Alan MacPherson

1.5k total citations
69 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alan MacPherson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan MacPherson has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 32 papers in Strategy and Management and 16 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Recurrent topics in Alan MacPherson's work include Firm Innovation and Growth (26 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (22 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (18 papers). Alan MacPherson is often cited by papers focused on Firm Innovation and Growth (26 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (22 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (18 papers). Alan MacPherson collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. Alan MacPherson's co-authors include David Pritchard, Ronald V. Kalafsky, Jessie Poon, David Phillips, James W. Harrington, John R. Lombard, M. Ziolkowski, James E. McConnell, W. Richard Goe and Sharmistha Bagchi‐Sen and has published in prestigious journals such as Small Business Economics, SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series and Technovation.

In The Last Decade

Alan MacPherson

69 papers receiving 892 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan MacPherson United States 19 543 529 195 138 118 69 1.1k
Mario Davide Parrilli United Kingdom 19 656 1.2× 552 1.0× 326 1.7× 129 0.9× 135 1.1× 34 1.1k
Yannick Lung France 13 453 0.8× 270 0.5× 152 0.8× 155 1.1× 127 1.1× 39 833
Martha Prevezer United Kingdom 13 546 1.0× 537 1.0× 286 1.5× 137 1.0× 125 1.1× 28 1.1k
Andrea Zenker Germany 6 434 0.8× 323 0.6× 170 0.9× 139 1.0× 54 0.5× 9 743
Marco Bellandi Italy 17 332 0.6× 471 0.9× 191 1.0× 226 1.6× 148 1.3× 70 941
Edward M. Bergman Austria 12 326 0.6× 567 1.1× 167 0.9× 247 1.8× 102 0.9× 32 959
Felicia Fai United Kingdom 15 454 0.8× 414 0.8× 237 1.2× 136 1.0× 57 0.5× 46 858
Mercedes Delgado Denmark 10 343 0.6× 550 1.0× 158 0.8× 147 1.1× 87 0.7× 25 921
Jörg Meyer‐Stamer Germany 11 365 0.7× 309 0.6× 86 0.4× 129 0.9× 98 0.8× 35 768
Olga Memedović United States 11 635 1.2× 261 0.5× 106 0.5× 183 1.3× 73 0.6× 15 997

Countries citing papers authored by Alan MacPherson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan MacPherson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan MacPherson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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MacPherson, Alan. (2008). The Impact of the U.S. Bio-Terrorism Act upon Canadian Exporters of Food Products to the United States: A Firm-Level Analysis. The International Trade Journal. 22(1). 17–38. 6 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan, et al.. (2008). The Recent Growth Performance of US Firms in the Industrial Design Sector: An Exploratory Study. Industry and Innovation. 15(1). 1–17. 10 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan & James E. McConnell. (2007). A Survey of Cross-Border Trade at a Time of Heightened Security: The Case of the Niagara Bi-National Region. The American Review of Canadian Studies. 37(3). 301–321. 6 indexed citations
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Poon, Jessie & Alan MacPherson. (2005). Innovation strategies of Asian firms in the United States. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management. 22(4). 255–273. 28 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan, et al.. (2004). Patent Activity and Financial Performance of Publicly Traded Companies in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Local Economic Conditions. Economic Development Quarterly. 18(4). 319–330. 3 indexed citations
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Pritchard, David & Alan MacPherson. (2003). Globalization of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan & Ronald V. Kalafsky. (2003). The Technological Revitalization of a Mature US Industry: The Case of Machine Tools. 2 indexed citations
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Kalafsky, Ronald V. & Alan MacPherson. (2003). Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 15(1). 69–82. 8 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan, et al.. (2001). A Comparison of the Industrial and Market Characteristics of Canadian and US Firms in the Commercial Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Sector. Canadian Journal of Regional Science. 24(2). 249. 1 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan, et al.. (2001). The Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on the Economy of Western New York. Economic Development Quarterly. 15(4). 340–349. 1 indexed citations
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Bagchi‐Sen, Sharmistha & Alan MacPherson. (1999). Competitive Characteristics of Small and Medium‐sized Manufacturing Firms in the US. and Canada. Growth and Change. 30(3). 315–336. 11 indexed citations
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Phillips, David, et al.. (1998). The Optimum Size of a Producer Service Firm Facing Uncertain Demand. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 30(1). 129–141. 11 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan. (1998). Academic-industry linkages and small firm innovation: evidence from the scientific instruments sector. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. 10(4). 261–276. 33 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan. (1997). A Comparison of Within-Firm and External Sources of Product Innovation. Growth and Change. 28(3). 289–308. 23 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan. (1997). The contribution of external service inputs to the product development efforts of small manufacturing firms. R and D Management. 27(2). 127–144. 47 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan. (1994). The Impact of Industrial Process Innovation among Small Manufacturing Firms: Empirical Evidence from Western New York. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 26(3). 453–470. 5 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan & Paúl Krugman. (1992). Geography and Trade. Economic Geography. 68(2). 216–216. 4 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan, et al.. (1992). Optimum Producer-Service Location. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 24(4). 467–479. 14 indexed citations
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MacPherson, Alan. (1992). Regional innovation and decentralization: High tech industry and government policy. Journal of Rural Studies. 8(1). 129–131. 18 indexed citations
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Harrington, James W., Alan MacPherson, & John R. Lombard. (1991). Interregional Trade in Producer Services: Review and Synthesis. Growth and Change. 22(4). 75–94. 50 indexed citations

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