Steven C. Michael

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Steven C. Michael is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven C. Michael has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Strategy and Management, 17 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 11 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Steven C. Michael's work include Franchising Strategies and Performance (18 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (11 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (7 papers). Steven C. Michael is often cited by papers focused on Franchising Strategies and Performance (18 papers), Merger and Competition Analysis (11 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (7 papers). Steven C. Michael collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and South Korea. Steven C. Michael's co-authors include James G. Combs, John A. Pearce, Joseph T. Mahoney, Gary J. Castrogiovanni, Yasemin Y. Kor, Sanjeev Dewan, Chung-ki Min, D. Keith Robbins, G. Dale Meyer and Kurt A. Heppard and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management.

In The Last Decade

Steven C. Michael

45 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Path Dependence and Creation 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Path Dependence and Creation
    2002 546 citations Steven C. Michael Academy of Management Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steven C. Michael United States 24 2.0k 779 664 510 494 48 3.1k
Christos Pitelis United Kingdom 31 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.4× 691 1.0× 494 1.0× 603 1.2× 140 3.8k
Jamal Shamsie United States 15 1.6k 0.8× 493 0.6× 441 0.7× 570 1.1× 563 1.1× 31 2.7k
Lluis Santamaría Spain 16 1.6k 0.8× 896 1.2× 758 1.1× 430 0.8× 329 0.7× 30 2.6k
Richard Makadok United States 16 2.2k 1.1× 701 0.9× 517 0.8× 537 1.1× 619 1.3× 34 3.4k
Spyros Lioukas Greece 21 2.2k 1.1× 626 0.8× 814 1.2× 655 1.3× 642 1.3× 65 3.5k
Alberto Di Minin Italy 31 1.6k 0.8× 867 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 393 0.8× 442 0.9× 115 3.2k
Rod B. McNaughton Canada 26 2.3k 1.2× 631 0.8× 922 1.4× 952 1.9× 584 1.2× 79 3.5k
Jie Wu Macao 32 1.8k 0.9× 803 1.0× 629 0.9× 466 0.9× 790 1.6× 109 3.1k
Petra Andries Belgium 21 1.3k 0.7× 688 0.9× 1.1k 1.6× 401 0.8× 531 1.1× 59 2.4k
David J. Collis United States 18 2.3k 1.2× 512 0.7× 455 0.7× 560 1.1× 471 1.0× 61 3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven C. Michael

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pettus, Michael L., Yasemin Y. Kor, Joseph T. Mahoney, & Steven C. Michael. (2017). Sequencing and timing of strategic responses after industry disruption: Evidence from post-deregulation competition in the US railroad industry. Strategic Organization. 16(4). 373–400. 14 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2013). Monitoring technical managers: theory, evidence, and prescriptions. IEEE Engineering Management Review. 41(1). 39–52. 2 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2013). Can franchising be an economic development strategy? An empirical investigation. Small Business Economics. 42(3). 611–620. 22 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2009). Entrepreneurial signaling to attract resources: the case of franchising. Managerial and Decision Economics. 30(6). 405–422. 63 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C., et al.. (2008). The Internalization of Advertising Services: An Inter-Industry Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2007). Entrepreneurship, growth, and Adam Smith. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 1(3-4). 287–289. 6 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2006). Transaction cost entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing. 22(3). 412–426. 34 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C. & Sungmin Kim. (2005). The organizational ecology of retailing: A historical perspective. Journal of Retailing. 81(2). 113–123. 23 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C. & John A. Pearce. (2004). Choosing Constraints as a Third Solution to Agency*. Journal of Management Studies. 41(7). 1171–1197. 2 indexed citations
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Verlag, Gabler & Steven C. Michael. (2003). Determinants of the Rate of Franchising among Nations (1). Management International Review. 43(3). 267. 43 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2002). Time to Discovery: The Role of Time in the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2002). Time To Discovery. 3. 157–161. 1 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2002). First mover advantage through franchising. Journal of Business Venturing. 18(1). 61–80. 97 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (2002). Path Dependence and Creation. Academy of Management Review. 27(1). 132–132. 546 indexed citations breakdown →
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Michael, Steven C.. (2000). The Effect of Organizational Form on Quality: The Case of Franchising. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (1999). Do franchised chains advertise enough?. Journal of Retailing. 75(4). 461–478. 64 indexed citations
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Dewan, Sanjeev, Steven C. Michael, & Chung-ki Min. (1998). Firm Characteristics and Investments in Information Technology: Scale and Scope Effects. Information Systems Research. 9(3). 219–232. 208 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C. & D. Keith Robbins. (1998). Retrenchment among small manufacturing firms during recession. 36(3). 35–45. 63 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (1996). Thinking Parables: What Moll Flanders Does Not Say. ELH. 63(2). 367–395. 1 indexed citations
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Michael, Steven C.. (1994). Competition in organizational form. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 23(3). 269–286. 19 indexed citations

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