Tom Elfring

11.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
63 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Tom Elfring is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Elfring has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 23 papers in Strategy and Management and 16 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Tom Elfring's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (30 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers). Tom Elfring is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (30 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (16 papers) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers). Tom Elfring collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada. Tom Elfring's co-authors include Wouter Stam, Willem Hulsink, Bart de Jong, Wietze van der Aa, Yuval Engel, Suresh Bhagavatula, Gerhard G. van de Bunt, A. van Tilburg, Svetlana N. Khapova and Ingrid Wakkee and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Tom Elfring

59 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Entrepreneurial Orientati... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2008 2013 2003 2010 250 500 750

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Tom Elfring 2.6k 1.6k 1.6k 986 877 63 4.7k
Linda F. Edelman 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 930 0.9× 638 0.7× 77 4.8k
Boštjan Antončić 3.6k 1.4× 2.0k 1.2× 2.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 673 0.8× 57 5.6k
Marc Gruber 3.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 1.8k 1.8× 563 0.6× 96 5.4k
Michael D. Ensley 3.0k 1.2× 2.6k 1.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.8× 701 0.8× 37 5.6k
David B. Balkin 2.1k 0.8× 2.5k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 1.9k 1.9× 705 0.8× 99 6.8k
Gideon D. Markman 3.4k 1.3× 1.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.5× 607 0.7× 72 6.3k
Elaine Mosakowski 1.5k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 680 0.8× 32 4.8k
Nancy M. Carter 3.5k 1.3× 2.4k 1.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 43 6.3k
A. Rebecca Reuber 2.0k 0.8× 1.5k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 1.2k 1.2× 946 1.1× 54 4.4k
G. Tyge Payne 1.9k 0.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 757 0.9× 69 4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Elfring

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Elfring

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Elfring

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ebbers, Joris J., Wouter Stam, & Tom Elfring. (2025). Takers and givers: Exploring the drivers of peer support in intra-incubator networks. Technovation. 151. 103399–103399.
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Wickert, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Examining the financial slack–corporate social performance relationship across countries: The influence of formal institutions. Journal of International Management. 31(6). 101278–101278.
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Klyver, Kim, et al.. (2025). Network Agency in Entrepreneurship: A Synthesis and Outlook. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 50(1). 313–349. 1 indexed citations
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Wickert, Christopher, et al.. (2024). From seller to broker: When and how issue sellers engage with external stakeholders to sell issues inside organizations. Strategic Organization. 23(3). 520–547. 3 indexed citations
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Burg, Elco van, Tom Elfring, & Joep Cornelissen. (2021). Connecting content and structure: A review of mechanisms in entrepreneurs’ social networks. International Journal of Management Reviews. 24(2). 188–209. 38 indexed citations
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Wijk, Jakomijn van, Wouter Stam, Tom Elfring, Charlene Zietsma, & Frank den Hond. (2013). ACTIVISTS AND INCUMBENTS STRUCTURING CHANGE: THE INTERPLAY OF AGENCY, CULTURE, AND NETWORKS IN FIELD EVOLUTION. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Stam, Wouter, et al.. (2013). Social Capital of Entrepreneurs and Small Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis of Contextual and Methodological Moderators. SSRN Electronic Journal. 14 indexed citations
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Wijk, Jakomijn van, Wouter Stam, Tom Elfring, Charlene Zietsma, & Frank den Hond. (2012). Activists and Incumbents Structuring Change: The Interplay of Agency, Culture, and Networks in Field Evolution. Academy of Management Journal. 56(2). 358–386. 127 indexed citations
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Elfring, Tom, et al.. (2010). Does distance matter? An ego-network approach towards the knowledge-based theory of clusters. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 1 indexed citations
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Elfring, Tom, et al.. (2010). DOES DISTANCE MATTER? AN EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF LEARNING.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2010(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations
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Huysman, Marleen, et al.. (2009). Global pipelines or global buzz? A micro-level approach towards the knowledge-based view of clusters. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 5 indexed citations
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Hulsink, Willem, Tom Elfring, & Wouter Stam. (2008). The Locus of Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Firms: The Importance of Social Capital and Networking in Innovative Entrepreneurship. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Hulsink, Willem, Harry Bouwman, & Tom Elfring. (2007). Silicon Valley in the Polder? Entrepreneurial Dynamics, Virtuous Clusters and Vicious Firms in the Netherlands and Flanders. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 13(1). 7–22. 3 indexed citations
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Hulsink, Willem & Tom Elfring. (2003). Network effects on Entrepreneurial Processes: Start-ups in the Dutch ICT Industry 1990-2000. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Hulsink, Willem, et al.. (2003). Networks effects on Entrepreneurial Processes: Start-ups in the Dutch ICT Industry 1990-2000. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Aa, Wietze van der & Tom Elfring. (2002). Realising innovations in services. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18. 155–171. 2 indexed citations
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Volberda, Henk & Tom Elfring. (2001). Rethinking Strategy. 31 indexed citations
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Elfring, Tom, et al.. (2000). Strategic Renewal in Large European Firms: Investigating Viable Trajectories of Change. Organization development journal. 18(4). 49–68. 15 indexed citations
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Bosch, Frans van den, et al.. (1996). Competence building by incorporating clients into development of a business service firm's knowledge base. Human Movement Science. 32(4). 836–46. 16 indexed citations

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