Elizabeth Pontikes

1.4k total citations
23 papers, 916 citations indexed

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Elizabeth Pontikes is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Pontikes has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 916 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Strategy and Management, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Pontikes's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (9 papers), Business Strategy and Innovation (6 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (5 papers). Elizabeth Pontikes is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (9 papers), Business Strategy and Innovation (6 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (5 papers). Elizabeth Pontikes collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. Elizabeth Pontikes's co-authors include William P. Barnett, Giacomo Negro, Hayagreeva Rao, Michael T. Hannan, Viólina Rindova, Greta Hsu, Amanda Sharkey, László Polós, Gaël Le Mens and Balázs Kovács and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly and American Sociological Review.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Pontikes

22 papers receiving 879 citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth Pontikes United States	13	396	270	264	170	141	23	916
Giacomo Negro United States	17	449 1.1×	464 1.7×	385 1.5×	178 1.0×	161 1.1×	41	1.3k
Filippo Carlo Wezel Switzerland	19	417 1.1×	191 0.7×	237 0.9×	191 1.1×	242 1.7×	45	895
Michelle Rogan France	12	535 1.4×	136 0.5×	234 0.9×	209 1.2×	154 1.1×	23	854
Marie Louise Mors Denmark	8	601 1.5×	203 0.8×	266 1.0×	81 0.5×	181 1.3×	15	1.1k
Amanda Sharkey United States	12	191 0.5×	272 1.0×	210 0.8×	159 0.9×	149 1.1×	24	808
Mario Benassi Italy	10	579 1.5×	383 1.4×	205 0.8×	160 0.9×	289 2.0×	20	1.2k
Paul Olk United States	15	480 1.2×	197 0.7×	237 0.9×	98 0.6×	205 1.5×	28	1.1k
Sven Horak United States	21	321 0.8×	389 1.4×	318 1.2×	138 0.8×	82 0.6×	64	1.0k
Kai Man Kwan Hong Kong	6	235 0.6×	221 0.8×	370 1.4×	108 0.6×	119 0.8×	11	881
Jorge Walter United States	16	508 1.3×	221 0.8×	346 1.3×	169 1.0×	212 1.5×	36	1.1k

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Sulik, Justin, et al.. (2025). Differences in psychologists’ cognitive traits are associated with scientific divides. Nature Human Behaviour. 9(6). 1147–1161.

Pontikes, Elizabeth. (2022). Category innovation in the software industry: 1990–2002. Strategic Management Journal. 43(9). 1697–1727. 11 indexed citations

McDonnell, Mary‐Hunter, et al.. (2021). Bad Company: Shifts in Social Activists’ Tactics and Resources After Industry Crises. Organization Science. 32(4). 1033–1055. 31 indexed citations

Pontikes, Elizabeth & Viólina Rindova. (2020). Shaping Markets Through Temporal, Constructive, and Interactive Agency. Strategy Science. 5(3). 149–159. 36 indexed citations

Hannan, Michael T., Gaël Le Mens, Greta Hsu, et al.. (2019). Concepts and Categories. Columbia University Press eBooks. 67 indexed citations

Kovács, Balázs, Giacomo Negro, László Polós, et al.. (2019). Concepts and Categories: Foundations for Sociological and Cultural Analysis. 12 indexed citations

Sulik, Justin, et al.. (2019). The Academic Priors Project. OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints). 1 indexed citations

Pontikes, Elizabeth. (2018). Category Strategy for Firm Advantage. Strategy Science. 3(4). 620–631. 39 indexed citations

Pontikes, Elizabeth & William P. Barnett. (2017). The Coevolution of Organizational Knowledge and Market Technology. Strategy Science. 2(1). 64–82. 20 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth & William P. Barnett. (2016). The Non-consensus Entrepreneur. Administrative Science Quarterly. 62(1). 140–178. 47 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth & Michael T. Hannan. (2014). An Ecology of Social Categories. Sociological Science. 1. 311–343. 31 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth, et al.. (2013). Fitting in or starting new? An analysis of invention, constraint, and the emergence of new categories in the software industry. 1 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth. (2012). Two Sides of the Same Coin. Administrative Science Quarterly. 57(1). 81–118. 283 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth. (2012). Fitting in or Starting New? Invention, Leniency, and Category Emergence in the Software Industry, 1990-2002. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth & William P. Barnett. (2012). The Persistence of Lenient Market Labels. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth & William P. Barnett. (2012). When to Be a Nonconformist Entrepreneur? Organizational Responses to Vital Events. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth, Giacomo Negro, & Hayagreeva Rao. (2010). Stained Red. American Sociological Review. 75(3). 456–478. 135 indexed citations

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Pontikes, Elizabeth. (2008). FITTING IN OR STARTING NEW? INVENTION, CONSTRAINT, AND NEW CATEGORIES IN THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2008(1). 1–6. 6 indexed citations

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Barnett, William P. & Elizabeth Pontikes. (2008). The Red Queen, Success Bias, and Organizational Inertia. Management Science. 54(7). 1237–1251. 94 indexed citations

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Barnett, William P. & Elizabeth Pontikes. (2004). THE RED QUEEN: HISTORY-DEPENDENT COMPETITION AMONG ORGANIZATIONS. Research in Organizational Behavior. 26. 351–371. 14 indexed citations

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