Henry Chesbrough

50.0k total citations · 22 hit papers
115 papers, 29.8k citations indexed

About

Henry Chesbrough is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Computer Science Applications. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry Chesbrough has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 29.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Strategy and Management, 28 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 24 papers in Computer Science Applications. Recurrent topics in Henry Chesbrough's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (46 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (24 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (17 papers). Henry Chesbrough is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (46 papers), Open Source Software Innovations (24 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (17 papers). Henry Chesbrough collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Italy. Henry Chesbrough's co-authors include Ellen Enkel, Oliver Gassmann, Marcel Bogers, Melissa M. Appleyard, Jim Spohrer, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Sabine Brunswicker, Joel West, Kevin L. Schwartz and Tobias Weiblen and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications of the ACM, Research Policy and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Henry Chesbrough

115 papers receiving 26.6k citations

Hit Papers

Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Prof... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2003 2002 2009 2003 2006 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Henry Chesbrough United States 52 18.2k 8.6k 5.3k 5.1k 4.4k 115 29.8k
Eric von Hippel United States 55 12.0k 0.7× 6.7k 0.8× 3.5k 0.7× 4.8k 0.9× 10.6k 2.4× 102 27.6k
Michael L. Tushman United States 74 29.7k 1.6× 9.7k 1.1× 6.2k 1.2× 3.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.4× 174 46.2k
Ikujiro Nonaka Japan 47 21.2k 1.2× 6.4k 0.7× 2.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.5× 2.3k 0.5× 93 42.2k
Daniel A. Levinthal United States 50 32.2k 1.8× 10.1k 1.2× 14.0k 2.7× 2.9k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 104 48.6k
Wesley M. Cohen United States 27 22.7k 1.2× 9.5k 1.1× 14.9k 2.8× 2.0k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 52 36.4k
Gary P. Pisano United States 41 20.5k 1.1× 6.1k 0.7× 6.1k 1.2× 2.9k 0.6× 726 0.2× 116 30.7k
Gerard George United States 64 13.6k 0.7× 6.6k 0.8× 4.7k 0.9× 2.7k 0.5× 729 0.2× 221 26.3k
Andrew H. Van de Ven United States 65 17.6k 1.0× 5.8k 0.7× 3.0k 0.6× 2.8k 0.5× 1.0k 0.2× 128 38.8k
Ammon Salter United Kingdom 49 10.7k 0.6× 5.7k 0.7× 4.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.2× 1.7k 0.4× 121 17.4k
Bruce Kogut United States 50 26.2k 1.4× 5.8k 0.7× 8.7k 1.6× 1.3k 0.3× 1.0k 0.2× 104 36.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Henry Chesbrough

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henry Chesbrough

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henry Chesbrough

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Henry Chesbrough. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Henry Chesbrough 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 Henry Chesbrough. Henry Chesbrough 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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Vendrell-Herrero, Ferrán, et al.. (2025). Blazing the trail: Describing and assessing a new policy instrument whereby indirect tax incentives fuel collaborative innovation. Research Policy. 54(8). 105276–105276. 1 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2025). R&D Management Under Disruption and Uncertainty: An Open Innovation Perspective. R and D Management. 55(4). 998–1000. 1 indexed citations
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Pundzienė, Asta, et al.. (2023). Indirect effect of open innovation on clinical and economic value creation in digital healthcare: A comparative study of European countries. Journal of Business Research. 159. 113701–113701. 8 indexed citations
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Dąbrowska, Justyna, Argyro Almpanopoulou, Alexander Brem, et al.. (2022). Digital transformation, for better or worse: a critical multi‐level research agenda. R and D Management. 52(5). 930–954. 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Radziwon, Agnieszka, Marcel Bogers, Henry Chesbrough, & Timo Minssen. (2021). Ecosystem effectuation: creating new value through open innovation during a pandemic. R and D Management. 52(2). 376–390. 52 indexed citations
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Köhler, Thomas & Henry Chesbrough. (2020). Motivating Crowds to Do Good: How to Build Crowdsourcing Platforms for Social Innovation. 12(1). 42–47. 3 indexed citations
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Bogers, Marcel, Henry Chesbrough, & Robert Strand. (2019). Sustainable Open Innovation to Address a Grand Challenge: Lessons from Carlsberg and the Green Fiber Bottle. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Brunswicker, Sabine & Henry Chesbrough. (2018). The Adoption of Open Innovation in Large Firms: Practices, Measures, and Risks. Research-Technology Management. 61(1). 35. 12 indexed citations
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Weiblen, Tobias & Henry Chesbrough. (2015). Engaging with Startups to Enhance Corporate Innovation. California Management Review. 57(2). 66–90. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chesbrough, Henry & Sabine Brunswicker. (2015). A Fad or a Phenomenon?: The Adoption of Open Innovation Practices in Large Firms. Research-Technology Management. 57(2). 16–25. 194 indexed citations
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West, Joel, Ammon Salter, Wim Vanhaverbeke, & Henry Chesbrough. (2014). Open innovation: The next decade. Research Policy. 43(5). 805–811. 601 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2010). Open Innovation : Has its time come in Japan?. 25(1). 2–5. 1 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2010). Open Services Innovation: Rethinking Your Business to Grow and Compete in a New Era. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 303 indexed citations
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Sandulli, Francesco Domenico & Henry Chesbrough. (2009). Open Business Models: Las dos caras de los Modelos de Negocio Abiertos. Universia business review. 2(22). 12–39. 12 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry & Feng Helen Liang. (2008). Return to R&D Investment and Spillovers in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: A Tale of Two Segments. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2007). Why Companies Should Have Open Business Models. MIT Sloan management review. 48(2). 22–28. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2005). Toward a New Science of Services. Harvard business review. 20–21. 8 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2004). Managing Open Innovation: In Uncertain Markets, New Metrics Can Help Companies to Play Poker as Well as Chess. Research-Technology Management. 47(1). 23. 14 indexed citations
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Chesbrough, Henry. (2003). The Era of Open Innovation. Hispana. 44(3). 35–41. 1545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Christensen, Clayton M. & Henry Chesbrough. (2001). Technology Markets, Technology Organization, and Appropriating the Returns of Research. 2 indexed citations

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