Cheng Gao

818 total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 543 citations indexed

About

Cheng Gao is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Accounting and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Gao has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 543 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Strategy and Management, 3 papers in Accounting and 2 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cheng Gao's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers), Injection Molding Process and Properties (2 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (2 papers). Cheng Gao is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (3 papers), Injection Molding Process and Properties (2 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (2 papers). Cheng Gao collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Spain. Cheng Gao's co-authors include Rory McDonald, Tiona Žužul, Tarun Khanna, Geoffrey Jones, Wei Shi, Ruth V. Aguilera, Hui Wang, Feng Zhu, Yiying Li and Qihong Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Gao

12 papers receiving 529 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.

  1. Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation‐Based View of Long‐Run Survival
    2017 276 citations Cheng Gao, Tiona Žužul et al. Strategic Management Journal profile →

Peers

Cheng Gao
Tiona Žužul United States
Susan L. Young United States
Benedict Kemmerer Germany
Daeil Nam United States
Mark R. Mallon United States
M.K. Nandakumar India
Yaqun Yi China
Joon Mahn Lee South Korea
Juan Bu United States
Marion Debruyne Belgium
Tiona Žužul United States
Cheng Gao
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Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng Gao 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 Cheng Gao. Cheng Gao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Gao, Cheng & Rory McDonald. (2022). Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics. Administrative Science Quarterly. 67(4). 915–967. 54 indexed citations
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Shi, Wei, Cheng Gao, & Ruth V. Aguilera. (2020). The liabilities of foreign institutional ownership: Managing political dependence through corporate political spending. Strategic Management Journal. 42(1). 84–113. 49 indexed citations
3.
Li, Yiying, Qihong Chen, & Cheng Gao. (2020). PI_ Repeated Control of Three-phase Grid-Connected Inverter. 359–362. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yizhe, et al.. (2020). Design and Research of Skin Injection Molded TPE Materials Based on Genetic Algorithm. Advances in Polymer Technology. 2020. 1–9. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hui, et al.. (2019). Multiobjective Optimization Method for Polymer Injection Molding Based on a Genetic Algorithm. Advances in Polymer Technology. 2019. 1–17. 6 indexed citations
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McDonald, Rory & Cheng Gao. (2019). Pivoting Isn’t Enough? Managing Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures. Organization Science. 30(6). 1289–1318. 142 indexed citations
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Gao, Cheng, et al.. (2019). “Regulatory Hacking”: Strategic Interactions Between Startups and the State. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 11478–11478. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Cheng, Tiona Žužul, Geoffrey Jones, & Tarun Khanna. (2017). Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation‐Based View of Long‐Run Survival. Strategic Management Journal. 38(11). 2147–2167. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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McDonald, Rory & Cheng Gao. (2017). Entrepreneurship: Every Pivot Needs a Story. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Cheng, Tiona Žužul, Geoffrey Jones, & Tarun Khanna. (2017). Overcoming Institutional Voids: A Reputation-Based View of Long Run Survival. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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McDonald, Rory, Feng Zhu, & Cheng Gao. (2014). HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition. 2(3). 291–7. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Cheng, et al.. (2011). Research on Multi-Information Fusion Control System of Textile Workshop Environment. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 130-134. 3803–3806. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Cheng. (2009). Analysis about the Reasons of the Fast Development in Network Bookstore in our Country.

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