Deborah Dougherty

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Deborah Dougherty is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Deborah Dougherty has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Strategy and Management, 14 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Deborah Dougherty's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (32 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (11 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (11 papers). Deborah Dougherty is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (32 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (11 papers) and Information Systems Theories and Implementation (11 papers). Deborah Dougherty collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Deborah Dougherty's co-authors include Cynthia Hardy, Danielle D. Dunne, Terri L. Griffith, Trudy Heller, Ann Majchrzak, Samer Faraj, Raymond F. Zammuto, Barbara Czarniawska-Joerges, Edward H. Bowman and Nitin Nohria and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Deborah Dougherty

56 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Interpretive Barriers to Successful Product Innovation in Large Firms

1992 2.0k citations Deborah Dougherty Organization Science profile →
Information Technology and the Changing Fabric of Organization

2007 779 citations Terri L. Griffith, Ann Majchrzak et al. Organization Science profile →
SUSTAINED PRODUCT INNOVATION IN LARGE, MATURE ORGANIZATIONS: OVERCOMING INNOVATION-TO-ORGANIZATION PROBLEMS.

1996 738 citations Deborah Dougherty, Cynthia Hardy profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Deborah Dougherty	3.9k	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	1.0k	58	7.3k
Mitzi M. Montoya‐Weiss	2.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	42	6.6k
Robert DeFillippi	3.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	735 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	46	6.2k
Peter F. Drucker	2.8k 0.7×	2.0k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	707 0.7×	146	9.1k
John E. Prescott	4.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	721 0.6×	959 0.9×	102	7.4k
Frans A. J. Van Den Bosch	5.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	637 0.6×	768 0.7×	103	7.6k
Gary S. Lynn	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	793 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	737 0.7×	84	5.9k
Richard J. Boland	2.6k 0.7×	997 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	1.8k 1.6×	971 0.9×	72	7.3k
Jacky Swan	2.8k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	739 0.5×	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	99	6.3k
Harry Scarbrough	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	795 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.0×	108	6.5k
Sue Newell	3.3k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	1.2k 1.2×	163	8.3k

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Dougherty, Deborah. (2017). Enacting Skillful Research Performance through Abductive Reasoning. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Dougherty, Deborah. (2016). Taking Advantage of Emergence: Productively Innovating in Complex Innovation Systems. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

Dougherty, Deborah. (2016). Enacting Skillful Research Performance through Abductive Reasoning. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016(1). 13084–13084. 1 indexed citations

Dougherty, Deborah & Danielle D. Dunne. (2011). Digital Science and Knowledge Boundaries in Complex Innovation. Organization Science. 23(5). 1467–1484. 176 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, J. Raymond, John R. Frederick, William Hiesinger, et al.. (2009). Early planned institution of biventricular mechanical circulatory support results in improved outcomes compared with delayed conversion of a left ventricular assist device to a biventricular assist device. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 137(4). 971–977. 224 indexed citations

Fitzpatrick, J. Raymond, John R. Frederick, Vivian Hsu, et al.. (2008). Risk Score Derived from Pre-operative Data Analysis Predicts the Need for Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 27(12). 1286–1292. 305 indexed citations

Griffith, Terri L., et al.. (2007). Information technology and the changing fabric of organization. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 6 indexed citations

Dougherty, Deborah. (2007). Understanding New Markets for New Products. 87 indexed citations

Dougherty, Deborah, Helena Barnard, & Danielle D. Dunne. (2004). Exploring the Everyday Dynamics of Dynamic Capabilities. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 8 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah. (2004). Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern OrganizationsInnovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations, by BundyWayne M.. Westport, CT: Quorum, 2002.. Academy of Management Review. 29(2). 301–303. 17 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah. (2004). Organizing Practices in Services: Capturing Practice-Based Knowledge for Innovation. Strategic Organization. 2(1). 35–64. 125 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah, Kerim Münir, & Mohan Subramaniam. (2002). MANAGING TECHNOLOGY FLOWS IN PRACTICE: A GROUNDED THEORY OF SUSTAINED INNOVATION.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2002(1). E1–E6. 11 indexed citations

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Kilduff, Martín & Deborah Dougherty. (2000). Change and Development in a Pluralistic World: the View From the Classics. Academy of Management Review. 25(4). 777–782. 26 indexed citations

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Day, George S., et al.. (1998). Enhancing New Product Development Performance: An Organizational Learning Perspective. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 15(5). 403–422. 92 indexed citations

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Hardy, Cynthia & Deborah Dougherty. (1997). Powering product innovation. European Management Journal. 15(1). 16–27. 21 indexed citations

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Mintzberg, Henry, Jan J. Jörgensen, Deborah Dougherty, & Frances Westley. (1996). Some surprising things about collaboration—Knowing how people connect makes it work better. Organizational Dynamics. 25(1). 60–71. 102 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah. (1995). Managing Your Core Incompetencies for Corporate Venturing. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 19(3). 113–135. 94 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah, et al.. (1993). Product Innovation: More Than Just Making a New Product*. Creativity and Innovation Management. 2(3). 137–155. 4 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah. (1992). A practice-centered model of organizational renewal through product innovation. Strategic Management Journal. 13(S1). 77–92. 317 indexed citations

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Dougherty, Deborah. (1989). Interpretive barriers to successful product innovation. Marketing Science Institute eBooks. 84 indexed citations

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