| New firm formation in the British counties with special reference to Scotland B Ashcroft, JH Love, E Malloy Regional Studies 25 (5), 395-409, 1991 | 186 | 1991 |
| Corporate structure, ownership and the likelihood of innovation JH Love, B Ashcroft, S Dunlop Applied Economics 28 (6), 737-746, 1996 | 175 | 1996 |
| Firm births and employment change in the British counties: 1981–89 B Ashcroft, JH Love Papers in Regional Science 75 (4), 483-500, 1996 | 124 | 1996 |
| The movement of manufacturing industry and the effect of regional policy B Ashcroft, J Taylor Oxford Economic Papers 29 (1), 84-101, 1977 | 121 | 1977 |
| Market versus corporate structure in plant-level innovation performance JH Love, B Ashcroft Small Business Economics 13, 97-109, 1999 | 87 | 1999 |
| Takeovers, mergers and the regional economy BK Ashcroft, JH Love Edinburgh University Press, 1993 | 81 | 1993 |
| The effect of regional policy on the movement of industry in Great Britain B Ashcroft, J Taylor Regional Policy: Past Experience and New Directions, 43-46, 1979 | 59 | 1979 |
| Product innovation and development in UK, German and Irish manufacturing S Roper, B Ashcroft, JH Love, S Dunlop, H Hofmann, K Vogler-Ludwig Long Range Planning 2 (30), 315, 1997 | 54 | 1997 |
| Industry and location effects on UK plants' innovation propensity S Roper, JH Love, B Ashcroft, S Dunlop The Annals of Regional Science 34, 489-502, 2000 | 53 | 2000 |
| The importance of the first round in the multiplier process: the impact of Civil Service dispersal B Ashcroft, JK Swales Environment and Planning A 14 (4), 429-444, 1982 | 49 | 1982 |
| The measurement of the impact of regional policies in Europe: a survey and critique B Ashcroft Regional Studies 16 (4), 287-305, 1982 | 45 | 1982 |
| The evaluation of regional economic policy: the case of the United Kingdom B Ashcroft Centre for the Study of Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, 1978 | 32 | 1978 |
| External takeovers in Scottish manufacturing: the effect on local linkages and corporate functions BK Ashcroft Scottish Journal of Political Economy 35 (2), 129-148, 1988 | 31 | 1988 |
| The economic effects of the inward acquisition of Scottish manufacturing companies 1965 to 1980 B Ashcroft, JH Love, J Scouller, AD Bain Industry Department for Scotland, 1987 | 31 | 1987 |
| The regional dimension of takeover activity in the United Kingdom B Ashcroft, B Coppins, R Raeside Scottish J Political Economy; Scottish Journal of Political Economy 41 (2), 1994 | 30 | 1994 |
| New wealth for old nations: Scotland's economic prospects D Coyle, W Alexander, B Ashcroft Princeton University Press, 2005 | 29 | 2005 |
| Product innovation and development in UK S Roper, B Ashcroft, JH Love, S Dunlop, H Hofmann, K Vogler-Ludwig German and Irish Manufacturing, NIERC, Belfast, 1996 | 29 | 1996 |
| UK innovation policy: a critique B Ashcroft, S Dunlop, JH Love Regional Studies 29 (3), 307-311, 1995 | 27 | 1995 |
| Employment change and new firm formation in UK counties, 1981–9 B Ashcroft, JH Love Small firm formation and regional economic development, 33-51, 2002 | 24 | 2002 |
| Entrepreneurial interest, vision and the self-employment choice decision in UK regions B Ashcroft, D Holden, K Low Regional studies 43 (8), 1075-1090, 2009 | 20 | 2009 |
