Ellen Enkel

8.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Ellen Enkel is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Computer Science Applications and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ellen Enkel has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Strategy and Management, 16 papers in Computer Science Applications and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Ellen Enkel's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (33 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (16 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (11 papers). Ellen Enkel is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (33 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (16 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (11 papers). Ellen Enkel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Ellen Enkel's co-authors include Oliver Gassmann, Henry Chesbrough, Sebastian Heil, Marcel Bogers, John Bell, Andrea Bäck, Georg von Krogh, Andreas Seufert, Marco Hubert and Arnd Florack and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Business Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Technovation.

In The Last Decade

Ellen Enkel

43 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

Open R&D and open innovation: exploring the phenomenon 2004 2026 2011 2018 2009 2010 2004 2016 400 800 1.2k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ellen Enkel Germany 23 3.4k 1.5k 1.0k 919 667 48 5.4k
Ulrich Lichtenthaler Germany 36 3.8k 1.1× 1.8k 1.2× 672 0.7× 1.2k 1.3× 537 0.8× 87 5.7k
Allan Afuah United States 26 3.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 1.1× 775 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 48 6.0k
Joel West United States 31 3.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.8× 614 0.7× 592 0.9× 92 5.0k
Marcel Bogers Denmark 41 4.1k 1.2× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.3× 1.1k 1.7× 129 7.5k
Christopher L. Tucci Switzerland 27 3.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 912 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.5k 2.2× 109 7.2k
Cornelius Herstatt Germany 34 2.4k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 951 1.0× 1.4k 2.1× 161 5.6k
Carliss Y. Baldwin United States 31 3.9k 1.2× 2.4k 1.6× 1.5k 1.5× 1.1k 1.2× 764 1.1× 127 7.9k
Holger Ernst Germany 38 2.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.3× 489 0.5× 1.6k 1.7× 529 0.8× 79 5.0k
Linus Dahlander Germany 25 2.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 2.1× 706 0.8× 464 0.7× 60 5.6k
Wim Vanhaverbeke Belgium 41 5.5k 1.6× 2.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.0× 2.0k 2.2× 691 1.0× 146 7.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ellen Enkel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ellen Enkel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Enkel, Ellen, et al.. (2025). Understanding mass-market electric vehicle adoption: Integrating diffusion of innovation theory with risk mitigation strategy in Germany. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 220. 124329–124329.
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Tunçdoğan, Aybars, Fatima Wang, Henk Volberda, & Ellen Enkel. (2024). IT as a driver of R&D processes and strategic renewal. R and D Management. 54(4). 685–694. 1 indexed citations
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Proff, Heike, et al.. (2021). Strukturwandel in der Automobilindustrie – wirkt die Pandemie als Beschleuniger?. Ifo-Schnelldienst. 74(5). 3–35. 1 indexed citations
4.
Enkel, Ellen, et al.. (2016). Applied artificial intelligence and trust—The case of autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 105. 105–120. 431 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heil, Sebastian & Ellen Enkel. (2015). EXERCISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROSS-INDUSTRY INNOVATION: HOW TO SUPPORT ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY IN DISTANT KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING. International Journal of Innovation Management. 19(5). 1550048–1550048. 18 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen, et al.. (2014). When general recommendations fail: how to search in single innovation project settings. R and D Management. 44(4). 409–426. 12 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen & Sebastian Heil. (2014). Preparing for distant collaboration: Antecedents to potential absorptive capacity in cross-industry innovation. Technovation. 34(4). 242–260. 138 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen, et al.. (2011). OPEN INNOVATION MATURITY FRAMEWORK. International Journal of Innovation Management. 15(6). 1161–1189. 89 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen & Oliver Gassmann. (2010). Creative imitation: exploring the case of cross‐industry innovation. R and D Management. 40(3). 256–270. 298 indexed citations
10.
Gassmann, Oliver, Ellen Enkel, & Henry Chesbrough. (2010). The future of open innovation. R and D Management. 40(3). 213–221. 1122 indexed citations breakdown →
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Enkel, Ellen & Oliver Gassmann. (2009). Neue Ideenquellen erschließen — Die Chancen von Open Innovation. Marketing Review St Gallen. 26(2). 6–11. 8 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen & Oliver Gassmann. (2007). Driving Open Innovation in the Front End. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 19 indexed citations
13.
Enkel, Ellen. (2005). Management von Wissensnetzwerken : Erfolgsfaktoren und Beispiele. Deutscher Universitätsverlag eBooks. 4303–5. 2 indexed citations
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Bäck, Andrea, Andreas Seufert, Georg von Krogh, & Ellen Enkel. (2005). Putting Knowledge Networks into Action. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 31 indexed citations
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Gassmann, Oliver, et al.. (2005). Customer Integration in the Early Phase of the Innovation Process. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 1 indexed citations
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Enkel, Ellen. (2005). Management von Wissensnetzwerken. Deutscher Universitätsverlag eBooks. 1 indexed citations
17.
Enkel, Ellen, et al.. (2005). Managing the Risk of Customer Integration. European Management Journal. 23(2). 203–213. 153 indexed citations
18.
Enkel, Ellen & Oliver Gassmann. (2005). Management Mechanisms of Network Layers in MNE. Alexandria (UniSG) (University of St.Gallen). 1 indexed citations
19.
Goel, Sharad & Ellen Enkel. (2003). Social capital, reputation, and tacit knowledge: Use of board of directors to create and sustain a knowledge-based competitive.
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Enkel, Ellen. (2002). Knowledge Networks - an integrated approach to manage implicit and explicit knowledge. 1 indexed citations

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