Rick Aalbers

764 total citations
33 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

Rick Aalbers is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Communication and Management of Technology and Innovation. According to data from OpenAlex, Rick Aalbers has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Strategy and Management, 8 papers in Communication and 7 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation. Recurrent topics in Rick Aalbers's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (8 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (7 papers). Rick Aalbers is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (12 papers), Knowledge Management and Sharing (8 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (7 papers). Rick Aalbers collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Ireland and Ukraine. Rick Aalbers's co-authors include Wilfred Dolfsma, Otto Koppius, Eoin Whelan, Salvatore Parise, Roger Leenders, Killian J. McCarthy, Koen H. Heimeriks, Shintaro Sengoku, Henk Groen and Dirkje S. Postma and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Research Policy and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Rick Aalbers

29 papers receiving 469 citations

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Julia Brennecke Germany

Nieves Lidia Díaz Díaz Spain

Lawrence Gales United States

Tengjian Zou China

Frances Fabian United States

Chunlei Wang United States

Antonio Carmona Lavado Spain

Vivianna Fang He Switzerland

James Nebus United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

McCarthy, Killian J., Rick Aalbers, & Claudine Kearney. (2025). Organising for innovation: alliance-to-acquisition transitions and patent production. The Journal of Technology Transfer. 50(6). 2837–2866.

Zhong, Yan, et al.. (2025). Keeping things cordial: Competition, cooperation and coopetition in venture capital syndicates. Journal of Business Research. 201. 115638–115638.

Khanagha, Saeed, et al.. (2025). Middle managers at the crossroads: Navigating legitimacy tensions in pursuit of radical innovation in nascent ecosystems. Research Policy. 54(8). 105287–105287. 2 indexed citations

Aalbers, Rick, et al.. (2025). Advice tie reallocation under organizational downsizing: A longitudinal network study. European Management Journal.

McCarthy, Killian J. & Rick Aalbers. (2024). Making more of less: using divestitures to unlock pharmaceutical innovation. Drug Discovery Today. 29(4). 103937–103937. 2 indexed citations

Dolfsma, Wilfred, et al.. (2023). Mining and analysing online social networks: Studying the dynamics of digital peer support. MethodsX. 10. 102005–102005. 4 indexed citations

Aalbers, Rick, et al.. (2023). The Roles of Supply Networks and Board Interlocks in Firms’ Technological Entry and Exit: Evidence from the Chinese Automotive Industry. Management and Organization Review. 19(2). 279–315. 3 indexed citations

Aalbers, Rick, et al.. (2021). Moving motives: How past and present strategy influence the market. PLoS ONE. 16(12). e0259660–e0259660. 1 indexed citations

Aalbers, Rick & Eoin Whelan. (2021). Implementing digitally enabled collaborative innovation: A case study of online and offline interaction in the German automotive industry. Creativity and Innovation Management. 30(2). 368–383. 17 indexed citations

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Dolfsma, Wilfred, et al.. (2020). Perception of peer advice in online health communities: Access to lay expertise. Social Science & Medicine. 277. 113117–113117. 36 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick. (2018). Rewiring the intrafirm network under downsizing: The role of tie loss on discretionary tie formation. Long Range Planning. 53(3). 101858–101858. 15 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick & Wilfred Dolfsma. (2015). Innovation Networks. 18 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick & Wilfred Dolfsma. (2014). Innovation despite reorganization. Journal of Business Strategy. 35(3). 18–25. 5 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick, Wilfred Dolfsma, & Otto Koppius. (2013). Individual connectedness in innovation networks: On the role of individual motivation. Research Policy. 42(3). 624–634. 68 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick, Wilfred Dolfsma, & Otto Koppius. (2013). Rich Ties and Innovative Knowledge Transfer within a Firm. British Journal of Management. 25(4). 833–848. 53 indexed citations

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Whelan, Eoin, et al.. (2011). Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 53(1). 37–44. 84 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick. (2006). On and Off the Beaten Path: Transferring Knowledge through Formal and Informal Networks. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick, Wilfred Dolfsma, & Otto Koppius. (2004). On And Off The Beaten Path: How Individuals Broker Knowledge Through Formal And Informal Networks. RePub (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 4 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick, et al.. (1989). Pulmonary function in patients presenting with Raynaud's phenomenon without an underlying connective tissue disease. A prospective, longitudinal study.. PubMed. 16(1). 36–41. 8 indexed citations

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Aalbers, Rick, et al.. (1987). Left Paravertebral Mass. CHEST Journal. 91(6). 889–890. 2 indexed citations

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