Gautam Ahuja

21.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
35 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Gautam Ahuja is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Gautam Ahuja has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Strategy and Management, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Gautam Ahuja's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (20 papers), Business Strategy and Innovation (12 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Gautam Ahuja is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (20 papers), Business Strategy and Innovation (12 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (7 papers). Gautam Ahuja collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Singapore. Gautam Ahuja's co-authors include Riitta Katila, Curba Morris Lampert, Stuart L. Hart, Sai Yayavaram, Vivek Tandon, Giuseppe Soda, Akbar Zaheer, Will Mitchell, Francisco Polidoro and Elena Novelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gautam Ahuja

34 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

Collaboration Networks, S... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2000 2002 2001 2001 1996 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study
    2000 3.5k citations Gautam Ahuja Administrative Science Quarterly profile →
  2. SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SEARCH BEHAVIOR AND NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION.
    2002 2.5k citations Riitta Katila, Gautam Ahuja Academy of Management Journal profile →
  3. Entrepreneurship in the large corporation: a longitudinal study of how established firms create breakthrough inventions
    2001 1.7k citations Gautam Ahuja et al. Strategic Management Journal profile →
  4. Technological acquisitions and the innovation performance of acquiring firms: a longitudinal study
    2001 1.7k citations Gautam Ahuja, Riitta Katila Strategic Management Journal profile →
  5. DOES IT PAY TO BE GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMISSION REDUCTION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE
    1996 1.4k citations Stuart L. Hart, Gautam Ahuja Business Strategy and the Environment profile →
  6. The duality of collaboration: inducements and opportunities in the formation of interfirm linkages
    2000 1.1k citations Gautam Ahuja Strategic Management Journal profile →
  7. The Genesis and Dynamics of Organizational Networks
    2011 550 citations Gautam Ahuja, Giuseppe Soda et al. Organization Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gautam Ahuja United States 23 11.3k 4.2k 3.8k 2.6k 2.0k 35 15.5k
Ammon Salter United Kingdom 49 10.7k 1.0× 4.6k 1.1× 5.7k 1.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 121 17.4k
Oliver Gassmann Switzerland 55 8.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 4.3k 1.1× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.8× 245 13.9k
Margaret A. Peteraf United States 24 12.7k 1.1× 3.1k 0.7× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 43 17.8k
Joel A. C. Baum Canada 43 8.1k 0.7× 3.5k 0.8× 3.0k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 1.2k 0.6× 144 14.8k
Fariborz Damanpour United States 30 9.7k 0.9× 2.7k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 53 17.1k
Rebecca Henderson United States 30 10.7k 0.9× 8.8k 2.1× 5.3k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 988 0.5× 88 18.6k
Frank T. Rothaermel United States 34 8.0k 0.7× 3.2k 0.8× 3.7k 1.0× 2.1k 0.8× 657 0.3× 66 11.4k
Constance E. Helfat United States 44 14.9k 1.3× 4.6k 1.1× 4.5k 1.2× 4.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.0× 82 21.6k
Will Mitchell United States 54 9.3k 0.8× 3.7k 0.9× 2.4k 0.6× 3.6k 1.4× 976 0.5× 149 13.4k
Kevin Zheng Zhou Hong Kong 51 10.5k 0.9× 2.6k 0.6× 2.5k 0.7× 3.0k 1.2× 3.2k 1.6× 118 15.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gautam Ahuja

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Toh, Puay Khoon & Gautam Ahuja. (2021). Integration and appropriability: A study of process and product components within a firm's innovation portfolio. Strategic Management Journal. 43(6). 1075–1109. 21 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam, et al.. (2020). DeepBus: Machine learning based real time pothole detection system for smart transportation using IoT. Internet Technology Letters. 3(3). 46 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam, Laurence Capron, Michael Lenox, & Dennis A. Yao. (2018). Strategy and the Institutional Envelope. Strategy Science. 3(2). ii–x. 20 indexed citations
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Jacobides, Michael G., Rahul Kapoor, Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, et al.. (2018). Shaping Sectors, Changing Architectures, Constructing Ecosystems. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2018(1). 12100–12100. 2 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Elena Novelli. (2017). Redirecting Research Efforts on the Diversification–Performance Linkage: The Search for Synergy. Academy of Management Annals. 11(1). 342–390. 93 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Elena Novelli. (2017). Activity Overinvestment: The Case of R&D. Journal of Management. 43(8). 2456–2468. 31 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Elena Novelli. (2013). Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Polidoro, Francisco, Gautam Ahuja, & Will Mitchell. (2011). When the Social Structure Overshadows Competitive Incentives: The Effects of Network Embeddedness on Joint Venture Dissolution. Academy of Management Journal. 54(1). 203–223. 221 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam, Giuseppe Soda, & Akbar Zaheer. (2011). The Genesis and Dynamics of Organizational Networks. Organization Science. 23(2). 434–448. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahuja, Gautam & Sai Yayavaram. (2011). PERSPECTIVE—Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy. Organization Science. 22(6). 1631–1652. 165 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Sai Yayavaram. (2010). Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 36 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Riitta Katila. (2004). Where do resources come from? The role of idiosyncratic situations. Strategic Management Journal. 25(8-9). 887–907. 474 indexed citations
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Katila, Riitta & Gautam Ahuja. (2002). SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SEARCH BEHAVIOR AND NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTION.. Academy of Management Journal. 45(6). 1183–1194. 2527 indexed citations breakdown →
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Katila, Riitta & Gautam Ahuja. (2002). Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction. Academy of Management Journal. 45(6). 1183–1194. 257 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Riitta Katila. (2001). Technological acquisitions and the innovation performance of acquiring firms: a longitudinal study. Strategic Management Journal. 22(3). 197–220. 1677 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahuja, Gautam. (2000). Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study. Administrative Science Quarterly. 45(3). 425–455. 3475 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahuja, Gautam. (2000). The duality of collaboration: inducements and opportunities in the formation of interfirm linkages. Strategic Management Journal. 21(3). 317–343. 60 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam & Sumit K. Majumdar. (1998). An Assessment of the Performance of Indian State-Owned Enterprises. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 9(2). 113–132. 39 indexed citations
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Ahuja, Gautam. (1996). Collaboration and innovation: A longitudinal study of interfirm linkages and firm patenting performance in the global advanced materials industry.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 18 indexed citations
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Hart, Stuart L. & Gautam Ahuja. (1996). DOES IT PAY TO BE GREEN? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMISSION REDUCTION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE. Business Strategy and the Environment. 5(1). 30–37. 1443 indexed citations breakdown →

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