Gary Akehurst

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Gary Akehurst is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Akehurst has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Strategy and Management, 7 papers in Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management and 6 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Gary Akehurst's work include Wine Industry and Tourism (4 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (4 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (3 papers). Gary Akehurst is often cited by papers focused on Wine Industry and Tourism (4 papers), Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (4 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (3 papers). Gary Akehurst collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Netherlands. Gary Akehurst's co-authors include Carolina Afonso, Helena Martins Gonçalves, Denis Harrington, Ayşe Akyol, Alicia Mas‐Tur, Miguel Ángel Galindo Martín, Nicholas Alexander, Carlos Rueda‐Armengot, Daniel Palacios Marqués and Richard Teare and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Hospitality Management, Small Business Economics and Management Decision.

In The Last Decade

Gary Akehurst

24 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Re‐examining green purchase behaviour and the green consumer profile: new evidences

2012 439 citations Gary Akehurst, Carolina Afonso et al. Management Decision profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gary Akehurst United Kingdom	13	612	416	316	315	265	26	1.3k
Osman Mohamad Malaysia	17	897 1.5×	503 1.2×	425 1.3×	287 0.9×	237 0.9×	60	1.5k
Dayananda Palihawadana United Kingdom	19	707 1.2×	434 1.0×	722 2.3×	348 1.1×	123 0.5×	34	1.6k
Veronica Wong United Kingdom	22	767 1.3×	386 0.9×	875 2.8×	511 1.6×	110 0.4×	70	1.8k
Lluís Garay Spain	18	822 1.3×	834 2.0×	428 1.4×	169 0.5×	230 0.9×	51	1.6k
George Kofi Amoako Ghana	19	545 0.9×	371 0.9×	289 0.9×	255 0.8×	150 0.6×	65	1.1k
Muzaffer Bodur Türkiye	16	272 0.4×	350 0.8×	410 1.3×	446 1.4×	79 0.3×	26	1.2k
George Fisk United States	17	657 1.1×	224 0.5×	237 0.8×	227 0.7×	157 0.6×	45	1.1k
Mert Gürlek Türkiye	15	655 1.1×	280 0.7×	599 1.9×	378 1.2×	172 0.6×	39	1.3k
Sanjay Jain India	11	539 0.9×	216 0.5×	377 1.2×	515 1.6×	198 0.7×	21	1.5k
Mercedes Úbeda García Spain	25	462 0.8×	426 1.0×	763 2.4×	452 1.4×	112 0.4×	70	1.7k

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Akehurst, Gary & Jean Gadrey. (2017). The Economics of Services. 1 indexed citations

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Ribeiro, Domingo & Gary Akehurst. (2014). Franchising in services. Service Industries Journal. 34(9-10). 751–756. 2 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary, Carolina Afonso, & Helena Martins Gonçalves. (2012). Re‐examining green purchase behaviour and the green consumer profile: new evidences. Management Decision. 50(5). 972–988. 439 indexed citations breakdown →

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Akehurst, Gary, et al.. (2012). Women entrepreneurship in small service firms: motivations, barriers and performance. Service Industries Journal. 32(15). 2489–2505. 114 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary, et al.. (2011). Ontological supports of knowledge: knowledge creation and analytical knowledge. Management Decision. 49(2). 183–194. 20 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (2008). User generated content: the use of blogs for tourism organisations and tourism consumers. Service Business. 3(1). 51–61. 287 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary, et al.. (2008). Job satisfaction and commitment in the entrepreneurial SME. Small Business Economics. 32(3). 277–289. 105 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (2007). What do we really know about services?. Service Business. 2(1). 1–15. 40 indexed citations

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Alexander, Nicholas & Gary Akehurst. (2005). Identifying the role of services in the regional economy and servicing the identity of the region. Service Industries Journal. 25(4). 421–428. 2 indexed citations

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Akyol, Ayşe & Gary Akehurst. (2003). An investigation of export performance variations related to corporate export market orientation. European Business Review. 15(1). 5–19. 90 indexed citations

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Harrington, Denis & Gary Akehurst. (2000). An Empirical Study of Service Quality Implementation. Service Industries Journal. 20(2). 133–156. 43 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1998). Book Reviews. Service Industries Journal. 18(1). 161–162. 1 indexed citations

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Harrington, Denis & Gary Akehurst. (1996). An Exploratory Investigation into Managerial Perceptions of Service Quality in UK Hotels. 2(2). 135–150. 9 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary, et al.. (1993). Tourism policies in the European community member states. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 12(1). 33–66. 16 indexed citations

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Teare, Richard & Gary Akehurst. (1988). Developments in open learning for the hospitality industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 7(2). 99–103. 2 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1987). The Economics of Services: An Introduction. Service Industries Journal. 7(4). 1–11. 9 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1987). Book Reviews. Service Industries Journal. 7(3). 419–420. 1 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1984). The measurement of concentration in the hospitality industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 3(1). 25–33. 4 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1984). ‘Checkout’: The Analysis of Oligopolistic Behaviour in the UK Grocery Retail Market. Service Industries Journal. 4(2). 189–242. 17 indexed citations

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Akehurst, Gary. (1982). The Economics Of Retailing - A Note. 2(2). 66–71. 5 indexed citations

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