Steve Kennedy

2.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Steve Kennedy is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Kennedy has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Strategy and Management, 6 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 4 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Steve Kennedy's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (6 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers). Steve Kennedy is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (6 papers), Management and Organizational Studies (4 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers). Steve Kennedy collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada. Steve Kennedy's co-authors include Gail Whiteman, Amanda Williams, Martina K. Linnenluecke, Jan van den Ende, Paolo Perego, Helen C. Roberts, Sandeepa Arora, Kay Phelps, Keith Nockels and Patricia McCue and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Management and Journal of Management Studies.

In The Last Decade

Steve Kennedy

21 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

What is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)? An umbrella review

2017 361 citations S. Parker, Patricia McCue et al. Age and Ageing profile →
Systems thinking: A review of sustainability management research

2017 309 citations Amanda Williams, Steve Kennedy et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Circular economy and resilience: A research agenda

2022 140 citations Steve Kennedy, Martina K. Linnenluecke Business Strategy and the Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steve Kennedy Netherlands	11	614	318	260	212	169	24	1.5k
Emidia Vagnoni Italy	20	427 0.7×	188 0.6×	13 0.1×	115 0.5×	169 1.0×	64	1.4k
Joseph V. Terza United States	25	453 0.7×	160 0.5×	29 0.1×	1.3k 6.3×	58 0.3×	58	3.1k
Shuliang Zhao China	20	355 0.6×	310 1.0×	15 0.1×	388 1.8×	58 0.3×	51	1.3k
Francesca Dal Mas Italy	28	641 1.0×	455 1.4×	7 0.0×	208 1.0×	124 0.7×	117	2.3k
Curtis P. McLaughlin United States	20	2.0k 3.2×	1.6k 5.0×	17 0.1×	793 3.7×	247 1.5×	72	3.8k
Daniel Meyer South Africa	23	152 0.2×	49 0.2×	29 0.1×	503 2.4×	44 0.3×	144	2.2k
Morten Berg Jensen Denmark	16	672 1.1×	169 0.5×	11 0.0×	773 3.6×	140 0.8×	50	2.2k
Panayiotis H. Ketikidis United Kingdom	16	297 0.5×	125 0.4×	15 0.1×	88 0.4×	79 0.5×	39	821
Steve New United Kingdom	27	1.4k 2.2×	554 1.7×	5 0.0×	107 0.5×	114 0.7×	76	2.6k
Ellen Crumley Canada	17	186 0.3×	56 0.2×	9 0.0×	63 0.3×	304 1.8×	33	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Steve Kennedy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steve Kennedy

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Kennedy

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kennedy, Steve, Sylvia Grewatsch, Lara Bartocci Liboni, & Luciana Oranges Cezarino. (2025). Teaching a Systems Approach to Address the Sustainability Management Disconnect. Business & Society. 65(3). 736–770. 1 indexed citations

Williams, Amanda, John N. Parker, Steve Kennedy, & Gail Whiteman. (2024). A Process Study of Evolving Paradoxes and Cross-Sector Goals: A Partnership to Accelerate Global Sustainability. Journal of Management. 52(2). 577–613. 3 indexed citations

Kennedy, Steve, et al.. (2022). A resilience approach to corporate biodiversity impact measurement. Business Strategy and the Environment. 32(5). 2567–2582. 24 indexed citations

Kennedy, Steve & Martina K. Linnenluecke. (2022). Circular economy and resilience: A research agenda. Business Strategy and the Environment. 31(6). 2754–2765. 140 indexed citations breakdown →

Grewatsch, Sylvia, Steve Kennedy, & Pratima Bansal. (2021). Tackling wicked problems in strategic management with systems thinking. Strategic Organization. 21(3). 721–732. 114 indexed citations

Williams, Amanda, Gail Whiteman, & Steve Kennedy. (2019). Cross-Scale Systemic Resilience: Implications for Organization Studies. Business & Society. 60(1). 95–124. 96 indexed citations

Parker, S., Patricia McCue, Kay Phelps, et al.. (2017). What is Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)? An umbrella review. Age and Ageing. 47(1). 149–155. 361 indexed citations breakdown →

Williams, Amanda, et al.. (2017). Systems thinking: A review of sustainability management research. Journal of Cleaner Production. 148. 866–881. 309 indexed citations breakdown →

Kennedy, Steve & Paolo Perego. (2016). Value creation through integrated reporting. RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam). 26(2). 11–13. 1 indexed citations

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Perego, Paolo, Steve Kennedy, & Gail Whiteman. (2016). A lot of icing but little cake? Taking integrated reporting forward. Journal of Cleaner Production. 136. 53–64. 151 indexed citations

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Albareda, Laura, Paavo Ritala, Frank Boons, et al.. (2016). Sustainable Business Models: Towards Meaningful Organizations and Organizing. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2016(1). 11377–11377. 3 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Steve, et al.. (2016). A Place-Based Analysis of Sustainable Water Management. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 159–192. 1 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Steve, et al.. (2015). Sustainable innovation at interface:workplace pro-environmental behavior as a collective driver for continuous improvement. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations

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Burchell, Jon, Steve Kennedy, & Alan Murray. (2014). Responsible management education in UK business schools: Critically examining the role of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education as a driver for change. Management Learning. 46(4). 479–497. 60 indexed citations

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Wright, John, et al.. (2014). A Case Study Detailing the Design, Planning, Installation and Cost and Environmental Benefit Analysis of a Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe Pulled Through the Inside of an Existing Offshore Steel Flow Line in the East Malaysia Samarang Field. Offshore Technology Conference-Asia. 2 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Steve. (2011). Stakeholder Management for Sustainable Development Implementation: The Case of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal. 31(2). 139–153. 8 indexed citations

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Lowndes, Vivien, et al.. (2011). Making an Impact.

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Kennedy, Steve, Jane Seymour, Kathryn Almack, & Karen Cox. (2009). Key stakeholders' experiences and views of the NHS End of Life Care Programme: findings from a national evaluation. Palliative Medicine. 23(4). 283–294. 11 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Steve, et al.. (2006). C Macro Handling in Automated Source Code Transformation Systems. 68–69. 1 indexed citations

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Holtzman, Wayne H., Richard I. Evans, Steve Kennedy, & Ira Iscoe. (1987). PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH: CONTRIBUTIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE. International Journal of Psychology. 22(2-3). 221–267. 8 indexed citations

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