Selected Works:
- "CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports," (with D. Audretsch, M. Belitski, F. Chowdhury), International Business Review, (March 2022)
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“Stickiness of entrepreneurs: an exploratory study of migration in two mid-sized US cities,” (with Yasuyaki Motoyama), Small Business Economics, (June 2021)
- "Necessity or opportunity? Government size, tax policy, corruption, and implications for entrepreneurship," (with D.B. Audretsch, M. Belitski, F. Chowdhury), Small Business Economics (June 22, 2021)
- "The role of institutions in latent and emergent entrepreneurship," (with David B.Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Rosa Caiazza), Technological Forecasting and Social Change, (January 2022)
- “Economic effects of terrorism: Local and city considerations, priorities for research and policy," Geography Compass, 11(11) November 2017
- "Measuring entrepreneurship: Type, motivation, and growth," IZA World of Labor (2017)
- "Institutional drivers of high-growth firms: country-level evidence from 26 transition economies," (with B.A. Krasniqi), Small Business Economics: 1-20 (2016)
- "Taxes, corruption, and entry," (with M. Belitski and F. Chowdhury), Small Business Economics: 1-16, (March 23, 2016)
- "What drives ICT clustering in European cities?" (with M. Belitski) Journal of Technology Transfer, DOI 10.1007/s10961-015-9422-y (2015)
- "A new industry creation and originality: Insight from the funding sources of university patents," (with M. Guerzoni, T. Taylor Aldridge, and D.B. Audretsch), Research Policy 43 (10): 1697-1706 (2014)
- "Ownership and allocation of capital: Evidence from 44 countries," (with J. Eklund), Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 170 (3): 427-452 (2014)
- "Scientist Entrepreneurship across Scientific Fields," (with T. T. Aldridge, David Audretsch, and V. Nadella), Journal of Technology Transfer, 39: 819-835 (2014)
- "A model of destructive entrepreneurship: Insight on conflict and postconflict recovery," (with Z. J. Acs and U. Weitzel), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57 (1): 20-40 (2013)
- "A Tale of Entrepreneurship and in Two Iraqi Cities," Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 24 (2) (2011)
- "The good, the bad, and the talented: Entrepreneurial talent and selfish behavior," (with U. Weitzel, D. Urbig, M. Sanders, and Z. Acs), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 76 (1): 64-81 (2010)
Reports and Publications:
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“Stickiness of entrepreneurs: an exploratory study of migration in two mid-sized US cities,” (with Yasuyaki Motoyama), Small Business Economics, (June 2021)
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"Home-country Export Regulations, Credit Markets, and Corruption: Implications for Different Types of Internationalization," (with D.B. Audretsch, M. Belitski, F. Chowdhury), Transnational Corporations Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2021)
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“Entry regulation and persistence of incumbent firm profits,” (with Johan Eklund; Emma Lappi), Review of Industrial Organization, v 57, 537-58 (Sept. 26, 2020)
- ”A viewpoint on practical research on social entrepreneurship,” (with J. Tyler), Public Administration Review, (May 30, 2019)
- ”Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship: Some thoughts for researchers,” chapter in A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Edward Elgar, (2019)
- ”Corruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare,” (with F. Chowdhury and D. Audretsch), Springer (2018)
- “Destructive entrepreneurship and security context: Program design considerations for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and counterinsurgency,” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, (2) 240-250 (2016)
- "Students Travel to Rwanda to Learn about Development, Recovery from Trauma" - IU Policy Briefings Blog, June 13, 2014
- "Rwanda: U.S. Varsity Students Visit Parliament" - allAfrica.com, May 28, 2014
- "US varsity students visit Rwanda Parliament" - In2EastAfrica, May 28, 2014
- "What does 'entrepreneurship' data really show?" ?” (with Z. J. Acs and L. Klapper), Small Business Economics, 31 (3): 265-281. (2008)
- "Entrepreneurship, economic development and institutions," (with Z. J. Acs, and J. Hessels), Small Business Economics, 31 (3): 219-234 (2008)
- Sany, J. and Desai, S. "Transnational Ethnic Groups and Conflict: The Zaghawa in Chad and Sudan," Conflict Trends, 2008/2: 2-29. (2008)
- Acs, Z.J., Desai, S. and Klapper, L. "What Does Entrepreneurship Data Really Show?" Small Business Economics, 31(3): 265-281. (2008)
- Acs, Z.J., Desai, S. and Hessels, J. "Entrepreneurship, Economic Development and Institutions," Small Business Economics, 31(3): 219-234. (2008)
- Desai, S. "Pro-market reforms and allocation of capital in India," (with J. Eklund and A. Högberg), Journal of Financial Economic Policy, 3 (2): 123 – 139 (2011)
- Acs, Z.J., Audretsch, D.B., Desai, S. and Welpe, I. "On Experiments in Entrepreneurship Research," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76: 1-4. (2010)
- Weitzel, U., Urbig, D., Desai, S., Acs, Z.J. and Sanders, M. "Allocation of Entrepreneurial Talent and Other-regarding Behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76: 64-81. (2010)
- Desai, S. "An Introduction to the Potential of Microfinance in Postconflict Economies," Journal of Insurance and Risk Management, IV(7): 199-210. (2006)
- Desai, S. "Microfinance in Iraq," Global Studies Review, Fall. (2005)
- Desai. S., Johan Eklund, Andreas Högberg "Pro-market reforms and allocation of capital in India", Journal of Financial Economic Policy, Vol. 3 Iss: 2, pp.123-139 (2011)
- Desai, S. "Entrepreneurship and a Tale of Two Cities," Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (2012)
- Desai, S. Energy Based Economic Development: Mapping the Developing Country Context
- Desai, S. The Good, the Bad and the Talented: Entrepreneurial Talent and Selfish Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76(1): 64-81.
- Desai, S. "On experiments in entrepreneurship research," (with Z. J. Acs, D. B. Audretsch, and I. Welpe), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76: 1-4 (2010)