Robin Cowan

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Robin Cowan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Cowan has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 19 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Robin Cowan's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Game Theory and Applications (12 papers) and Economic theories and models (10 papers). Robin Cowan is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Game Theory and Applications (12 papers) and Economic theories and models (10 papers). Robin Cowan collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, France and Canada. Robin Cowan's co-authors include Nicolas Jonard, Dominique Foray, Philip Gunby, Staffan Hultén, Jean‐Benoît Zimmermann, Joel A. C. Baum, Natalia Zinovyeva, William B. Cowan, Müge Özman and Mario J. Rizzo and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Robin Cowan

57 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness

2000 770 citations Robin Cowan profile →
Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge

2003 542 citations Robin Cowan, Nicolas Jonard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Cowan Netherlands	25	1.9k	1.4k	800	667	530	64	4.2k
Jiancheng Guan China	37	2.1k 1.1×	2.1k 1.5×	945 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	284 0.5×	98	5.0k
Jason Owen‐Smith United States	27	2.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	432 0.5×	1.8k 2.8×	871 1.6×	66	5.9k
Bill McKelvey United States	33	2.3k 1.2×	795 0.6×	1.6k 2.0×	1.0k 1.6×	1.1k 2.0×	93	6.5k
Jan W. Rivkin United States	24	3.9k 2.1×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.7×	1.1k 1.7×	578 1.1×	68	6.1k
Laurel Smith‐Doerr United States	18	4.4k 2.4×	1.7k 1.2×	550 0.7×	2.0k 3.1×	931 1.8×	42	7.4k
Philip Shapira United States	40	1.3k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	287 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	469 0.9×	176	4.8k
Kenneth W. Koput United States	12	5.3k 2.8×	2.0k 1.4×	785 1.0×	2.1k 3.2×	1.0k 1.9×	23	8.1k
Jan Youtie United States	32	963 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	292 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	323 0.6×	131	3.7k
Robert Tijssen Netherlands	32	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	227 0.3×	870 1.3×	340 0.6×	82	4.1k
Victor Gilsing Netherlands	25	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	410 0.5×	1.2k 1.8×	247 0.5×	55	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Cowan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Cowan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Cowan

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cowan, Robin, Moritz Müller, Alan Kirman, & Helena Barnard. (2023). Overcoming a legacy of racial discrimination: competing policy goals in South African academia. Socio-Economic Review. 22(3). 1413–1449.

Marmier, François, et al.. (2023). How partners’ knowledge base and complexity are related to innovative project success: The roles of trust and trust capability of partners. International Journal of Project Management. 42(1). 102557–102557. 10 indexed citations

Marmier, François, et al.. (2021). A partner selection framework for strategic alliances based on project complexity and partner’s past experience. Enterprise Information Systems. 16(6). 17 indexed citations

Autant‐Bernard, Corinne, Nadine Massard, & Robin Cowan. (2014). Editors’ introduction to spatial knowledge networks: structure, driving forces and innovative performances. The Annals of Regional Science. 53(2). 315–323. 8 indexed citations

Babutsidze, Zakaria & Robin Cowan. (2013). Showing or telling? Local interaction and organization of behavior. Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. 9(2). 151–181. 15 indexed citations

Baum, Joel A. C., Robin Cowan, & Nicolas Jonard. (2012). Prescriptions for Network Strategy: Does Evidence of Network Effects in Cross-Section Support Them?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Barnard, Helena, et al.. (2012). Global excellence at the expense of local diffusion, or a bridge between two worlds? Research in science and technology in the developing world. Research Policy. 41(4). 756–769. 22 indexed citations

Cowan, Robin & Natalia Zinovyeva. (2009). Papers or Patents: Channels of University Effect on Regional Innovation. 1–38. 11 indexed citations

Cowan, Robin & Nicolas Jonard. (2007). Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 64(3-4). 295–315. 1 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin, Nicolas Jonard, & Jean‐Benoît Zimmermann. (2004). The complex Dynamics of Economic Interaction: Essays in Economics and Econophysics. Springer US. 6 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin. (2004). Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Scientific and Technical Information. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Harison, Elad & Robin Cowan. (2004). On substitution of intellectual property and free disclosure: an analysis of R&D strategies in software technologies. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 13(5). 477–487. 11 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin. (2002). On the Number of Firms and the Amount of R&D. Economics bulletin. 12. 1–9. 1 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin & Nicolas Jonard. (2002). Heterogenous Agents and Interactions and Economic Performance. Lecture Notes in Economicsand Mathematical Systems. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin & Staffan Hultén. (2000). Electric vehicles : socio-economic prospects and technological challenges. Ashgate eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin, Emmanuelle Fauchart, Dominique Foray, & Philip Gunby. (2000). Technological accidents: Learning from disaster. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne).

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Cowan, Robin, Paul A. David, & Dominique Foray. (1999). The Explicit Economics of Knowledge Codification and Tacitness. Oxford University Research Archive (ORA) (University of Oxford). 54 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin & William B. Cowan. (1998). On Clustering in the Location of R&D: Statics and Dynamics. Economics of Innovation and New Technology. 6(2-3). 201–230. 10 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin & John H. Miller. (1998). Technological Standards with Local Externalities and Decentralized Behavior. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

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Cowan, Robin & John H. Miller. (1998). Technological standards with local externalities and decentralized behaviour. Journal of Evolutionary Economics. 8(3). 285–296. 20 indexed citations

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