Rod Coombs

4.3k total citations
46 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Rod Coombs is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Rod Coombs has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Strategy and Management, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Rod Coombs's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (6 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (6 papers). Rod Coombs is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (6 papers) and Firm Innovation and Growth (6 papers). Rod Coombs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Rod Coombs's co-authors include D. James Cooper, Alistair Preston, Richard Hull, Brian P. Bloomfield, Albert Richards, Vivien Walsh, Paolo Saviotti, Margarida Fontes, David Knights and Hugh Willmott and has published in prestigious journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

In The Last Decade

Rod Coombs

44 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rod Coombs United Kingdom 22 1.1k 759 515 415 386 46 2.6k
Susan Helper United States 26 2.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 585 1.1× 312 0.8× 284 0.7× 55 3.1k
G. M. Stalker United Kingdom 3 1.3k 1.2× 511 0.7× 323 0.6× 304 0.7× 442 1.1× 3 2.6k
Mariann Jelinek United States 22 1.2k 1.0× 389 0.5× 310 0.6× 303 0.7× 656 1.7× 45 2.7k
Bryan Borys United States 7 1.2k 1.1× 671 0.9× 168 0.3× 390 0.9× 197 0.5× 11 2.5k
Paul Trott United Kingdom 29 1.5k 1.3× 418 0.6× 443 0.9× 352 0.8× 646 1.7× 63 3.0k
Frits K. Pil United States 21 1.8k 1.6× 1.1k 1.5× 279 0.5× 571 1.4× 585 1.5× 35 3.7k
Mark Zbaracki United States 14 1.2k 1.1× 472 0.6× 517 1.0× 341 0.8× 219 0.6× 17 2.7k
Robert J. David Canada 14 1.1k 1.0× 419 0.6× 358 0.7× 339 0.8× 491 1.3× 27 2.4k
Clive Smallman United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.0× 346 0.5× 208 0.4× 626 1.5× 317 0.8× 58 2.9k
Mie Augier United States 21 1.9k 1.7× 341 0.4× 612 1.2× 361 0.9× 602 1.6× 78 3.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rod Coombs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Coombs, Rod. (2003). Analysing distributed processes of provision and innovation. Industrial and Corporate Change. 12(6). 1125–1155. 148 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & J. Stanley Metcalfe. (2002). Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Perspectives on the Co-ordination, Combination and Creation of Capabilities. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 14(3). 261–271. 37 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod. (2002). The Management of Technological Innovation. Research Policy. 31(4). 653–654. 1 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod, et al.. (2000). Distributed Capabilities and the Governance of the Firm. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 34 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & Richard Hull. (1998). `Knowledge management practices' and path-dependency in innovation. Research Policy. 27(3). 237–253. 236 indexed citations
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Fontes, Margarida & Rod Coombs. (1996). New technology‐based firm formation in a less advanced country: a learning process. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 2(2). 82–101. 16 indexed citations
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Green, Ken, Oswald Jones, & Rod Coombs. (1996). Critical perspectives on introduction technology management: an introduction. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 8(1). 3–8. 9 indexed citations
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Jones, Oswald, et al.. (1994). Technology Management: developing a critical perspective. International Journal of Technology Management. 9(2). 156–171. 17 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & Albert Richards. (1993). Strategic control of technology in diversified companies with decentralized R&D. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 5(4). 385–396. 26 indexed citations
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Bloomfield, Brian P. & Rod Coombs. (1992). INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CONTROL AND POWER: THE CENTRALIZATION AND DECENTRALIZATION DEBATE REVISITED*. Journal of Management Studies. 29(4). 459–459. 168 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod, Paolo Saviotti, & Vivien Walsh. (1992). Technological change and company strategies : economic and sociological perspectives. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 90 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod, David Knights, & Hugh Willmott. (1992). Culture, Control and Competition; Towards a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Information Technology in Organizations. Organization Studies. 13(1). 51–72. 127 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod, et al.. (1991). Machines and Manoeuvres: Responsibility Accounting and the Construction of Hospital Information Systems. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Preston, Alistair, D. James Cooper, & Rod Coombs. (1991). Fabricating Budgets: A Study of the Production of Management Budgeting in the National Health Service. SSRN Electronic Journal. 269 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & Albert Richards. (1991). Technologies, products and firms' strategies part 2-analysis of three cases. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 3(2). 157–176. 2 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & Bryn Jones. (1990). Alternative successors to Fordism. 107–116. 2 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod. (1987). Accounting for the control of doctors: Management information systems in hospitals. Accounting Organizations and Society. 12(4). 389–404. 67 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod & Alfred Kleinknecht. (1987). Long waves, depression and innovation: Comment on Kleinknecht. De Economist. 135(3). 385–388.
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Coombs, Rod & A.H. Kleinknecht. (1983). New evidence on the shift toward process innovation during the long wave upswing. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations
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Coombs, Rod, Michael Gibbons, & Paul Gardiner. (1981). Innovation in the United Kingdom tractor industry. Omega. 9(3). 255–265. 8 indexed citations

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