Dorothy A. Leonard

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Dorothy A. Leonard is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorothy A. Leonard has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Strategy and Management, 3 papers in Management Information Systems and 3 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Dorothy A. Leonard's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (2 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (2 papers). Dorothy A. Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (3 papers), Big Data and Business Intelligence (2 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (2 papers). Dorothy A. Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Spain. Dorothy A. Leonard's co-authors include Sylvia Sensiper, Walter C. Swap, Jeffrey F. Rayport, Lisa Abrams, Simon Grand, Georg von Krogh, Thomas H. Davenport, Michael Hammer, Michelle Barton and David Kiron and has published in prestigious journals such as California Management Review, Journal of Management Information Systems and Long Range Planning.

In The Last Decade

Dorothy A. Leonard

26 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Group Innovation 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 250 500 750 1000
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. The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Group Innovation
    1998 1.0k citations Dorothy A. Leonard, Sylvia Sensiper California Management Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dorothy A. Leonard United States 13 900 622 400 347 316 28 2.2k
Ramkrishnan V. Tenkasi United States 11 926 1.0× 709 1.1× 456 1.1× 252 0.7× 560 1.8× 18 2.4k
Eric H. Kessler United States 21 1.7k 1.9× 362 0.6× 538 1.3× 660 1.9× 263 0.8× 50 3.1k
Hans Georg Gemuenden Germany 12 997 1.1× 522 0.8× 361 0.9× 386 1.1× 279 0.9× 22 2.4k
Jan Kratzer Germany 29 1000 1.1× 699 1.1× 468 1.2× 663 1.9× 549 1.7× 69 2.8k
S. D. Noam Cook United States 7 1.0k 1.2× 604 1.0× 787 2.0× 246 0.7× 535 1.7× 10 2.6k
Donald Hislop United Kingdom 23 918 1.0× 962 1.5× 636 1.6× 231 0.7× 771 2.4× 46 2.9k
Constantin Brătianu Romania 28 687 0.8× 335 0.5× 341 0.9× 454 1.3× 263 0.8× 115 2.1k
Julian E. Orr United States 12 490 0.5× 449 0.7× 588 1.5× 195 0.6× 820 2.6× 19 2.4k
Frank Blackler United Kingdom 15 1.0k 1.1× 620 1.0× 893 2.2× 289 0.8× 698 2.2× 33 2.9k
Mathieu Weggeman Netherlands 19 839 0.9× 289 0.5× 394 1.0× 252 0.7× 276 0.9× 40 1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dorothy A. Leonard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Christopher W. Myers. (2016). Transferring Knowledge Between Projects at NASA JPL (A). 2 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Michelle Barton. (2013). Knowledge and the Management of Creativity and Innovation. Oxford University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations
3.
Leonard, Dorothy A. & Jeffrey F. Rayport. (2011). Spark Innovation through Empathic Design. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 75(6). 355–369. 319 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A.. (2011). Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A., et al.. (2011). Putting Your Company's Whole Brain to Work. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 75(4). 287–299. 54 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Walter C. Swap. (2005). When Sparks Fly: Harnessing the Power of Group Creativity. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 27 indexed citations
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Rivkin, Jan W., Dorothy A. Leonard, & Gary Hamel. (2005). Change at Whirlpool Corporation (A). 1 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Walter C. Swap. (2005). Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom. 77 indexed citations
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Hammer, Michael, Dorothy A. Leonard, & Thomas H. Davenport. (2004). Why don't we know more about knowledge?. MIT Sloan management review. 45(4). 14–18. 33 indexed citations
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Grand, Simon, Georg von Krogh, Dorothy A. Leonard, & Walter C. Swap. (2004). Resource allocation beyond firm boundaries. Long Range Planning. 37(6). 591–610. 77 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A., et al.. (2003). Best Buy Co., Inc. (A): An Innovator's Journey. 1 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A.. (2002). The Limitations of Listening. Harvard business review. 80(1). 93–5. 19 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A., et al.. (2002). Case study on technology and distance in education at the Harvard Business School. Educational Technology & Society. 5. 73 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A., et al.. (2001). CONCUR: joining up construction.
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Swap, Walter C., et al.. (2001). Using Mentoring and Storytelling to Transfer Knowledge in the Workplace. Journal of Management Information Systems. 18(1). 95–114. 429 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Walter C. Swap. (2001). The Value of 'Been There, Done That' in Innovation. 1 indexed citations
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Tolman, F.P., et al.. (2000). Electronic communication in the building and construction industry: Wat will eConstruct bring about?. TNO Repository. 131. 2 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Walter C. Swap. (2000). Gurus in the garage.. PubMed. 78(6). 71–3, 76. 23 indexed citations
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Sylvia Sensiper. (1998). The Role of Tacit Knowledge in Group Innovation. California Management Review. 40(3). 112–132. 1004 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leonard, Dorothy A. & Isabelle Deschamps. (1988). Managerial Influences in the Implementation of a New Technology. 4 indexed citations

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