Rank 18,134

SSRN RANKINGS

Top 18,134

in Total Papers Citations

24

CROSSREF CITATIONS

35

Scholarly Papers (18)

Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

Pre-Startup Formal Business Plans and Post-Startup Performance: A Study of 116 New Ventures

Venture Capital Journal, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 1-20, October 2007, Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2008-8
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
William D. Bygrave, Julian Lange, Aleksandar Mollov, Michael Pearlmutter and Sunil Singh
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 1,898 (10,951)

Abstract:

Loading...

New venture, Business plan, Performance, Entrepreneur, Business plan competition, Education, Gender, Experience

2.

Entrepreneurship and Unemployment: Relationships between Unemployment and Entrepreneurship in 37 Nations Participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Mar 2011
Marc Cowling and William D. Bygrave
University of Sussex - Institute for Employment Studies and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 1,167 (23,154)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurship

3.

'The Entrepreneurship Paradigm' Revisited Seventeen Years Later

THE HANDBOOK OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Helle Neergaard & John Parm Ulhoi, eds., pp. 17-48, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, UK, 2007, Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2008-10
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Dec 2008
William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 636 (53,717)

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurship, research, methodology, theory, statistical analysis

4.

Who Finances Startups in the USA? A Comprehensive Study of Informal Investors, 1999-2003

Babson College, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC), 2002-2006
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 01 Mar 2011
William D. Bygrave and Paul D. Reynolds
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Florida International University, Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center
Downloads 471 (78,348)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurship

5.

Do Business Plans Make No Difference in the Real World? A Study of 117 New Ventures

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2005, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Dec 2009
Julian Lange, William D. Bygrave, Aleksandar Mollov, Michael Pearlmutter and Sunil Singh
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 404 (93,602)

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurship

6.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem)-2002 Executive Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Michael Hay, Larry W. Cox, Paul D. Reynolds, Erkko Autio and William D. Bygrave
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management, Florida International University, Eugenio Pino & Family Global Entrepreneurship Center, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 387 (98,345)
Citation 7

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurial activity, Industry sectors, Educational attainment, Business conditions, Early stage financing, Gender, Entrepreneurial environment, National differences, Startups, Public policies, Economic growth, Finance, Individual traits, Entrepreneurship education, Job creation, Males, R&D, Technology transfer, Angel investors, Age groups, Females, Venture capital, Policy analysis, Motivation, Demographics, Cultural attitudes, Family firms

7.

Is Entrepreneurship a Teachable Profession? An Examination of the Effects of Entrepreneurship Education and Experience

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Mar 2014
Ed Marram, Julian Lange, David Brown, Joel Marquis and William D. Bygrave
Babson College, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Babson College and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 322 (120,707)

Abstract:

Loading...

entrepreneurship, performance, education, experience

8.

Born Lucky? A Study of the Birthdates and Ages of Paradigm-Shifting Entrepreneurs

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Mar 2014
Julian Lange, Ed Marram, Ian Murphy, Joel Marquis and William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Babson College, Babson College and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 319 (121,944)

Abstract:

Loading...

entrepreneurship, age, birthdate, outlier, personal computer, microcomputer

9.

For Love or Money? A Study of Financial Returns on Informal Investments in Businesses Owned by Relatives, Friends, and Strangers

REGIONAL FRONTIERS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH, L.M. Gillin, ed., Melbourne: Swinburne University, 2007, Presented at the AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, February 2007 , Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2008-09
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 31 Oct 2008
William D. Bygrave and Stephen Hunt
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and London Business School
Downloads 311 (125,255)

Abstract:

Loading...

Agency theory, Altruism, Informal Investor, Angel, Returns, Payback, 3F, GEM, Entrepreneur

10.

Entrepreneurship, Welfare Provision and Unemployment: Relationships Between Unemployment, Welfare Provision, and Entrepreneurship in Thirty-Seven Nations Participating in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2002

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2007, Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2008-02
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2008
Marc Cowling and William D. Bygrave
University of Sussex - Institute for Employment Studies and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 298 (131,152)
Citation 2

Abstract:

Loading...

11.

No Financial Cleanup: A Study of Venture Capital Returns on Cleantech IPOs

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Mar 2014
William D. Bygrave, Julian Lange, Ed Marram, David Brown and Joel Marquis
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Babson College and Babson College
Downloads 199 (194,756)
Citation 3

Abstract:

Loading...

venture capital, clean technology, cleantech, IPO

12.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Financing Report 2009

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 01 Apr 2014
William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 89 (359,717)
Citation 19

Abstract:

Loading...

entrepreneurship, informal investing, venture capital, startup financing

13.

Legitimation of Cleantech Companies: Venture Capital Financing and Federal Government Funding

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 23 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Julian Lange, Luke Fehsenfeld, Ed Marram and William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Babson College and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 72 (407,082)
Citation 1

Abstract:

Loading...

14.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem) - National Entrepreneurship Assessment United States of America - 2003 Executive Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Maria Minniti, Maria Minniti and William D. Bygrave
Southern Methodist UniversitySyracuse University - Whitman School of Management and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurial education, Experimental/primary research, Cultural attitudes, Entrepreneurial activity, Ethnic entrepreneurs, Individual traits, Startup rates, Educational background, Males, Startups, Age, Angel investors, Early stage financing, Ethnicity, Females, Job creation, Venture capital, Gender

15.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: 2004 Financing Report

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Stephen A Hunt and William D. Bygrave
London Business School and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

Abstract:

Loading...

Self financing, Experimental/primary research, Global economy, Financing, Venture capital, Angel capital, Angel investors, Startups

16.

Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation for Economic Growth

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Jeffry Timmons and William D. Bygrave
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

Abstract:

Loading...

Early stage capital, Firm performance, High technology firms, Firm financing, Venture capitalists, Startups, Venture capital

17.

The Entrepreneurship Paradigm (I): A Philosophical Look at its Research Methodologies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 17 Nov 2009
William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship

Abstract:

Loading...

Entrepreneurship research, Models, Theories, Academic fields, Longitudinal research, Case studies, Research design, Methodologies, Academic research

18.

Venture Capital at the Crossroads

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 04 Nov 2009
William D. Bygrave and Jeffry Timmons
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abstract:

Loading...

Venture capital, Startups, Venture financing, Venture capitalists, Firm growth, Economic development, Investment policies, Public policies, Management skills

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 151
Actions:
Email selected abstracts
1.

Does an Entrepreneurship Education Have Lasting Value? A Study of Careers of 3,775 Alumni

Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 31: 210-225, 2011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 25 Mar 2014
Julian Lange, Ed Marram, Ajay Jawahar, Wei Yong and William D. Bygrave
Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Babson College, Babson College and Babson College - Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship
Downloads 151

Abstract:

Loading...

entrepreneurship, intentions, education, business plans, alumni