Keyvan Vakili

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
24 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Keyvan Vakili is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Keyvan Vakili has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 8 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Keyvan Vakili's work include Innovation Policy and R&D (8 papers), scientometrics and bibliometrics research (8 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (7 papers). Keyvan Vakili is often cited by papers focused on Innovation Policy and R&D (8 papers), scientometrics and bibliometrics research (8 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (7 papers). Keyvan Vakili collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Keyvan Vakili's co-authors include Sarah Kaplan, Michaël Bikard, Florenta Teodoridis, Vern Glaser, P. Devereaux Jennings, Timothy R. Hannigan, Hovig Tchalian, Richard Franciscus Johannes Haans, Milo Shaoqing Wang and Anita M. McGahan and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, PLoS ONE and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Keyvan Vakili

22 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The double‐edged sword of recombination in breakthrough innovation

2014 522 citations Sarah Kaplan, Keyvan Vakili Strategic Management Journal profile →
Topic Modeling in Management Research: Rendering New Theory from Textual Data

2019 391 citations Timothy R. Hannigan, Richard Franciscus Johannes Haans et al. Academy of Management Annals profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keyvan Vakili United Kingdom	10	583	360	340	228	186	24	1.4k
Santiago Mingo Chile	12	564 1.0×	295 0.8×	261 0.8×	184 0.8×	123 0.7×	19	1.2k
Kristina Dahlin Canada	8	641 1.1×	328 0.9×	308 0.9×	102 0.4×	187 1.0×	13	1.2k
Srikanth Paruchuri United States	18	1.0k 1.8×	377 1.0×	401 1.2×	266 1.2×	194 1.0×	32	1.7k
Simon Rodan United States	11	1.2k 2.1×	457 1.3×	338 1.0×	197 0.9×	257 1.4×	16	1.8k
Anu Wadhwa United States	8	838 1.4×	467 1.3×	355 1.0×	206 0.9×	163 0.9×	30	1.6k
Jan Hohberger Australia	14	700 1.2×	307 0.9×	232 0.7×	269 1.2×	114 0.6×	20	1.4k
Boris Durisin Italy	6	1.2k 2.0×	312 0.9×	264 0.8×	116 0.5×	174 0.9×	8	1.6k
Paola Criscuolo United Kingdom	21	1.3k 2.2×	664 1.8×	718 2.1×	225 1.0×	226 1.2×	42	2.3k
Kannan Srikanth Singapore	13	617 1.1×	214 0.6×	159 0.5×	136 0.6×	178 1.0×	37	1.1k
Michael D. Santoro United States	18	1.3k 2.3×	608 1.7×	485 1.4×	112 0.5×	126 0.7×	41	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Keyvan Vakili

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Keyvan Vakili

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20 of 20 papers shown

McGahan, Anita M., et al.. (2025). TRIPS and knowledge diffusion from low‐ and middle‐income countries. Strategic Management Journal. 47(3). 647–677.

Vakili, Keyvan, et al.. (2024). The Misfit Bias. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2024(1). 2 indexed citations

Vakili, Keyvan, et al.. (2022). Incentivizing Effort Allocation Through Resource Allocation: Evidence from Scientists’ Response to Changes in Funding Policy. Organization Science. 34(1). 100–128. 2 indexed citations

Vakili, Keyvan, Florenta Teodoridis, & Michaël Bikard. (2021). Detrimental Collaborations in Creative Work: Evidence from Economics. Organization Science. 33(5). 1741–1755. 4 indexed citations

Vakili, Keyvan & Sarah Kaplan. (2020). Organizing for innovation: A contingency view on innovative team configuration. Strategic Management Journal. 42(6). 1159–1183. 41 indexed citations

Vakili, Keyvan, Florenta Teodoridis, & Michaël Bikard. (2020). Detrimental Collaborations in Creative Work: Evidence from Economics. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2020(1). 17719–17719.

Hannigan, Timothy R., Richard Franciscus Johannes Haans, Keyvan Vakili, et al.. (2019). Topic Modeling in Management Research: Rendering New Theory from Textual Data. Academy of Management Annals. 13(2). 586–632. 391 indexed citations breakdown →

Bikard, Michaël, Keyvan Vakili, & Florenta Teodoridis. (2018). When Collaboration Bridges Institutions: The Impact of University–Industry Collaboration on Academic Productivity. Organization Science. 30(2). 426–445. 89 indexed citations

Vakili, Keyvan & Laurina Zhang. (2018). High on creativity: The impact of social liberalization policies on innovation. Strategic Management Journal. 39(7). 1860–1886. 34 indexed citations

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Teodoridis, Florenta, Michaël Bikard, & Keyvan Vakili. (2018). Creativity at the Knowledge Frontier: The Impact of Specialization in Fast- and Slow-paced Domains. Administrative Science Quarterly. 64(4). 894–927. 111 indexed citations

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Teodoridis, Florenta, Keyvan Vakili, & Michaël Bikard. (2017). Can Specialization Foster Creativity? Mathematics and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017(1). 16768–16768. 1 indexed citations

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Teodoridis, Florenta, et al.. (2017). Can Specialization Foster Creativity? Mathematics and the Collapse of the Soviet Union. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Vakili, Keyvan & Anita M. McGahan. (2016). Healthcare's grand challenge: basic science on diseases that primarily afflict the poor. London Business School Research Online (London Business School). 1 indexed citations

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Bikard, Michaël, Keyvan Vakili, & Florenta Teodoridis. (2016). When Collaboration Bridges Institutions: The Impact of Industry Collaboration on Academic Productivity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Vakili, Keyvan, et al.. (2016). The Research Money Can't Buy: The Impact of Funding on Scientistss Research Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Vakili, Keyvan & Laurina Zhang. (2015). High on Creativity: The Impact of Liberalization Policies on Creative Outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015(1). 18603–18603. 1 indexed citations

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Vakili, Keyvan, et al.. (2015). Progress in Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research in the United States between 2001 and 2010. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0120052–e0120052. 9 indexed citations

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Kaplan, Sarah & Keyvan Vakili. (2014). The double‐edged sword of recombination in breakthrough innovation. Strategic Management Journal. 36(10). 1435–1457. 522 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kaplan, Sarah & Keyvan Vakili. (2013). Studying Breakthrough Innovations Using Topic Modeling: A Test Using Nanotechnology Patents. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Vakili, Keyvan. (2013). Competitive Effects of Collaborative Arrangements: Impact of the MPEG-2 Pool on Outsiderss Innovative Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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