Heidi Olander

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Heidi Olander is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Communication and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Heidi Olander has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Strategy and Management, 14 papers in Communication and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Heidi Olander's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (18 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (14 papers) and Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (7 papers). Heidi Olander is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (18 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (14 papers) and Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (7 papers). Heidi Olander collaborates with scholars based in Finland, New Zealand and United States. Heidi Olander's co-authors include Paavo Ritala, Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, Kenneth Husted, Snejina Michailova, Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Anna‐Maija Nisula, Mika Vanhala, Pia Heilmann, Chunmei Gan and Miia Kosonen and has published in prestigious journals such as Technovation, Journal of Small Business Management and Journal of Knowledge Management.

In The Last Decade

Heidi Olander

29 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Knowledge sharing, knowledge leaking and relative innovation performance: An empirical study

2014 417 citations Paavo Ritala, Heidi Olander et al. Technovation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heidi Olander Finland	13	645	289	211	162	114	31	1.1k
Fátima Guadamillas Gómez Spain	14	608 0.9×	300 1.0×	145 0.7×	118 0.7×	191 1.7×	54	1.1k
Yung‐Chang Hsiao Taiwan	16	527 0.8×	162 0.6×	141 0.7×	123 0.8×	133 1.2×	31	872
Angel L. Meroño‐Cerdán Spain	16	585 0.9×	261 0.9×	223 1.1×	102 0.6×	233 2.0×	30	1.2k
Gang Peng United States	15	476 0.7×	167 0.6×	178 0.8×	120 0.7×	105 0.9×	43	1.0k
Donatella Busso Italy	9	492 0.8×	195 0.7×	144 0.7×	99 0.6×	125 1.1×	17	973
Bjørn Olsen Norway	13	665 1.0×	267 0.9×	190 0.9×	85 0.5×	175 1.5×	26	1.2k
Jesús David Sánchez de Pablo González del Campo Spain	9	489 0.8×	281 1.0×	171 0.8×	68 0.4×	216 1.9×	21	927
Jens Mueller New Zealand	12	496 0.8×	118 0.4×	165 0.8×	116 0.7×	166 1.5×	41	1.0k
Fredrik Tell Sweden	15	1.1k 1.7×	248 0.9×	264 1.3×	163 1.0×	148 1.3×	43	1.6k
Isabel Martinez-Conesa Spain	6	934 1.4×	190 0.7×	303 1.4×	175 1.1×	156 1.4×	6	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nisula, Anna‐Maija & Heidi Olander. (2025). The role of internal locus of control and social competence in knowledge worker innovativeness. European Journal of Innovation Management. 28(11). 131–153.

Kianto, Aino, et al.. (2022). Knowledge-related tensions in remote work arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic. VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems. 53(2). 358–376. 6 indexed citations

Olander, Heidi, et al.. (2021). MANAGING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS. International Journal of Innovation Management. 25(10). 8 indexed citations

Nisula, Anna‐Maija, et al.. (2021). Role of creativity and resilience in contemporary and entrepreneurial knowledge work. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2021(1). 13270–13270.

Nisula, Anna‐Maija & Heidi Olander. (2021). The role of creativity in knowledge workers’ entrepreneurial intentions: The moderating effect of general self-efficacy. Journal of Small Business Management. 61(6). 3228–3254. 11 indexed citations

Nisula, Anna‐Maija & Heidi Olander. (2020). Non-Monetary Predictors of Entrepreneurial Intention Among Higher Educated Organizational Employees. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 16896–16896. 2 indexed citations

Ritala, Paavo, Kenneth Husted, Heidi Olander, & Snejina Michailova. (2018). External knowledge sharing and radical innovation: the downsides of uncontrolled openness. Journal of Knowledge Management. 22(5). 1104–1123. 101 indexed citations

Nisula, Anna‐Maija, Heidi Olander, & Kaisa Henttonen. (2017). ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATIONS AS DRIVERS OF EXPERT CREATIVITY. International Journal of Innovation Management. 21(5). 1740005–1740005. 6 indexed citations

Olander, Heidi, Jorma Järnstedt, Dennis S. Poe, & Ilkka Kivekäs. (2016). Critical distance between the cartilaginous Eustachian tube and the internal carotid artery. European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology. 274(1). 73–77. 11 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi, Mika Vanhala, Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, & Kirsimarja Blomqvist. (2015). HR-related Knowledge Protection and Innovation Performance: The Moderating Effect of Trust. Knowledge and Process Management. 22(3). 220–233. 15 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi, Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, & Pia Heilmann. (2015). Human resources – strength and weakness in protection of intellectual capital. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 16(4). 742–762. 35 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi & Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen. (2015). PERCEPTIONS OF EMPLOYEE KNOWLEDGE RISKS IN MULTINATIONAL, MULTILEVEL ORGANISATIONS: MANAGING KNOWLEDGE LEAKING AND LEAVING. International Journal of Innovation Management. 19(3). 1540006–1540006. 6 indexed citations

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Ritala, Paavo, Heidi Olander, Kenneth Husted, & Snejina Michailova. (2015). The Downsides of Uncontrolled Openness:External Knowledge Sharing Scope and Radical Innovation. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015(1). 16514–16514. 2 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi, Mika Vanhala, & Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen. (2014). Reasons for choosing mechanisms to protect knowledge and innovations. Management Decision. 52(2). 207–229. 34 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi, Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, & Mika Vanhala. (2014). MISSION: POSSIBLE BUT SENSITIVE — KNOWLEDGE PROTECTION MECHANISMS SERVING DIFFERENT PURPOSES. International Journal of Innovation Management. 18(6). 1440012–1440012. 11 indexed citations

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Kosonen, Miia, Chunmei Gan, Heidi Olander, & Kirsimarja Blomqvist. (2013). MY IDEA IS OUR IDEA! SUPPORTING USER-DRIVEN INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN CROWDSOURCING COMMUNITIES. International Journal of Innovation Management. 17(3). 1340010–1340010. 35 indexed citations

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Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen, Pia & Heidi Olander. (2013). Coping with rivals’ absorptive capacity in innovation activities. Technovation. 34(1). 3–11. 61 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi & Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen. (2010). THE EFFECTS OF HRM-RELATED MECHANISMS ON COMMUNICATION IN R&D COLLABORATION. International Journal of Innovation Management. 14(3). 415–433. 5 indexed citations

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Hong, Jianzhong & Heidi Olander. (2010). University-industry knowledge interaction: case studies from Finland and China. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. 11(5). 356–356. 4 indexed citations

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Olander, Heidi, et al.. (2009). WHAT'S SMALL SIZE GOT TO DO WITH IT? PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL ASSETS IN SMEs. International Journal of Innovation Management. 13(3). 349–370. 52 indexed citations

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