Thomas Köhler

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 830 citations indexed

About

Thomas Köhler is a scholar working on Computer Science Applications, Sociology and Political Science and Marketing. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Köhler has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 830 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Computer Science Applications, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Marketing. Recurrent topics in Thomas Köhler's work include Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers), Service and Product Innovation (4 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (3 papers). Thomas Köhler is often cited by papers focused on Open Source Software Innovations (8 papers), Service and Product Innovation (4 papers) and Digital Marketing and Social Media (3 papers). Thomas Köhler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Germany. Thomas Köhler's co-authors include Kurt Matzler, Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen, Franz Bailom, Daniel Stieger, Johann Fueller, Henry Chesbrough, Sun‐Young Park, Robin Teigland, Remko Helms and Katja Hutter and has published in prestigious journals such as Computers in Human Behavior, California Management Review and Business Horizons.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Köhler

14 papers receiving 777 citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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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.

Corporate accelerators: Building bridges between corporations and startups

2016 261 citations Thomas Köhler Business Horizons profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Köhler United States	9	319	239	190	170	168	14	830
Katharina Hölzle Germany	13	477 1.5×	273 1.1×	93 0.5×	118 0.7×	130 0.8×	41	920
Heidi Olander Finland	13	645 2.0×	211 0.9×	108 0.6×	75 0.4×	113 0.7×	31	1.1k
Kathrin M. Moeslein Germany	17	441 1.4×	391 1.6×	266 1.4×	383 2.3×	228 1.4×	36	1.2k
Alessandro Pagano Italy	14	292 0.9×	114 0.5×	132 0.7×	118 0.7×	84 0.5×	54	802
Christina Raasch Germany	18	405 1.3×	270 1.1×	221 1.2×	566 3.3×	247 1.5×	47	1.2k
Susanne Ollila Sweden	14	522 1.6×	434 1.8×	93 0.5×	181 1.1×	96 0.6×	29	1.0k
Scott Gallagher United States	11	840 2.6×	256 1.1×	124 0.7×	388 2.3×	148 0.9×	21	1.3k
Jan Hohberger Australia	14	700 2.2×	307 1.3×	335 1.8×	134 0.8×	269 1.6×	20	1.4k
Ivana Quinto Italy	15	296 0.9×	262 1.1×	94 0.5×	102 0.6×	62 0.4×	35	799
Marion Poetz Denmark	8	284 0.9×	158 0.7×	226 1.2×	649 3.8×	303 1.8×	28	1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Köhler

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

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Köhler, Thomas & Henry Chesbrough. (2020). Motivating Crowds to Do Good: How to Build Crowdsourcing Platforms for Social Innovation. 12(1). 42–47. 3 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas & Henry Chesbrough. (2019). From collaborative community to competitive market: the quest to build a crowdsourcing platform for social innovation. R and D Management. 49(3). 356–368. 52 indexed citations

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Matzler, Kurt, et al.. (2018). The crusade of digital disruption. Journal of Business Strategy. 39(6). 13–20. 71 indexed citations

4.

Park, Sun‐Young & Thomas Köhler. (2018). Collaboration for sustainable tourism through strategic bridging: A case of travel2change. Journal Of Vacation Marketing. 25(1). 99–110. 17 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas. (2017). How to Scale Crowdsourcing Platforms. California Management Review. 60(2). 98–121. 35 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas, et al.. (2017). Crowdsourcing business models that last. Journal of Business Strategy. 38(2). 25–32. 30 indexed citations

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Schuster, J. Mark, Dominik Dellermann, Nikolaus Lipusch, & Thomas Köhler. (2016). How to Design a Crowdwork Platform. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas. (2016). Corporate accelerators: Building bridges between corporations and startups. Business Horizons. 59(3). 347–357. 261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Köhler, Thomas. (2015). Crowdsourcing-Based Business Models: How to Create and Capture Value. California Management Review. 57(4). 63–84. 116 indexed citations

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Matzler, Kurt, Franz Bailom, Stephan Friedrich von den Eichen, & Thomas Köhler. (2013). Business model innovation: coffee triumphs for Nespresso. Journal of Business Strategy. 34(2). 30–37. 125 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Enabling co-creation of e-services through virtual worlds. 1 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas, et al.. (2011). Experience design for communities in virtual worlds: come for the attraction, stay for the interaction. International Journal of Web Based Communities. 7(2). 174–174. 1 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas, Johann Fueller, Daniel Stieger, & Kurt Matzler. (2010). Avatar-based innovation: Consequences of the virtual co-creation experience. Computers in Human Behavior. 27(1). 160–168. 113 indexed citations

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Köhler, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Enabling SME user-driven service innovation through virtual worlds. Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University). 4 indexed citations

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