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.
What Stakeholder Theory is Not
2003874 citationsRobert A. Phillips, R. Edward Freeman et al.Business Ethics Quarterlyprofile →
Stakeholder Theory and the Resource-Based View of the Firm
2021397 citationsR. Edward Freeman, Robert A. Phillips et al.profile →
Tensions in Stakeholder Theory
2018371 citationsR. Edward Freeman, Robert A. Phillips et al.Business & Societyprofile →
Agency Theory and Bounded Self-Interest
2014318 citationsDouglas A. Bosse, Robert A. Phillipsprofile →
Peers
Robert A. Phillips
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
Strategy and Management3.1k
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management1.4k
Citations per field, relative to Robert A. Phillips
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×0.82.5kSM
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×0.91.1kMARKE
×0.6620ISM
×0.9759ACCOU
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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert A. Phillips
This network shows the impact of papers produced by Robert A. Phillips. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Robert A. Phillips. The network helps show where Robert A. Phillips may publish in the future.
Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert A. Phillips
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A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert A. Phillips based on the total number of
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1996·Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society·Robert A. Phillips,
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