Martin Spring

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Martin Spring is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Spring has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Management Information Systems, 33 papers in Strategy and Management and 12 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Martin Spring's work include Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (29 papers), Quality and Supply Management (18 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (17 papers). Martin Spring is often cited by papers focused on Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management (29 papers), Quality and Supply Management (18 papers) and Innovation and Knowledge Management (17 papers). Martin Spring collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Martin Spring's co-authors include Luís Araújo, Mark Stevenson, Kostas Selviaridis, Katy Mason, Scott E. Sampson, John Dalrymple, James Faulconbridge, Atif Sarwar, Finn Wynstra and Tobias Schoenherr and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies and Journal of Operations Management.

In The Last Decade

Martin Spring

52 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Flexibility from a supply chain perspective: definition and review

2007 506 citations Mark Stevenson, Martin Spring International Journal of Operations & Production Management profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Martin Spring United Kingdom	28	1.9k	1.6k	936	628	440	55	3.3k
Roger Maull United Kingdom	28	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	653 1.0×	381 0.9×	63	2.9k
A. Michael Knemeyer United States	30	2.1k 1.1×	2.0k 1.2×	698 0.7×	658 1.0×	208 0.5×	69	3.5k
Mark Frohlich United Kingdom	7	1.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	700 0.7×	356 0.6×	478 1.1×	9	3.2k
Kenneth W. Green United States	30	3.1k 1.6×	1.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	440 0.7×	339 0.8×	57	4.3k
Brian Fynes Ireland	34	3.0k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	730 0.8×	616 1.0×	287 0.7×	63	4.2k
Veronica Martinez United Kingdom	20	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	658 1.0×	473 1.1×	55	2.7k
Herbert Kotzab Germany	35	1.9k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	824 0.9×	399 0.6×	217 0.5×	112	3.6k
Mei Cao United States	15	2.0k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	526 0.6×	439 0.7×	257 0.6×	39	3.1k
David McCutcheon Canada	16	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	580 0.6×	604 1.0×	395 0.9×	23	3.2k
Gregory M. Magnan United States	26	2.6k 1.3×	2.4k 1.5×	539 0.6×	385 0.6×	264 0.6×	33	3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Spring

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Spring

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Spring

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Selviaridis, Kostas & Martin Spring. (2024). Innovation intermediation in supply networks: Addressing shortfalls in buyer and supplier capabilities for collaborative innovation. Journal of Operations Management. 71(1). 40–80. 6 indexed citations

Faulconbridge, James, Atif Sarwar, & Martin Spring. (2024). Accommodating Machine Learning Algorithms in Professional Service Firms. Organization Studies. 45(7). 1009–1037. 9 indexed citations

Faulconbridge, James, Atif Sarwar, & Martin Spring. (2023). How Professionals Adapt to Artificial Intelligence: The Role of Intertwined Boundary Work. Journal of Management Studies. 62(5). 1991–2024. 41 indexed citations

Selviaridis, Kostas & Martin Spring. (2021). Fostering SME supplier‐enabled innovation in the supply chain: The role of innovation policy. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 58(1). 92–123. 26 indexed citations

Spring, Martin & Christine Unterhitzenberger. (2020). The role of operations managers in translating management ideas and practices between firms. Production Planning & Control. 33(4). 340–355. 4 indexed citations

Tarafdar, Monideepa, et al.. (2017). IT alignment in temporary organizations: examining the 2016 Olympics. Journal of the Association for Information Systems.

Kull, Thomas, Josip Kotlar, & Martin Spring. (2017). Small and Medium Enterprise Research in Supply Chain Management: The Case for Single‐Respondent Research Designs. Journal of Supply Chain Management. 54(1). 23–34. 92 indexed citations

Spring, Martin & Luís Araújo. (2016). Product biographies in servitization and the circular economy. Industrial Marketing Management. 60. 126–137. 152 indexed citations

Araújo, Luís, Katy Mason, & Martin Spring. (2014). Expectations in networks : market shaping devices of the driverless car. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 3 indexed citations

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Spring, Martin, Luís Araújo, & Katy Mason. (2013). Offshoring and outsourcing of administrative and technical services:a modularity perspective. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations

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Spring, Martin & Luís Araújo. (2012). Beyond the service factory: Service innovation in manufacturing supply networks. Industrial Marketing Management. 42(1). 59–70. 109 indexed citations

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Selviaridis, Kostas & Martin Spring. (2009). The dynamics of business service exchanges: Insights from logistics outsourcing. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. 16(3). 171–184. 49 indexed citations

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Stevenson, Mark & Martin Spring. (2009). Supply chain flexibility: an inter‐firm empirical study. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 29(9). 946–971. 119 indexed citations

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Spring, Martin & R.C. Sweeting. (2002). Empowering customers: portals, supply networks and assemblers. International Journal of Technology Management. 23(1/2/3). 113–113. 8 indexed citations

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Spring, Martin. (2002). Supply chain innovations and their relationship to design and development processes. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 1 indexed citations

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Dewhurst, Frank W., et al.. (2000). Environmental change and supply chain management: a multi‐case study exploration of the impact of Y2000. Supply Chain Management An International Journal. 5(5). 245–261. 13 indexed citations

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Benito, Javier González & Martin Spring. (2000). JIT purchasing in the Spanish auto components industry – Implementation patterns and perceived benefits. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 20(9). 1038–1061. 34 indexed citations

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Benito, Javier González, Isabel Suaréz González, & Martin Spring. (2000). Complementarities between JIT purchasing practices: An economic analysis based on transaction costs. International Journal of Production Economics. 67(3). 279–293. 27 indexed citations

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Spring, Martin, et al.. (1999). New product design and development: a generic model. The TQM Journal. 11(3). 172–179. 38 indexed citations

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Dale, B.G., et al.. (1998). The management and organisational context of new product development: Diagnosis and self-assessment. International Journal of Production Economics. 55(2). 121–131. 17 indexed citations

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