Maurizio Zollo

15.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
79 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Maurizio Zollo is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Accounting and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Maurizio Zollo has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Strategy and Management, 15 papers in Accounting and 13 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Maurizio Zollo's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (28 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers). Maurizio Zollo is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (28 papers), Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting (16 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers). Maurizio Zollo collaborates with scholars based in Italy, France and United States. Maurizio Zollo's co-authors include Sidney G. Winter, Harbir Singh, Jeffrey J. Reuer, Donal Crilly, Morten T. Hansen, Dimo Ringov, Degenhard Meier, Oliver Gottschalg, Daniella Laureiro Martinez and Stefano Brusoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Academy of Management Review and Academy of Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Maurizio Zollo

75 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Deliberate Learning and the Evolution of Dynamic Capabilities

2002 4.6k citations Maurizio Zollo et al. Organization Science profile →
Interorganizational Routines and Performance in Strategic Alliances

2002 833 citations Maurizio Zollo, Jeffrey J. Reuer et al. Organization Science profile →
Deliberate learning in corporate acquisitions: post‐acquisition strategies and integration capability in U.S. bank mergers

2004 729 citations Maurizio Zollo et al. Strategic Management Journal profile →
Faking It or Muddling Through? Understanding Decoupling in Response to Stakeholder Pressures

2012 586 citations Maurizio Zollo et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maurizio Zollo Italy	29	7.5k	2.0k	1.8k	1.5k	1.5k	79	10.3k
Joseph T. Mahoney United States	47	7.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	2.6k 1.7×	2.3k 1.5×	130	11.3k
Todd Zenger United States	41	6.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.4×	120	10.8k
Jeffrey A. Martin United States	10	8.2k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.6×	1.6k 1.1×	15	11.4k
Charles Baden‐Fuller United Kingdom	35	5.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	81	8.5k
Peter J. Lane United States	16	7.2k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	28	9.6k
Richard L. Priem United States	42	6.4k 0.9×	2.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.6×	2.4k 1.6×	1.4k 0.9×	85	11.2k
Nicolai J. Foss Denmark	42	4.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.0×	2.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.0×	127	8.4k
Masaaki Kotabe United States	57	8.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.3×	145	11.3k
Anne S. Miner United States	30	5.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.6×	2.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	59	9.8k
Andrew C. Inkpen United States	38	7.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	70	11.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maurizio Zollo

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Cenci, Simone, et al.. (2025). Assessing the effectiveness of interdependent corporate sustainability choices. npj Climate Action. 4(1).

Cenci, Simone, Hossein Asgharian, Lu Liu, Marek Rei, & Maurizio Zollo. (2025). Does competitive pressure drive effective corporate environmental actions?. Journal of Cleaner Production. 511. 145585–145585. 1 indexed citations

Cenci, Simone, et al.. (2023). The alignment of companies' sustainability behavior and emissions with global climate targets. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7831–7831. 24 indexed citations

Liboni, Lara Bartocci, et al.. (2022). Systems approach in dynamic capabilities. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 40(6). 863–875. 3 indexed citations

Spicer, Andrew, Marcus Wagner, & Maurizio Zollo. (2021). Tinkering With the Plumbing of Sustainable Enterprises: The Case for Field Experimental Research in Corporate Sustainability. Organization & Environment. 34(3). 351–360. 6 indexed citations

Alves, Marlon Fernandes Rodrigues, et al.. (2021). When Reflection Hurts: The Effect of Cognitive Processing Types on Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Change. Organization Science. 34(6). 2026–2042. 4 indexed citations

Valentini, Giovanni, et al.. (2018). Learning or Inertia? The Impact of Experience and Knowledge Codification on Post-Acquisition Integration. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Zollo, Maurizio, et al.. (2017). Toward an integrated theory of strategy. Strategic Management Journal. 39(6). 1753–1778. 31 indexed citations

Zollo, Maurizio, et al.. (2015). Stakeholder Engagement and Organizational Experiential Learning: Evidence from M&A. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2015(1). 13363–13363. 5 indexed citations

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Martinez, Daniella Laureiro, Nicola Canessa, Stefano Brusoni, et al.. (2014). Frontopolar cortex and decision-making efficiency: comparing brain activity of experts with different professional background during an exploration-exploitation task. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7. 927–927. 56 indexed citations

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Ioannou, Ioannis, George Serafeim, Pratima Bansal, et al.. (2012). The Path Towards a Sustainable Society. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2012(1). 10914–10914. 1 indexed citations

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Zollo, Maurizio, Mario Minoja, Kai Hockerts, et al.. (2009). Towards an internal change management perspective of CSR: evidence from project RESPONSE on the sources of cognitive alignment between managers and their stakeholders, and their implications for social performance. Corporate Governance. 9(4). 355–372. 21 indexed citations

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Corrado, Raffaele & Maurizio Zollo. (2008). Small Worlds Evolving: Governance Reforms, Privatizations, and Ownership Networks in Italy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Zollo, Maurizio & Degenhard Meier. (2008). What Is M&A Performance?. Academy of Management Perspectives. 22(3). 55–77. 275 indexed citations

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Peteraf, Margaret A., Christos Pitelis, & Maurizio Zollo. (2008). On `The Metamorphosis of (the Theory of) the Firm': An Introduction. Organization Studies. 29(8-9). 1109–1115. 4 indexed citations

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Zollo, Maurizio, et al.. (2007). Understanding and Responding to Societal Demands on Corporate Responsibility (RESPONSE). Final Report. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Brescia). 3 indexed citations

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Gottschalg, Oliver & Maurizio Zollo. (2006). Motivation and the theory of the firm. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe).

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Zollo, Maurizio & Jeffrey J. Reuer. (2003). Superstitious Learning in Corporate Acquisitions. 1 indexed citations

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Zollo, Maurizio. (1998). Knowledge Codification, Process Routinization and the Creation of Organizational Capabilities: Post-Acquisition Management in the US Banking Industry. 82(3). 245–9. 17 indexed citations

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Zollo, Maurizio. (1998). Knowledge codification, process routinization, and the creation of organizational capabilities. 6 indexed citations

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