Sonja Opper

2.7k total citations
57 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sonja Opper is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Accounting and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Sonja Opper has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Accounting and 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Sonja Opper's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (10 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 papers). Sonja Opper is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers), China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (10 papers) and Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies (8 papers). Sonja Opper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Italy. Sonja Opper's co-authors include Victor Nee, Håkan J. Holm, Ronald S. Burt, Sonia M.L. Wong, Fredrik Andersson, Stefan Brehm, Yanjie Bian, Usman Khalid, David Edgerton and Daniel DellaPosta and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Management Science and Organization Science.

In The Last Decade

Sonja Opper

53 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sonja Opper United States	22	500	436	409	341	325	57	1.6k
Mariafrancesca Sicilia Italy	23	425 0.8×	294 0.7×	161 0.4×	258 0.8×	590 1.8×	50	1.9k
Mary Hallward‐Driemeier United States	24	447 0.9×	445 1.0×	512 1.3×	1.2k 3.6×	186 0.6×	58	2.3k
Lingsheng Meng China	12	551 1.1×	1.0k 2.4×	1.1k 2.6×	549 1.6×	244 0.8×	31	2.3k
Michael J. Trebilcock Canada	26	478 1.0×	613 1.4×	177 0.4×	824 2.4×	625 1.9×	170	2.2k
Michael Barzelay United Kingdom	20	460 0.9×	540 1.2×	136 0.3×	257 0.8×	784 2.4×	53	2.2k
Yasheng Huang United States	20	679 1.4×	622 1.4×	426 1.0×	738 2.2×	1.0k 3.2×	66	2.3k
Ichiro Iwasaki Japan	21	242 0.5×	405 0.9×	518 1.3×	647 1.9×	172 0.5×	95	1.5k
Neil Lee United Kingdom	32	647 1.3×	240 0.6×	529 1.3×	1.3k 3.8×	485 1.5×	79	2.6k
Peter Rodgers United Kingdom	25	508 1.0×	317 0.7×	182 0.4×	562 1.6×	118 0.4×	67	1.5k
Andreas Freytag Germany	14	425 0.8×	117 0.3×	127 0.3×	419 1.2×	100 0.3×	92	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Burt, Ronald S. & Sonja Opper. (2024). Guanxi and Structural Holes: Strong Bridges from Relational Embedding. American Journal of Sociology. 130(1). 1–43. 4 indexed citations

Opper, Sonja. (2021). Social network and institution-based strategy research. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 40(1). 329–351. 8 indexed citations

Burzynska, Katarzyna & Sonja Opper. (2020). Interbank Relations, Environmental Uncertainty, and Corporate Credit Access in China. Management and Organization Review. 16(3). 595–628. 4 indexed citations

Opper, Sonja & Ronald S. Burt. (2020). Social Network and Temporal Myopia. Academy of Management Journal. 64(3). 741–771. 33 indexed citations

Opper, Sonja & Fredrik Andersson. (2018). Are entrepreneurial cultures stable over time? Historical evidence from China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management. 36(4). 1165–1192. 18 indexed citations

Andersson, Fredrik, Sonja Opper, & Usman Khalid. (2018). Are capitalists green? Firm ownership and provincial CO emissions in China. Energy Policy. 123. 349–359. 55 indexed citations

Opper, Sonja, Victor Nee, & Stefan Brehm. (2015). Homophily in the career mobility of China’s political elite. Social Science Research. 54. 332–352. 82 indexed citations

Nee, Victor & Sonja Opper. (2012). Capitalism from Below: Markets and Institutional Change in China. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations

Nee, Victor & Sonja Opper. (2012). Capitalism from Below. Harvard University Press eBooks. 242 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja, Sonia M.L. Wong, & Yong Yang. (2012). Sales Maximization or Profit Maximization? How State Shareholders Discipline their CEOs in China*. Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies. 41(3). 347–375. 7 indexed citations

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Nee, Victor & Sonja Opper. (2012). Capitalism from Below. 24 indexed citations

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Nee, Victor & Sonja Opper. (2010). Political Capital in a Market Economy. Social Forces. 88(5). 2105–2132. 124 indexed citations

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Haynes, Katharine, Lucinda Coates, John Handmer, et al.. (2009). ‘Shelter-in-place’ vs. evacuation in flash floods. Environmental Hazards. 8(4). 291–303. 66 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja, et al.. (2008). Institutional Analysis of Legal Change: The Case of Corporate Governance in China. Open Scholarship Institutional Repository (Washington University in St. Louis). 5 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja & Stefan Brehm. (2007). Economic Performance and Networks: Political Careers in China’s M-Form State. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 4 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja. (2004). Zwischen Political Governance und Corporate Governance : eine institutionelle Analyse chinesischer Aktiengesellschaften. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 2 indexed citations

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Wong, Sonia M.L., et al.. (2004). Shareholding Structure, Depoliticization and Firm Performance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja. (2004). The Political Economy of Privatization: Empirical Evidence from Transition Economies. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja. (2003). Enforcement of China's accounting standards: reflections on systemic problems. Business and Politics. 5(2). 151–173. 3 indexed citations

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Opper, Sonja & Sonia M.L. Wong. (2002). Party Power, Market and Private Power: CCP Persistence in China´s Listed Companies. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 19. 103–136. 10 indexed citations

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