Robert Blackburn

7.5k total citations
151 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Robert Blackburn is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Blackburn has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 28 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Robert Blackburn's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (43 papers), Family Business Performance and Succession (19 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (17 papers). Robert Blackburn is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (43 papers), Family Business Performance and Succession (19 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (17 papers). Robert Blackburn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Robert Blackburn's co-authors include James Curran, Andrea Revell, John Kitching, Thomas Wainwright, Anne Kovalainen, David Stokes, Mark Hart, George Saridakis, Monder Ram and Robin Jarvis and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Robert Blackburn

140 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Peers

Robert Blackburn
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
  • Management of Technology and Innovation 1.9k
  • Strategy and Management 1.2k
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1.2k
  • Sociology and Political Science 902
  • Economics and Econometrics 875
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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Blackburn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Blackburn

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

All Works

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# Work Indexed citations
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2 8
3 0
4 21
5 98
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Tailor-made support for SMEs towards effective implementation of the EU’s trade and investment strategy
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In a recession, large firms are more likely than SMEs to resort to personnel cuts
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8
Under pressure: differentiation in older entrepreneur motivations, emotions and mentoring
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9
The impact of regulation on small business performance : report for the Enterprise Directorate of BERR
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10 154
11 111
12 4
13 390
14 94
15 64
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Small firms: contributions to economic regeneration
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Vasectomy: new opportunities.
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18 2
19 1
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Two Years with a Closed Catalog.
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