Bo Hedberg

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
15 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Bo Hedberg is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Bo Hedberg has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Strategy and Management, 3 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 2 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Bo Hedberg's work include Business Strategy and Innovation (4 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (3 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (2 papers). Bo Hedberg is often cited by papers focused on Business Strategy and Innovation (4 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (3 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (2 papers). Bo Hedberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and United States. Bo Hedberg's co-authors include William H. Starbuck, Sten Jönsson, Arent Greve, Göran Dahlgren, Nils-Göran Olve, Barbara Czarniawska, Philippe Baumard and Ali Yakhlef and has published in prestigious journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior and Accounting Organizations and Society.

In The Last Decade

Bo Hedberg

15 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

How Organizations Learn and Unlearn

1981 1.3k citations Bo Hedberg profile →
Camping on Seesaws: Prescriptions for a Self-Designing Organization

1976 577 citations Bo Hedberg, William H. Starbuck et al. Administrative Science Quarterly profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bo Hedberg Sweden	8	1.3k	830	467	391	251	15	2.4k
Richard N. Osborn United States	20	1.1k 0.9×	835 1.0×	341 0.7×	279 0.7×	271 1.1×	47	2.3k
G. M. Stalker United Kingdom	3	1.3k 1.0×	645 0.8×	381 0.8×	511 1.3×	304 1.2×	3	2.6k
Charles I. Stubbart United States	12	985 0.8×	661 0.8×	305 0.7×	180 0.5×	223 0.9×	20	1.8k
Caroline Turner	4	972 0.8×	809 1.0×	279 0.6×	526 1.3×	370 1.5×	6	2.4k
Bryan Borys United States	7	1.2k 0.9×	837 1.0×	215 0.5×	671 1.7×	390 1.6×	11	2.5k
Larry R. Smeltzer United States	26	1.1k 0.9×	552 0.7×	328 0.7×	949 2.4×	236 0.9×	75	2.4k
Marianne W. Lewis United States	8	938 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	293 0.6×	339 0.9×	413 1.6×	8	2.3k
Lawrence R. Jauch United States	20	640 0.5×	613 0.7×	210 0.4×	212 0.5×	223 0.9×	46	1.8k
A. F. G. Hanken Netherlands	5	692 0.5×	539 0.6×	239 0.5×	161 0.4×	199 0.8×	7	1.5k
Joan Woodward	6	1.1k 0.8×	703 0.8×	438 0.9×	702 1.8×	397 1.6×	7	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Bo Hedberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bo Hedberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Bo Hedberg. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Bo Hedberg. The network helps show where Bo Hedberg may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bo Hedberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bo Hedberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bo Hedberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bo Hedberg. Bo Hedberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Hedberg, Bo, Philippe Baumard, & Ali Yakhlef. (2002). Managing imaginary organizations : a new perspective on business. Pergamon Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

2.

Hedberg, Bo, Göran Dahlgren, & Nils-Göran Olve. (2001). Virtual Organizations and Beyond: Discovering Imaginary Systems. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 62 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo & Sten Jönsson. (1989). Between myth and action. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 5(3). 177–185. 9 indexed citations

4.

Hedberg, Bo, et al.. (1987). Radio test performance of a narrowband TDMA system. 293–299. 3 indexed citations

5.

Czarniawska, Barbara & Bo Hedberg. (1985). Control cycle responses to decline. 2(1). 19–39. 6 indexed citations

6.

Hedberg, Bo, et al.. (1984). Computer power to the people: computer resource centres or home terminals? Two scenarios. Behaviour and Information Technology. 3(3). 235–248. 3 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo. (1984). Career dynamics in a steelworks of the future. Journal of Organizational Behavior. 5(1). 53–69. 8 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo & Sten Jönsson. (1982). Designing semiconfusing information systems for changing organizations. ACM SIGMIS Database the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems. 13(2-3). 12–25. 7 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo. (1981). How Organizations Learn and Unlearn. 1. 3–27. 1254 indexed citations breakdown →

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Starbuck, William H., Arent Greve, & Bo Hedberg. (1978). Responding to Crises. SSRN Electronic Journal. 142 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo & Sten Jönsson. (1978). Designing semi-confusing information systems for organizations in changing environments. Accounting Organizations and Society. 3(1). 47–64. 200 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo & Sten Jönsson. (1977). Strategy Formulation as a Discontinuous Process. International Studies of Management and Organization. 7(2). 88–109. 77 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo, et al.. (1976). Camping on Seesaws: Prescriptions for a Self-Designing Organization. Administrative Science Quarterly. 21(1). 41–41. 577 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hedberg, Bo, et al.. (1975). Design for Innovation: A Cybernetic Approach.. Administrative Science Quarterly. 20(4). 643–643. 2 indexed citations

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Hedberg, Bo, et al.. (1974). On Man-Computer Interaction in Organisational Decision-Making. A Behavoural Approach. Operational Research Quarterly (1970-1977). 25(1). 200–200. 1 indexed citations

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