Stefan Thomke

5.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Stefan Thomke is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Thomke has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 9 papers in Strategy and Management and 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stefan Thomke's work include Product Development and Customization (11 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers) and Design Education and Practice (6 papers). Stefan Thomke is often cited by papers focused on Product Development and Customization (11 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (8 papers) and Design Education and Practice (6 papers). Stefan Thomke collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and France. Stefan Thomke's co-authors include Eric von Hippel, Donald G. Reinertsen, Takahiro Fujimoto, Walter Kuemmerle, Christoph H. Loch, Christian Terwiesch, David E. Bell, Roland R. Franke, Fiona Lee and Amy C. Edmondson and has published in prestigious journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Management Science and Organization Science.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Thomke

45 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

Customers As Innovators: A New Way to Create Value 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefan Thomke United States 21 1.8k 1.3k 655 649 595 49 3.9k
Roberto Verganti Italy 40 2.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.2× 956 1.5× 434 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 158 6.4k
Vish Krishnan United States 30 2.1k 1.1× 1.9k 1.5× 1.0k 1.6× 256 0.4× 870 1.5× 64 4.5k
Gina Colarelli O’Connor United States 35 2.8k 1.6× 1.4k 1.1× 929 1.4× 274 0.4× 781 1.3× 83 4.7k
David Wilemon United States 31 2.6k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 974 1.5× 242 0.4× 449 0.8× 104 4.2k
Gloria Barczak United States 32 1.6k 0.9× 718 0.6× 487 0.7× 204 0.3× 449 0.8× 68 3.1k
Ron Sanchez Denmark 23 3.4k 1.9× 1.8k 1.4× 592 0.9× 165 0.3× 528 0.9× 64 5.1k
Scott J. Edgett Canada 32 2.5k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 2.1× 240 0.4× 823 1.4× 51 4.7k
William E. Souder United States 38 2.9k 1.6× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.9× 224 0.3× 407 0.7× 90 4.7k
Claudio Dell’Era Italy 29 1.1k 0.6× 883 0.7× 252 0.4× 173 0.3× 564 0.9× 80 2.7k
John E. Ettlie United States 34 3.2k 1.7× 1.2k 0.9× 751 1.1× 189 0.3× 654 1.1× 84 5.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stefan Thomke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Thomke

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kohavi, Ron & Stefan Thomke. (2017). The Surprising Power of Online Experiments. 61 indexed citations
2.
Thomke, Stefan, et al.. (2014). The Discipline of Business Experimentation. Harvard business review. 92(12). 17. 31 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan, et al.. (2012). Six Myths of Product Development. 16 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan & Barbara Feinberg. (2012). Design Thinking and Innovation at Apple. 20 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan, et al.. (2010). The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time. 5 indexed citations
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Herstatt, Cornelius, et al.. (2009). Crash simulation evolution and its impact on R&D in the automotive applications. International Journal of Product Development. 8(3). 291–291. 8 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan, et al.. (2008). Pfizer Inc: Building an Innovation Center. 1 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (2006). Capturing the real value of innovation tools. MIT Sloan management review. 47(2). 24–32. 59 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (2003). R&D Comes to Services. Harvard business review. 81(4). 70–79. 26 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (2003). R&D comes to services. Bank of America's pathbreaking experiments.. PubMed. 81(4). 70–9, 122. 87 indexed citations
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Caza, Arran, et al.. (2003). New Knowledge Creation: A Study in Positive Organizing. 1 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan & Eric von Hippel. (2002). Customers As Innovators: A New Way to Create Value. Harvard business review. 80(4). 74–81. 671 indexed citations breakdown →
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Thomke, Stefan & David E. Bell. (2001). Sequential Testing in Product Development. Management Science. 47(2). 308–323. 104 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (2001). Enlightened experimentation. The new imperative for innovation.. PubMed. 79(2). 66–75. 183 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan & Takahiro Fujimoto. (2000). The Effect of “Front‐Loading” Problem‐Solving on Product Development Performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 17(2). 128–142. 150 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (2000). The effect of “front-loading” problem-solving on product development performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 17(2). 128–142. 284 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan & Donald G. Reinertsen. (1998). Agile Product Development: Managing Development Flexibility in Uncertain Environments. California Management Review. 41(1). 8–30. 227 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (1998). Simulation, learning and R&D performance: Evidence from automotive development. Research Policy. 27(1). 55–74. 90 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan. (1998). Managing Experimentation in the Design of New Products. Management Science. 44(6). 743–762. 401 indexed citations
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Thomke, Stefan, et al.. (1997). Eli Lilly and Company: Drug Development Strategy (A). 2 indexed citations

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