Olov Olson

1.7k total citations
33 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Olov Olson is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Public Administration and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Olov Olson has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Management Information Systems, 12 papers in Public Administration and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Olov Olson's work include Accounting and Organizational Management (13 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (12 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (7 papers). Olov Olson is often cited by papers focused on Accounting and Organizational Management (13 papers), Public Policy and Administration Research (12 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (7 papers). Olov Olson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and Australia. Olov Olson's co-authors include James Guthrie, Christopher Humphrey, Christopher Humphrey, Norvald Monsen, Kjell Grønhaug, Kerstin Sahlin‐Andersson, Trond Bjørnenak, Linda Jones, Chris Humphrey and Marita Blomkvist and has published in prestigious journals such as Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal, Management Accounting Research and European Accounting Review.

In The Last Decade

Olov Olson

30 papers receiving 928 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Olov Olson Sweden 13 665 587 276 234 232 33 1.1k
Henk J. ter Bogt Netherlands 19 825 1.2× 697 1.2× 288 1.0× 227 1.0× 328 1.4× 51 1.3k
Jarmo Vakkuri Finland 21 395 0.6× 454 0.8× 162 0.6× 214 0.9× 152 0.7× 51 942
Warwick Funnell United Kingdom 24 777 1.2× 477 0.8× 186 0.7× 183 0.8× 439 1.9× 79 1.4k
Liisa Kurunmäki United Kingdom 12 745 1.1× 524 0.9× 119 0.4× 252 1.1× 234 1.0× 18 1.4k
Peter Skærbæk Denmark 16 626 0.9× 387 0.7× 94 0.3× 236 1.0× 354 1.5× 31 1.0k
Gerhard Hammerschmid Germany 16 231 0.3× 580 1.0× 360 1.3× 267 1.1× 56 0.2× 53 1.2k
Alexander Kroll United States 19 322 0.5× 725 1.2× 229 0.8× 154 0.7× 60 0.3× 43 1.1k
William C. Rivenbark United States 14 239 0.4× 419 0.7× 286 1.0× 128 0.5× 64 0.3× 45 832
Vaughan S. Radcliffe Canada 18 543 0.8× 329 0.6× 57 0.2× 173 0.7× 485 2.1× 36 985
Leslie S. Oakes United States 14 462 0.7× 191 0.3× 61 0.2× 170 0.7× 237 1.0× 19 990

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Fields of papers citing papers by Olov Olson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Olov Olson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Olson, Olov & Kjell Grønhaug. (2019). Reflections on PhDs – before, duringand after education. 33(2). 136–149. 1 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, Christopher Humphrey, & James Guthrie. (2007). Into the Shadows - A Reflection on International Developments in Public Sector Accounting. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1–34. 1 indexed citations
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Humphrey, Christopher, et al.. (2005). The Dynamics of public financial management change in an international context : progress or a progression of questions, contradictions and challenges?. 1–22. 12 indexed citations
4.
Olson, Olov, Christopher Humphrey, & James Guthrie. (2001). Caught in an Evaluatory Trap: A Dilemma for Public Services Under Npfm. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, Christopher Humphrey, & James Guthrie. (2001). Caught in an evaluatory trap: a dilemma for public services under new public financial management. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov. (2001). Context Bounded Accounting. 2 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, Christopher Humphrey, & James Guthrie. (2001). Caught in an evaluatory trap: a dilemma for public services under NPFM. European Accounting Review. 10(3). 505–522. 121 indexed citations
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Bjørnenak, Trond & Olov Olson. (1999). Unbundling Management Accounting Innovations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Grønhaug, Kjell & Olov Olson. (1999). Action research and knowledge creation: merits and challenges. Qualitative Market Research An International Journal. 2(1). 6–14. 58 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, et al.. (1999). Unbundling management accounting innovations. Management Accounting Research. 10(4). 325–338. 99 indexed citations
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Guthrie, James, Olov Olson, & Christopher Humphrey. (1999). Debating Developments in New Public Financial Management: The Limits of Global Theorising and Some New Ways Forward. Financial Accountability and Management. 15(3-4). 209–228. 271 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, Christopher Humphrey, & James Guthrie. (1998). Growing Accustomed to Other Faces: The Global Themes and Warnings of Our Project. SSRN Electronic Journal. 17 indexed citations
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Guthrie, James, Chris Humphrey, & Olov Olson. (1998). International experiences with new public financial management reforms: new world? small world? better world?. 17–48. 4 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov & Kerstin Sahlin‐Andersson. (1998). Accounting transformation in an advanced welfare state: the case of Sweden. 24 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, James Guthrie, & Christopher Humphrey. (1998). Global Warning: Debating International Developments in New Public Financial Management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 281 indexed citations
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Monsen, Norvald & Olov Olson. (1996). Silent accounting harmonisation: Towards the presentation of cash flow models in the local government and business fields in Norway. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 12(4). 411–423. 5 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, et al.. (1996). THE TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT AS A BUFFER ORGANIZATION. Financial Accountability and Management. 12(3). 245–259. 5 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov. (1990). Qualities of the programme concept in municipal budgeting. Scandinavian Journal of Management. 6(1). 13–29. 9 indexed citations
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Monsen, Norvald, et al.. (1989). THE TWO WORLDS OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL. Financial Accountability and Management. 5(3). 163–178. 16 indexed citations
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Olson, Olov, et al.. (1985). ACCOUNTING MODELS AS AN INQUIRING SYSTEM IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Financial Accountability and Management. 1(2). 129–144. 1 indexed citations

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