Thomas Bortolotti

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 956 citations indexed

About

Thomas Bortolotti is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bortolotti has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 956 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Management Information Systems, 7 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bortolotti's work include Quality and Supply Management (10 papers), Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management (3 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers). Thomas Bortolotti is often cited by papers focused on Quality and Supply Management (10 papers), Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management (3 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (3 papers). Thomas Bortolotti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Thomas Bortolotti's co-authors include Pamela Danese, Stefania Boscari, Pietro Romano, Barbara B. Flynn, Nick Rich, Pedro José Martínez‐Jurado, José Moyano‐Fuentes and Torbjørn H. Netland and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research and International Journal of Operations & Production Management.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bortolotti

12 papers receiving 918 citations

Hit Papers

Successful lean implementation: Organizational culture an... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
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. Successful lean implementation: Organizational culture and soft lean practices
    2014 455 citations Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania Boscari et al. International Journal of Production Economics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Bortolotti Italy 9 784 649 157 136 88 12 956
Stefania Boscari Netherlands 6 492 0.6× 435 0.7× 117 0.7× 77 0.6× 55 0.6× 12 644
Alessandro Laureani United Kingdom 9 757 1.0× 600 0.9× 208 1.3× 92 0.7× 67 0.8× 14 866
Peter Burcher United Kingdom 10 747 1.0× 627 1.0× 239 1.5× 100 0.7× 69 0.8× 15 894
Sanjay Bhasin United Kingdom 12 1.3k 1.7× 1.1k 1.6× 439 2.8× 186 1.4× 110 1.3× 16 1.5k
Cheryl S. McWatters Canada 11 745 1.0× 465 0.7× 182 1.2× 109 0.8× 60 0.7× 30 972
Pius Coxwell Achanga United Kingdom 3 669 0.9× 546 0.8× 181 1.2× 89 0.7× 78 0.9× 3 780
Dávid Losonci Hungary 13 424 0.5× 402 0.6× 96 0.6× 231 1.7× 107 1.2× 39 733
June M. Worley United States 6 497 0.6× 387 0.6× 178 1.1× 56 0.4× 61 0.7× 6 644
Roy Andersson Sweden 10 423 0.5× 356 0.5× 130 0.8× 68 0.5× 47 0.5× 41 597
Walter Willborn Canada 17 608 0.8× 718 1.1× 100 0.6× 31 0.2× 30 0.3× 28 964

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Bortolotti

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All Works

12 of 12 papers shown
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, & Barbara B. Flynn. (2024). Moderation of OM practice effectiveness by organizational culture profile: contingency vs paradox perspective. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 44(13). 296–325. 2 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Stefania Boscari, Pamela Danese, & Barbara B. Flynn. (2019). Operational Practice Effectiveness and Organization Culture: Paradox vs. Contingency Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). 11542–11542. 1 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, et al.. (2018). The social benefits of kaizen initiatives in healthcare: an empirical study. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 38(2). 554–578. 37 indexed citations
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Boscari, Stefania, Thomas Bortolotti, Torbjørn H. Netland, & Nick Rich. (2018). National culture and operations management: a structured literature review. International Journal of Production Research. 56(18). 6314–6331. 40 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Pietro Romano, Pedro José Martínez‐Jurado, & José Moyano‐Fuentes. (2016). Towards a theory for lean implementation in supply networks. International Journal of Production Economics. 175. 182–196. 48 indexed citations
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Danese, Pamela & Thomas Bortolotti. (2014). Supply chain integration patterns and operational performance: a plant-level survey-based analysis. International Journal of Production Research. 52(23). 7062–7083. 51 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Stefania Boscari, & Pamela Danese. (2014). Successful lean implementation: Organizational culture and soft lean practices. International Journal of Production Economics. 160. 182–201. 455 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Pamela Danese, Barbara B. Flynn, & Pietro Romano. (2014). Leveraging fitness and lean bundles to build the cumulative performance sand cone model. International Journal of Production Economics. 162. 227–241. 100 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, Pamela Danese, & Pietro Romano. (2012). Assessing the impact of just-in-time on operational performance at varying degrees of repetitiveness. International Journal of Production Research. 51(4). 1117–1130. 79 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas & Pietro Romano. (2012). ‘Lean first, then automate’: a framework for process improvement in pure service companies. A case study. Production Planning & Control. 23(7). 513–522. 70 indexed citations
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Danese, Pamela, Pietro Romano, & Thomas Bortolotti. (2012). JIT production, JIT supply and performance: investigating the moderating effects. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 112(3). 441–465. 72 indexed citations
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Bortolotti, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Just in Time - performance link: The moderating role of demand variability. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 1 indexed citations

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