Alexander Brem

14.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
281 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Brem is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Brem has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Strategy and Management, 68 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 44 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Alexander Brem's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (56 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (44 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (42 papers). Alexander Brem is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (56 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (44 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (42 papers). Alexander Brem collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Denmark and Spain. Alexander Brem's co-authors include Nivedita Agarwal, Petra A. Nylund, Ferran Giones, Kai‐Ingo Voigt, Sascha Kraus, Peter M. Bican, Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Volker Bilgram, Éric Viardot and Björn Sven Ivens and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Brem

264 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak for innovation: Which technologies will improve our lives?

2020 261 citations Alexander Brem, Petra A. Nylund et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
Digital Business Model, Digital Transformation, Digital Entrepreneurship: Is There A Sustainable “Digital”?

2020 251 citations Alexander Brem et al. profile →
Organizational ambidexterity and competitive advantage: The role of strategic agility in the exploration-exploitation paradox

2020 200 citations Alexander Brem et al. profile →
Digital transformation, for better or worse: a critical multi‐level research agenda

2022 169 citations Alexander Brem, Ferran Giones et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Brem Germany	51	2.7k	2.5k	1.8k	1.6k	1.5k	281	9.0k
Joakim Wincent Sweden	48	3.6k 1.3×	2.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.5×	143	9.0k
Domingo Ribeiro Soriano Spain	47	2.6k 1.0×	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	183	8.8k
Marina Dabić Croatia	45	2.8k 1.0×	1.9k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	556 0.4×	1.1k 0.7×	256	8.0k
Manlio Del Giudice Italy	54	6.0k 2.2×	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	940 0.6×	3.3k 2.1×	177	11.4k
Jaideep Prabhu United Kingdom	32	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	57	6.5k
Malte Brettel Germany	48	3.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	667 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	200	8.2k
Stefano Bresciani Italy	46	3.4k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	556 0.4×	1.9k 1.2×	143	7.9k
Alberto Ferraris Italy	53	3.8k 1.4×	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	491 0.3×	1.8k 1.2×	173	8.7k
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli Italy	57	4.9k 1.8×	2.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.5×	551 0.4×	1.7k 1.1×	176	10.4k
Christoph Zott France	17	5.8k 2.1×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	878 0.6×	2.1k 1.4×	29	9.8k

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Tiberius, Victor, et al.. (2025). Sustainability in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises ( SME ): Integrated Research Framework and Future Research Agenda. Sustainable Development. 34(S2). 437–451.

Brem, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Incumbency and sustainability transitions: A systematic review and typology of strategies. Energy Research & Social Science. 122. 104000–104000. 3 indexed citations

Baudier, Patricia, et al.. (2024). Functional, hedonic, and social motivated consumer innovativeness as a driver of word-of-mouth in smart object early adoptions: an empirical examination in two product categories. International Journal of Technology Management. 95(1/2). 226–252.

Rosca, Eugenia & Alexander Brem. (2024). Editorial Embracing Complexity and Tensions to Advance Sustainable Managerial Practice. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 52(3). 6–9. 1 indexed citations

Nylund, Petra A. & Alexander Brem. (2024). The Complex Diffusion of Electric Vehicles: A Dominant Design Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 11629–11637.

Nylund, Petra A. & Alexander Brem. (2023). Standardization in innovation ecosystems: The promise and peril of dominant platforms. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 194. 122714–122714. 21 indexed citations

Chen, Jin, et al.. (2023). The influence of open innovation on the synergistic innovation capability of Chinese manufacturing firms: the mediating role of tacit knowledge acquisition. Management Decision. 63(8). 2679–2699. 6 indexed citations

Brem, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Open innovation and closed innovation: a simulation study on market conditions and innovation strategies. International Journal of Technology Management. 92(1/2). 63–63. 1 indexed citations

Nylund, Petra A., et al.. (2023). Crisis as a catalyst of idle innovation ecosystems: Evidence from ecosystem exaptation of a water partnership. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 197. 122865–122865. 8 indexed citations

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Dutra, Ana Regina de Aguiar, et al.. (2023). Frugal innovation development for sustainability: The case of extractivism of the “Butia catarinensis” in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production. 412. 137318–137318. 9 indexed citations

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Sarkis, Joseph & Alexander Brem. (2023). Transitions – IEEE Engineering Management Review in 2023. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 51(1). 6–10. 3 indexed citations

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Ferràs, Xavier, Petra A. Nylund, & Alexander Brem. (2022). Strategy Follows the Structure of Artificial Intelligence. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 50(3). 17–19. 9 indexed citations

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Giones, Ferran, et al.. (2022). Break Out to Open Innovation. University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark). 1 indexed citations

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Chandrashekar, Deepak, et al.. (2022). Competitive Analysis or Stakeholder Pre-Commitments? How Firms' Strategic Decision-Making Choices Mediate the Relationship Between its Strategic Posture and Digitalization. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 71. 3979–3992. 2 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhenzhen, et al.. (2021). Need for Uniqueness and Word of Mouth in Disruptive Innovation Adoption: The Context of Self-Quantification. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 70(6). 2006–2016. 11 indexed citations

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Bouncken, Ricarda B., Martin Ratzmann, Victor Tiberius, & Alexander Brem. (2020). Pioneering Strategy in Supply Chain Relationships: How Coercive Power and Contract Completeness Influence Innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 69(6). 2826–2841. 22 indexed citations

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Brem, Alexander, et al.. (2016). Social Media for Identifying Lead Users. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. 1 indexed citations

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Brem, Alexander & Björn Sven Ivens. (2013). Do Frugal and Reverse Innovation Foster Sustainability? Introduction of a Conceptual Framework. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Brem, Alexander. (2011). Linking Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Literature Overview and the Introduction of a Process-Oriented Framework. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations

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Voigt, Kai‐Ingo & Alexander Brem. (2009). Integration of Market Pull and Technology Push in the Corporate Front End and Innovation Management - Insights from the German Software Industry. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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