| Local and global networks of immigrant professionals in Silicon Valley AL Saxenian, Y Motoyama, X Quan Public Policy Instit. of CA, 2002 | 696 | 2002 |
| Examining the connections within the startup ecosystem: A case study of St. Louis Y Motoyama, K Knowlton Entrepreneurship Research Journal 7 (1), 20160011, 2017 | 398 | 2017 |
| What was new about the cluster theory? What could it answer and what could it not answer? Y Motoyama Economic development quarterly 22 (4), 353-363, 2008 | 219 | 2008 |
| From resource munificence to ecosystem integration: The case of government sponsorship in St. Louis Y Motoyama, K Knowlton Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 28 (5-6), 448-470, 2016 | 113 | 2016 |
| The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Federal support for science and technology, or hidden industrial policy? Y Motoyama, R Appelbaum, R Parker Technology in Society 33 (1-2), 109-118, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Think locally, act locally: Building a robust entrepreneurial ecosystem Y Motoyama, J Konczal, J Bell-Masterson, A Morelix Act Locally: Building a Robust Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (April 2014), 2014 | 62 | 2014 |
| Long-term collaboration between university and industry: A case study of nanotechnology development in Japan Y Motoyama Technology in Society 36, 39-51, 2014 | 49 | 2014 |
| The persistence of home bias for important R&D in wireless telecom and automobiles SS Cohen, A Di Minin, Y Motoyama, C Palmberg Review of Policy Research 26 (1‐2), 55-76, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Revisiting the roles of the university in regional economic development: A triangulation of data Y Motoyama, H Mayer Growth and change 48 (4), 787-804, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Bibliometry and nanotechnology: A meta-analysis Y Motoyama, MN Eisler Technological Forecasting and Social Change 78 (7), 1174-1182, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| COVID-19 exacerbates unequal food access A Kar, Y Motoyama, AL Carrel, HJ Miller, HTK Le Applied Geography 134, 102517, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| Empirical disaggregation of social networks: A study of ethnic professional associations and entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley X Quan, Y Motoyama Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 23 (4), 509-526, 2010 | 32 | 2010 |
| The ascent of America's high-growth companies Y Motoyama, B Danley Kauffman Research Paper Series. Kansas City, MO: Kauffman Foundation, 2012 | 29 | 2012 |
| The state-level geographic analysis of high-growth companies Y Motoyama Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship 27 (2), 213-227, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Beyond metropolitan startup rates: Regional factors associated with startup growth Y Motoyama, J Bell-Masterson Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2014 | 26 | 2014 |
| Entrepreneurship in small and medium-sized towns H Mayer, Y Motoyama Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 32 (7-8), 467-472, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Causes of the gender divide within entrepreneurship ecosystems Y Motoyama, SC Muntean, K Knowlton, B Ozkazanc-Pan Local Economy 36 (3), 187-204, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| The economic development–vibrant center connection: Tracking high-growth firms in the DC region E Malizia, Y Motoyama The Professional Geographer 68 (3), 349-355, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Little town, layered ecosystem: a case study of Chattanooga Y Motoyama, E Fetsch, C Jackson, J Wiens Layered Ecosystem: A Case Study of Chattanooga (February 23, 2016), 2016 | 22 | 2016 |
| Observing regional divergence of Chinese nanotechnology centers Y Motoyama, C Cao, R Appelbaum Technological Forecasting and Social Change 81, 11-21, 2014 | 22 | 2014 |
