Michael Gibbert

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Gibbert is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Gibbert has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Strategy and Management, 14 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 12 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Michael Gibbert's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (24 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (10 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (9 papers). Michael Gibbert is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (24 papers), Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (10 papers) and Management and Organizational Studies (9 papers). Michael Gibbert collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and Germany. Michael Gibbert's co-authors include Winfried Ruigrok, Martin Hoegl, Marius Leibold, Gilbert Probst, Anna Dubois, Liisa Välikangas, David Mazursky, Matthias Weiß, Francesca Golfetto and Holger Schiele and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Strategic Management Journal and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Michael Gibbert

77 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

What passes as a rigorous case study? 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. What passes as a rigorous case study?
    2008 1.4k citations Michael Gibbert et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Gibbert Switzerland 25 2.0k 934 760 664 629 84 3.9k
Juan‐Gabriel Cegarra‐Navarro Spain 35 2.3k 1.2× 921 1.0× 934 1.2× 789 1.2× 507 0.8× 136 5.0k
Renée Mauborgne France 21 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.3× 724 1.0× 711 1.1× 542 0.9× 38 4.7k
Ajith Kumar United States 21 2.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.9× 1.0k 1.4× 684 1.0× 405 0.6× 38 4.6k
Halit Keski̇n Türkiye 29 1.6k 0.8× 678 0.7× 386 0.5× 552 0.8× 448 0.7× 105 3.1k
Gary S. Lynn United States 30 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.2× 1.0k 1.4× 793 1.2× 547 0.9× 84 5.9k
Giovanni Schiuma Italy 37 2.0k 1.0× 474 0.5× 354 0.5× 871 1.3× 535 0.9× 145 4.1k
Antonio L. Leal‐Rodríguez Spain 30 1.5k 0.7× 501 0.5× 741 1.0× 556 0.8× 372 0.6× 71 3.0k
Maxine Robertson United Kingdom 27 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 289 0.4× 743 1.1× 483 0.8× 65 3.9k
Ali E. Akgün Türkiye 30 1.8k 0.9× 700 0.7× 397 0.5× 523 0.8× 352 0.6× 94 3.4k
Michael Christofi Cyprus 31 1.2k 0.6× 974 1.0× 1.1k 1.5× 535 0.8× 397 0.6× 80 4.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Gibbert

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Gibbert

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gibbert, Michael, Björn Sven Ivens, & Alexander Leischnig. (2023). Toward a better understanding of value destruction: The case of food waste. Industrial Marketing Management. 110. A1–A3. 3 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2023). Combining Case Study Designs for Theory Building. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Weiß, Matthias, et al.. (2023). Transparency of reporting practices in quantitative field studies: The transparency sweet spot for article citations. Journal of Informetrics. 17(2). 101396–101396. 7 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2023). Followers of financial advisors favor risky advice. Current Psychology. 43(11). 10086–10102. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2021). The ROAD to continuous business model innovation: A longitudinal study unveiling patterns of cognitive sensing dynamic capabilities. Creativity and Innovation Management. 31(1). 123–140. 17 indexed citations
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Pizzetti, Marta, Peter Seele, & Michael Gibbert. (2018). Unpacking the Unethical Gift: Gift Experience and Unethicality Assessment. Ethics & Behavior. 29(5). 359–381.
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2016). Are Financial Advisors Money Doctors or Charlatans? Evidence on Trust, Advice, and Risk Taking in Delegated Asset Management.. Cognitive Science. 2 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2014). Brand Traumas: Why Writing About Negative Brand Experiences Boosts Evaluations More Than Writing About Positive Experiences?. Advances in consumer research. 1 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, et al.. (2014). Using Thematic Thinking to Achieve Business Success, Growth, and Innovation: Finding Opportunities Where Others Don't Look. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 4 indexed citations
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Weiß, Matthias, Martin Hoegl, & Michael Gibbert. (2013). Perceptions of Material Resources in Innovation Projects: What Shapes Them and How Do They Matter?. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 31(2). 278–291. 22 indexed citations
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Weiß, Matthias, Martin Hoegl, & Michael Gibbert. (2011). Making Virtue of Necessity: The Role of Team Climate for Innovation in Resource-Constrained Innovation Projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 28(s1). 196–207. 64 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, Martin Hoegl, & Liisa Välikangas. (2009). How resource constraints spark creativity. MIT Sloan management review. 2 indexed citations
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Dubois, Anna & Michael Gibbert. (2009). From complexity to transparency: managing the interplay between theory, method and empirical phenomena in IMM case studies. Industrial Marketing Management. 39(1). 129–136. 184 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael & David Mazursky. (2009). How successful would a phone‐pillow be: Using dual process theory to predict the success of hybrids involving dissimilar products. Journal of Consumer Psychology. 19(4). 652–660. 25 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, Martin Hoegl, & Liisa Välikangas. (2007). In Praise of Resource Constraints. MIT Sloan management review. 49(3). 15–17. 56 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael. (2006). Generalizing About Uniqueness. Journal of Management Inquiry. 15(2). 124–134. 42 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, Francesca Golfetto, & Fabrizio Zerbini. (2005). What do we mean by “marketing” resources and competencies? A comment on Hooley, Greenley, Cadogan, and Fahey (JBR 2005). Journal of Business Research. 59(1). 148–151. 18 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, Gilbert Probst, & Thomas H. Davenport. (2003). Cooperative Case Writing : a New Approach for Bridging Theorical Significance and Practical Relevance ?. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations
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Gibbert, Michael, Marius Leibold, & Gilbert Probst. (2002). Five styles of Customer Knowledge Management, and how smart companies put them into action. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. e30445–e30445. 24 indexed citations

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