Kenneth H. Wathne

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth H. Wathne is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth H. Wathne has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Strategy and Management, 9 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 7 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Kenneth H. Wathne's work include Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (9 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Kenneth H. Wathne is often cited by papers focused on Customer Service Quality and Loyalty (9 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (7 papers) and Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Kenneth H. Wathne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Australia. Kenneth H. Wathne's co-authors include Jan B. Heide, Aksel I. Rokkan, Harald Biong, Alok Kumar, Kersi D. Antia, Erik Mooi, Aric Rindfleisch, Janet Bercovitz, Diana C. Robertson and James R. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Marketing, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Marketing Research.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Wathne

17 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Opportunism in Interfirm Relationships: Forms, Outcomes, ... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 250 500 750 1000
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. Opportunism in Interfirm Relationships: Forms, Outcomes, and Solutions
    2000 1.1k citations Kenneth H. Wathne, Jan B. Heide Journal of Marketing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kenneth H. Wathne United States 14 2.0k 1.4k 1.1k 749 548 18 3.3k
Torger Reve Norway 20 1.8k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 869 0.8× 828 1.1× 421 0.8× 45 3.2k
Rodney L. Stump United States 20 1.4k 0.7× 815 0.6× 964 0.9× 489 0.7× 362 0.7× 33 2.4k
Beverly B. Tyler United States 20 2.5k 1.2× 822 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 447 0.6× 296 0.5× 39 3.7k
Robert Dahlstrøm United States 26 1.2k 0.6× 914 0.7× 405 0.4× 772 1.0× 494 0.9× 65 2.4k
Shibin Sheng United States 26 2.2k 1.1× 819 0.6× 475 0.4× 1.0k 1.4× 515 0.9× 53 3.6k
Sally K. Widener United States 29 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 2.1k 1.9× 482 0.6× 256 0.5× 64 3.7k
Ravipreet S. Sohi United States 19 1.6k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 815 0.7× 693 0.9× 574 1.0× 25 3.3k
Chekitan S. Dev United States 26 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 355 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 1.1k 2.1× 83 3.5k
Fabrice Lumineau United States 24 1.9k 0.9× 608 0.4× 1.2k 1.1× 271 0.4× 390 0.7× 65 3.1k
Kersi D. Antia United States 19 1.1k 0.5× 597 0.4× 481 0.4× 580 0.8× 369 0.7× 27 2.0k

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All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Wathne, Kenneth H. & Øystein D. Fjeldstad. (2019). Where do we go from here? The future of B2B governance research. Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. 35(4). 623–627. 9 indexed citations
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Wathne, Kenneth H., Jan B. Heide, Erik Mooi, & Alok Kumar. (2018). Relationship Governance Dynamics: The Roles of Partner Selection Efforts and Mutual Investments. Journal of Marketing Research. 55(5). 704–721. 48 indexed citations
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Wathne, Kenneth H., Jan B. Heide, Erik Mooi, & Alok Kumar. (2018). Relationship Governance Dynamics: The Role of Partner Selection Efforts and Mutual Investments. Journal of Marketing Research. 13 indexed citations
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Antia, Kersi D., et al.. (2017). Franchisor–Franchisee Bankruptcy and the Efficacy of Franchisee Governance. Journal of Marketing Research. 54(6). 952–967. 45 indexed citations
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Mooi, Erik, Kenneth H. Wathne, & Ujwal Kayandé. (2016). Openness and Innovation Performance Revisited. Minerva Access (University of Melbourne). 2(1). 69–76. 4 indexed citations
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Heide, Jan B., Alok Kumar, & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2013). Concurrent sourcing, governance mechanisms, and performance outcomes in industrial value chains. Strategic Management Journal. 35(8). 1164–1185. 94 indexed citations
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Kumar, Alok, et al.. (2011). Performance Implications of Mismatched Governance Regimes across External and Internal Relationships. Journal of Marketing. 75(2). 1–17. 52 indexed citations
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Kumar, Alok, Jan B. Heide, & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2011). Performance Implications of Mismatched Governance Regimes Across External and Internal Relationships. Journal of Marketing. 75(2). 1–17. 62 indexed citations
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Rindfleisch, Aric, Kersi D. Antia, Janet Bercovitz, et al.. (2010). Transaction costs, opportunism, and governance: Contextual considerations and future research opportunities. Marketing Letters. 21(3). 211–222. 70 indexed citations
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Biong, Harald & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2009). Når "vennene" lurer deg. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo).
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Heide, Jan B., Kenneth H. Wathne, & Aksel I. Rokkan. (2007). Interfirm Monitoring, Social Contracts, and Relationship Outcomes. Journal of Marketing Research. 44(3). 425–433. 383 indexed citations
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Heide, Jan B. & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2006). Friends, Businesspeople, and Relationship Roles: A Conceptual Framework and a Research Agenda. Journal of Marketing. 70(3). 90–103. 121 indexed citations
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Heide, Jan B. & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2006). Friends, Businesspeople, and Relationship Roles: A Conceptual Framework and a Research Agenda. Journal of Marketing. 70(3). 90–103. 186 indexed citations
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Wathne, Kenneth H. & Jan B. Heide. (2003). Relationship Governance in a Supply Chain Network. Journal of Marketing. 68(1). 73–89. 418 indexed citations
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Rokkan, Aksel I., et al.. (2003). Specific Investments in Marketing Relationships: Expropriation and Bonding Effects. Journal of Marketing Research. 40(2). 210–224. 458 indexed citations
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Heide, Jan B. & Kenneth H. Wathne. (2001). Relationship governance in a vertical network context. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1 indexed citations
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Wathne, Kenneth H., Harald Biong, & Jan B. Heide. (2001). Choice of Supplier in Embedded Markets: Relationship and Marketing Program Effects. Journal of Marketing. 65(2). 54–66. 322 indexed citations
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Wathne, Kenneth H. & Jan B. Heide. (2000). Opportunism in Interfirm Relationships: Forms, Outcomes, and Solutions. Journal of Marketing. 64(4). 36–51. 1055 indexed citations breakdown →

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