Michelle Gittelman

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michelle Gittelman is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Michelle Gittelman has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Michelle Gittelman's work include Innovation Policy and R&D (7 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (6 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (5 papers). Michelle Gittelman is often cited by papers focused on Innovation Policy and R&D (7 papers), Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (6 papers) and Intellectual Property and Patents (5 papers). Michelle Gittelman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Michelle Gittelman's co-authors include Juan Alcácer, Bruce Kogut, Ayfer H. Ali, Bhaven N. Sampat, Ashish Arora, Nicolaj Siggelkow, Will Mitchell, Sarah Kaplan and John Lynch and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Management Science and Organization Science.

In The Last Decade

Michelle Gittelman

19 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

  1. Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations
    2006 561 citations Juan Alcácer, Michelle Gittelman The Review of Economics and Statistics profile →

Peers

Michelle Gittelman
Julie Callaert Belgium
Roberto Mazzoleni United States
Roberto Fontana Italy
Dominic Olivastro United States
Kimberly Hamilton
Bart Leten Belgium
Katrin Vopel Germany
Gaétan de Rassenfosse Switzerland
Inés Macho‐Stadler Spain
Lionel Nesta France
Julie Callaert Belgium
Michelle Gittelman
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Countries citing papers authored by Michelle Gittelman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michelle Gittelman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michelle Gittelman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michelle Gittelman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michelle Gittelman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Michelle Gittelman. Michelle Gittelman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Gittelman, Michelle, et al.. (2018). Impact of Scientific Maps on Technological Search and Novelty. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2018(1). 15414–15414. 3 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle, et al.. (2017). Searching with Maps: Impact of the Human Genome Project on Drug Discovery. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2017(1). 14608–14608. 1 indexed citations
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Ali, Ayfer H. & Michelle Gittelman. (2016). Research paradigms and useful inventions in medicine: Patents and licensing by teams of clinical and basic scientists in Academic Medical Centers. Research Policy. 45(8). 1499–1511. 33 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2016). The revolution re-visited: Clinical and genetics research paradigms and the productivity paradox in drug discovery. Research Policy. 45(8). 1570–1585. 52 indexed citations
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Arora, Ashish, Michelle Gittelman, Sarah Kaplan, et al.. (2015). Question‐based innovations in strategy research methods. Strategic Management Journal. 37(1). 3–9. 14 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2008). Comment: The value of European patents. European Management Review. 5(2). 85–89. 14 indexed citations
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Alcácer, Juan, Michelle Gittelman, & Bhaven N. Sampat. (2008). Applicant and Examiner Citations in US Patents: An Overview and Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 39 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2008). A Note on the Value of Patents as Indicators of Innovation: Implications for Management Research. Academy of Management Perspectives. 22(3). 21–27. 87 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2007). Does Geography Matter for Science-Based Firms? Epistemic Communities and the Geography of Research and Patenting in Biotechnology. Organization Science. 18(4). 724–741. 171 indexed citations
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Alcácer, Juan & Michelle Gittelman. (2006). Patent Citations as a Measure of Knowledge Flows: The Influence of Examiner Citations. The Review of Economics and Statistics. 88(4). 774–779. 561 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2005). What Makes Research Socially Useful ? Complementarities between in-House Research and Firm-University Collaboration in Biotechnology. Revue d économie industrielle. 110(1). 57–73. 5 indexed citations
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Alcácer, Juan & Michelle Gittelman. (2004). How do I Know what you Know? Patent Examiners and the Generation of Patent Citations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 89 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle & Bruce Kogut. (2003). Does Good Science Lead to Valuable Knowledge? Biotechnology Firms and the Evolutionary Logic of Citation Patterns. Management Science. 49(4). 366–382. 497 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (2000). Mapping national knowledge networks: Scientists, firms, and institutions in biotechnology in the United States and France. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 12 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (1999). KNOWLEDGE AS PROPERTY: INNOVATION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1999(1). L1–L6. 1 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (1997). Foreign direct investment in the triad: A framework for understanding regionalization in the 1990s. The International Executive. 39(1). 67–81. 3 indexed citations
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Gittelman, Michelle. (1992). Foreign direct investment in the triad: A framework for understanding regionalization in the 1990s. The International Executive. 34(6). 469–483. 5 indexed citations

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