Olaf N. Rank

894 total citations
28 papers, 580 citations indexed

About

Olaf N. Rank is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Olaf N. Rank has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 580 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Strategy and Management, 10 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 6 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in Olaf N. Rank's work include Business Strategy and Innovation (14 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (10 papers). Olaf N. Rank is often cited by papers focused on Business Strategy and Innovation (14 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (10 papers). Olaf N. Rank collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United Kingdom. Olaf N. Rank's co-authors include Julia Brennecke, Philippa Pattison, Garry Robins, Andreas Wald, Peng Wang, Wolfgang Sofka, Hanna Schramm‐Klein, Gerhard Wagner and Anja Tuschke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Organization Science and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Olaf N. Rank

27 papers receiving 564 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olaf N. Rank Germany 12 297 144 142 99 83 28 580
Julia Brennecke Germany 12 228 0.8× 163 1.1× 128 0.9× 90 0.9× 99 1.2× 21 574
Chunlei Wang United States 4 323 1.1× 82 0.6× 145 1.0× 112 1.1× 41 0.5× 5 538
Adam Tatarynowicz United States 7 352 1.2× 89 0.6× 137 1.0× 94 0.9× 65 0.8× 16 563
Alessandro Usai Italy 5 185 0.6× 87 0.6× 90 0.6× 48 0.5× 74 0.9× 6 390
Rick Aalbers Netherlands 11 228 0.8× 71 0.5× 89 0.6× 55 0.6× 77 0.9× 33 507
Zhao Li-ming China 7 238 0.8× 170 1.2× 244 1.7× 105 1.1× 130 1.6× 28 655
Dimitris Assimakopoulos France 12 287 1.0× 56 0.4× 183 1.3× 82 0.8× 36 0.4× 34 546
Han Jiang United States 11 318 1.1× 151 1.0× 110 0.8× 137 1.4× 118 1.4× 18 666
Tengjian Zou China 7 190 0.6× 108 0.8× 87 0.6× 80 0.8× 71 0.9× 16 433
Özgecan Koçak United States 9 206 0.7× 230 1.6× 98 0.7× 111 1.1× 156 1.9× 20 631

Countries citing papers authored by Olaf N. Rank

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olaf N. Rank

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olaf N. Rank

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Olaf N. Rank. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Olaf N. Rank 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 Olaf N. Rank. Olaf N. Rank is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2022). Beyond patient-sharing: Comparing physician- and patient-induced networks. Health Care Management Science. 25(3). 498–514. 5 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia, Wolfgang Sofka, Peng Wang, & Olaf N. Rank. (2021). How the organizational design of R&D units affects individual search intensity – A network study. Research Policy. 50(5). 104219–104219. 17 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2021). Managers’ intentions to pursue export expansion an entrepreneurial cognition perspective. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies. 14(2). 316–339. 6 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2021). A substitute for poor institutions? Interorganizational affiliations in the alliance formation process. Management Research Review. 45(1). 118–135. 2 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2020). The embeddedness of social relations in inter-firm competitive structures. Social Networks. 62. 85–98. 10 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2018). Internationalization of exploitation alliance portfolios and firm performance. Management Decision. 57(1). 86–99. 8 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia, et al.. (2018). Entrepreneurial Attitudes as Drivers of Managers’ Boundary-Spanning Knowledge Ties in the Context of High-Tech Clusters. Journal of Small Business Management. 56. 108–131. 22 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia & Olaf N. Rank. (2017). The firm’s knowledge network and the transfer of advice among corporate inventors—A multilevel network study. Research Policy. 46(4). 768–783. 134 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2016). Entrepreneurial Orientation, Network Brokerage, and Firm Performance. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 1(1). 1–1. 1 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia, et al.. (2016). Informal Managerial Networks and Formal Firm Alliances. Schmalenbach Business Review. 17(1). 103–125. 11 indexed citations
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Schramm‐Klein, Hanna, et al.. (2015). Customer segmentation in retailing based on retail brand patronage patterns. The International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research. 25(5). 449–459. 2 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N.. (2015). Unternehmensnetzwerke. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 3 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia & Olaf N. Rank. (2015). The interplay between formal project memberships and informal advice seeking in knowledge-intensive firms: A multilevel network approach. Social Networks. 44. 307–318. 55 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N.. (2014). The effect of structural embeddedness on start-up survival: a case study in the German biotech industry. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 27(3). 275–299. 9 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., Garry Robins, & Philippa Pattison. (2009). Structural Logic of Intraorganizational Networks. Organization Science. 21(3). 745–764. 89 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N.. (2008). Formal structures and informal networks: Structural analysis in organizations. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 24(2). 145–161. 77 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N.. (2006). Dynamics of the German Governance Network. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 3 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2006). Integrated Versus Core-Periphery Structures in Regional Biotechnology Networks. European Management Journal. 24(1). 73–85. 20 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N., et al.. (2005). Netzwerke in der Biotechnologie. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. 57(7). 617–634. 3 indexed citations
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Rank, Olaf N.. (2003). Formale und informelle Organisationsstrukturen. Gabler Verlag eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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