| Means and ends: A theory framework for understanding entrepreneurship in the US arts and culture sector L Essig The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society 45 (4), 227-246, 2015 | 98 | 2015 |
| Arts entrepreneurship: A conversation GD Beckman, L Essig Artivate 1 (1), 1-8, 2012 | 89 | 2012 |
| Lighting and the design idea L Essig Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997 | 60 | 1997 |
| Frameworks for educating the artist of the future: Teaching habits of mind for arts entrepreneurship L Essig Artivate 1 (2), 65-77, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
| Arts incubators: A typology L Essig The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society 44 (3), 169-180, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| Same or different? The “cultural entrepreneurship” and “arts entrepreneurship” constructs in European and US higher education L Essig Cultural Trends 26 (2), 125-137, 2017 | 50 | 2017 |
| Suffusing entrepreneurship education throughout the theatre curriculum L Essig Theatre Topics 19 (2), 117-124, 2009 | 47 | 2009 |
| Ownership, failure, and experience: Goals and evaluation metrics of university-based arts venture incubators L Essig Entrepreneurship Research Journal 4 (1), 117-135, 2014 | 44 | 2014 |
| The enterprising artist and the arts entrepreneur: Emergent pedagogies for new disciplinary habits of mind C Hong, L Essig, R Bridgstock Exploring More Signature Pedagogies, 68-81, 2012 | 39 | 2012 |
| A landscape of arts entrepreneurship in US higher education L Essig, J Guevara Pave Program in arts entrepreneurship, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Value creation by and evaluation of US arts incubators L Essig International Journal of Arts Management, 32-45, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| The speed of light: Dialogues on lighting design and technological change L Essig Heinemann Drama, 2002 | 14 | 2002 |
| The ouroboros of arts entrepreneurship L Essig Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts 4 (1), 3-7, 2015 | 8 | 2015 |
| A Primer for the History of Stage Lighting L Essig Performing Arts Resources 25, 1-17, 2007 | 7 | 2007 |
| Stanley McCandless, lighting history, and me L Essig Theatre Topics 17 (1), 61-67, 2007 | 7 | 2007 |
| Editor's Introduction to the Winter 2016 Issue L Essig Artivate 5 (1), 1-2, 2016 | 6 | 2016 |
| Creative infrastructures: Artists, money and entrepreneurial action L Essig Intellect Books, 2021 | 5 | 2021 |
| Perspectives on arts entrepreneurship, Part 1 EA Taylor, P Bonin-Rodriguez, L Essig Artivate 4 (1), 3-7, 2015 | 5 | 2015 |
| Arts Entrepreneurship: A Conversation L Essig, G Beckman Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts 1 (1), 1–8-1–8, 2012 | 4 | 2012 |
| How It's Being Done: Arts Business Training Across the US L Essig Pave Program in Arts Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University, 2015 | 3 | 2015 |
