David J. Storey’s Contribution to Evaluating Entrepreneurship and SMEs Supporting Public Policies: From the Six Step to Heaven Approach to Evaluation Quality Score
摘要
David J. Storey significantly contributed to the state of the art of entrepreneurship and small business management disciplines. This chapter mirrors his countless contributions by reflecting upon the key works that inevitably pushed forward the state of the art of entrepreneurship policymaking and evaluation. The book chapter relies on the bibliometric analysis of the data collected from the Google Scholar, Web of Science and Scopus databases, focusing on entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) supporting policies-related works. It also reflects upon the key contributions dedicated to this research theme, highlighting the outstanding deliverables conducted in cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), namely OECD Frameworks for the Evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes of 2007 and 2023. Up to February 2024, David J. Storey’s Google Scholar profile shows more than 35 thousand citations, an h-index of 78 and an i10-index of 183, demonstrating his lifetime contribution to the scholarly community.