Gunter Lay

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gunter Lay is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunter Lay has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Strategy and Management, 10 papers in Marketing and 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gunter Lay's work include Corporate Governance and Management (15 papers), Service and Product Innovation (10 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (9 papers). Gunter Lay is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Governance and Management (15 papers), Service and Product Innovation (10 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (9 papers). Gunter Lay collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Spain and Austria. Gunter Lay's co-authors include Steffen Kinkel, Andrea Bikfalvi, Heidi Armbruster, Sabine Biege, Angela Jäger, Giacomo Copani, Spomenka Maloca, Bernhard Dachs, Doris Schartinger and Martin Borowiecki and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Technovation and European Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Gunter Lay

34 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Organizational innovation: The challenge of measuring non-technical innovation in large-scale surveys

2008 453 citations Steffen Kinkel, Gunter Lay et al. Technovation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunter Lay Germany	13	576	497	307	261	228	43	1.2k
Nick Yip United Kingdom	14	546 0.9×	526 1.1×	191 0.6×	179 0.7×	168 0.7×	24	1.1k
Vincent Göttel Germany	11	680 1.2×	366 0.7×	173 0.6×	146 0.6×	189 0.8×	15	1.1k
Debbie Harrison Norway	16	844 1.5×	306 0.6×	319 1.0×	200 0.8×	198 0.9×	50	1.3k
Ana María Serrano Bedia Spain	19	427 0.7×	211 0.4×	325 1.1×	141 0.5×	252 1.1×	62	1.1k
Hannu Makkonen Finland	20	564 1.0×	467 0.9×	278 0.9×	165 0.6×	153 0.7×	42	1.3k
Laura Broccardo Italy	15	420 0.7×	289 0.6×	202 0.7×	113 0.4×	203 0.9×	73	1.0k
Eloísa Díaz Garrido Spain	13	373 0.6×	339 0.7×	144 0.5×	209 0.8×	117 0.5×	42	816
María Luz Martín Peña Spain	13	376 0.7×	358 0.7×	137 0.4×	206 0.8×	118 0.5×	60	864
Giorgia Profumo Italy	13	684 1.2×	380 0.8×	176 0.6×	126 0.5×	199 0.9×	29	1.4k
Asta Salmi Finland	21	1.2k 2.1×	340 0.7×	326 1.1×	345 1.3×	154 0.7×	54	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Gunter Lay

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gunter Lay

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunter Lay

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

All Works

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Lay, Gunter, Eva Kirner, & Angela Jäger. (2022). Service-Innovationen in der Industrie. Econstor (Econstor).

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Kinkel, Steffen & Gunter Lay. (2022). Automobilzulieferer in der Klemme. Econstor (Econstor).

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Lay, Gunter. (2014). Servitization in Industry. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 63 indexed citations

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Dachs, Bernhard, Sabine Biege, Martin Borowiecki, et al.. (2013). Servitisation of European manufacturing: evidence from a large scale database. Service Industries Journal. 34(1). 5–23. 79 indexed citations

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Latniak, Erich, Steffen Kinkel, & Gunter Lay. (2011). Dezentralisierung in der deutschen Investitionsgüterindustrie. Technische Universität Dortmund Eldorado (Technische Universität Dortmund). 11(2). 143–160.

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Lay, Gunter, et al.. (2009). Service-based business concepts: A typology for business-to-business markets. European Management Journal. 27(6). 442–455. 97 indexed citations

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Kinkel, Steffen & Gunter Lay. (2005). Produktionsverlagerungen unter der Lupe. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 100(5). 240–245. 2 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter & Michael Nippa. (2005). Management produktbegleitender Dienstleistungen. Physica-Verlag eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter. (2003). Angebot von Betreibermodellen in der deutschen Investitionsgüterindustrie. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 98(12). 676–680. 2 indexed citations

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Kinkel, Steffen, et al.. (2003). Produktionsverlagerungen im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 98(4). 162–168. 1 indexed citations

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Kinkel, Steffen, et al.. (2003). Höhere Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch produktbegleitende Dienstleistungen: Betreibermodelle im deutschen Maschinenbau. DIW Wochenbericht. 70(49). 775–779. 1 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter, et al.. (2002). Verbreitung innovativer Arbeitsgestaltung. Stand und Dynamik des Einsatzes im internationalen Vergleich.. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 3 indexed citations

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Kinkel, Steffen, et al.. (2002). Der Maschinenbau im Zeitalter der Globalisierung und »New Economy«. Econstor (Econstor). 55(21). 18–27.

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Latniak, Erich, Steffen Kinkel, & Gunter Lay. (2002). Dezentralisierung in der deutschen Investitionsgüterindustrie. Arbeit. 11(2). 143–160. 7 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter, et al.. (2002). Produktbegleitende Dienstleistungen. 4 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter, et al.. (2001). Zurück zu neuen Ufern. Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb. 96(7-8). 399–405. 1 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter, Philip Shapira, & Jürgen Wengel. (1999). Innovation in production : the adoption and impacts of new manufacturing concepts in German industry. Publikationsdatenbank der Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 13 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter. (1998). Dienstleistungen in der Investitionsgüterindustrie. Arbeit. 7(4). 316–337. 2 indexed citations

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Chung, Sunyang & Gunter Lay. (1997). Technology policy between ‘diversity’ and ‘one best practice’ — A comparison of Korean and German promotion schemes for new production technologies. Technovation. 17(11-12). 675–693. 7 indexed citations

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Lay, Gunter, et al.. (1984). Beurteilung der Wirtschaftlichkeit von CNC-Drehmaschinen unter organisatorischen Gesichtspunkten. 2 indexed citations

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