Thomas Keil

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Thomas Keil is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Accounting and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Keil has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Strategy and Management, 29 papers in Accounting and 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Thomas Keil's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (29 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (16 papers). Thomas Keil is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (29 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (23 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (16 papers). Thomas Keil collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Finland. Thomas Keil's co-authors include Markku Maula, Shaker A. Zahra, Tomi Laamanen, Henri Schildt, Juha Uotila, Gennaro F. Vito, Jens Schmidt, Hart E. Posen, Felix Meissner and SangYun Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Keil

115 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Exploration, exploitation, and financial performance: analysis of S&P 500 corporations

2008 658 citations Juha Uotila, Markku Maula et al. Strategic Management Journal profile →
Renewing Research on Problemistic Search—A Review and Research Agenda

2017 301 citations Hart E. Posen, Thomas Keil et al. Academy of Management Annals profile →
Driven by aspirations, but in what direction? Performance shortfalls, slack resources, and resource‐consuming vs. resource‐freeing organizational change

2016 250 citations Thomas Keil, Markku Maula et al. Strategic Management Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Keil United States	33	2.4k	1.7k	1.2k	983	703	118	4.8k
Christine M. Beckman United States	23	2.2k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.6k 1.4×	733 0.7×	1.4k 1.9×	34	5.1k
Gordon Walker United States	23	3.2k 1.3×	1.0k 0.6×	971 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	764 1.1×	60	5.2k
Russell Coff United States	23	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	810 0.7×	989 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	53	4.1k
Warren Boeker United States	27	2.4k 1.0×	3.1k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	881 0.9×	1.6k 2.3×	50	5.5k
Cohen United States	5	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	626 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	19	5.4k
V. K. Narayanan United States	29	2.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.7×	937 0.8×	660 0.7×	996 1.4×	71	4.8k
Gerry McNamara United States	30	1.9k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	544 0.5×	717 0.7×	978 1.4×	55	4.1k
Greenberg United States	7	2.6k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	626 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.7×	17	5.4k
Claudia Bird Schoonhoven United States	14	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.9k 1.7×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.9×	22	5.8k
Yasemin Y. Kor United States	23	2.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	863 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	38	4.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas Keil

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Roll, Stephanie, Katja Icke, Linus Grabenhenrich, et al.. (2025). Incidence and Remission of Atopic Dermatitis in a German Birth Cohort. JAMA Network Open. 8(12). e2544324–e2544324.

Keil, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Debiasing the Literature on Executive Decision-Making Biases. Academy of Management Annals. 19(2). 440–475.

Keil, Thomas, et al.. (2024). The role of military directors in holding the CEO accountable for poor firm performance. Strategic Management Journal. 46(3). 790–814. 5 indexed citations

Keil, Thomas, Hart E. Posen, & Maciej Workiewicz. (2023). Aspirations, Beliefs and a New Idea: Building on March’s Other Model of Performance Feedback. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Keil, Thomas, et al.. (2022). The Two Blades of the Scissors: Performance Feedback and Intrinsic Attributes in Organizational Risk Taking. Administrative Science Quarterly. 67(4). 1012–1048. 16 indexed citations

Posen, Hart E., Thomas Keil, SangYun Kim, & Felix Meissner. (2017). Renewing Research on Problemistic Search – A Review and Research Agenda. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Makadok, Richard, et al.. (2016). Customer‐specific synergies and market convergence. Strategic Management Journal. 37(9). 2003–2007. 2 indexed citations

Judkins, Alexander R., Elaine M. Pascoe, Donald Payne, & Thomas Keil. (2013). Management of urinary tract infection in a tertiary children's hospital before and after publication of the NICE guidelines. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 98(7). 521–525. 12 indexed citations

Keil, Thomas & Tomi Laamanen. (2011). When Rivals Merge, Think Before You Follow Suit. Harvard business review. 89(12). 701–703. 6 indexed citations

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Schildt, Henri, Thomas Keil, & Markku Maula. (2011). The Temporal Effects of Relative and Firm-Level Absorptive Capacity on Interorganizational Learning. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Uotila, Juha, Markku Maula, Shaker A. Zahra, & Thomas Keil. (2008). Exploration, Exploitation, and Financial Performance: Analysis of S&P 500 Corporations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 28 indexed citations

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McGrath, Rita Gunther, et al.. (2006). Extracting value from corporate venturing. MIT Sloan management review. 48(1). 50–56. 52 indexed citations

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Zahra, Shaker A., Thomas Keil, & Markku Maula. (2005). New Ventures' Inward Licensing: Examining the Effects of Industry and Strategy Characteristics. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Keil, Thomas, Markku Maula, & Henri Schildt. (2003). Corporate Venturing Modes and Their Impact on Corporate Learning. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Fomin, Vladislav V. & Thomas Keil. (2000). Standardization: bridging the gap between economic and social theory. International Conference on Information Systems. 206–217. 31 indexed citations

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Simanowski, Ulrich A., Gerlinde Egerer, Carl Oneta, et al.. (1998). <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection Decreases Gastric Alcohol Dehydrogenase Activity and First-Pass Metabolism of Ethanol in Man. Digestion. 59(4). 314–320. 20 indexed citations

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Keil, Thomas, D. Mark Austin, & Viviana Andreescu. (1996). Concerns about Neighborhood Safety in Two Romanian Cities: Copsa Mica and Bucuresti. East European quarterly. 30(1). 97. 4 indexed citations

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Keil, Thomas & Gennaro F. Vito. (1992). The effects of the Furman and Gregg decisions on black-white execution ratios in the south. Journal of Criminal Justice. 20(3). 217–226. 8 indexed citations

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Usui, Wayne M. & Thomas Keil. (1987). Life satisfaction and age concentration of the local area.. Psychology and Aging. 2(1). 30–35. 6 indexed citations

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Keil, Thomas. (1978). Sex role variations and women's drinking. Results from a household survey in Pennsylvania.. Journal of Studies on Alcohol. 39(5). 859–868. 22 indexed citations

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