William Acar

727 total citations
43 papers, 488 citations indexed

About

William Acar is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management Science and Operations Research and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, William Acar has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 488 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Strategy and Management, 18 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 8 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in William Acar's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (16 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (14 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (6 papers). William Acar is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (16 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (14 papers) and Business Strategy and Innovation (6 papers). William Acar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Latvia. William Acar's co-authors include Kenneth E. Aupperle, Constant D. Beugré, Pratim Datta, David E. Booth, W Braun, Moutaz Khouja, Arlyn J. Melcher, Marvin D. Troutt, Sergey Anokhin and Debmalya Mukherjee and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Management.

In The Last Decade

William Acar

37 papers receiving 431 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Acar United States 12 218 114 95 89 71 43 488
Peter Baloh Slovenia 13 259 1.2× 126 1.1× 87 0.9× 59 0.7× 95 1.3× 24 648
J. Woodward 6 228 1.0× 115 1.0× 157 1.7× 95 1.1× 91 1.3× 10 686
Matthew H. Roy United States 14 205 0.9× 147 1.3× 89 0.9× 175 2.0× 52 0.7× 26 557
Andreas Hoecht United Kingdom 13 318 1.5× 218 1.9× 69 0.7× 73 0.8× 67 0.9× 17 699
Robert E. Gunther Brazil 9 229 1.1× 56 0.5× 48 0.5× 80 0.9× 63 0.9× 12 539
Hugh Courtney United States 5 187 0.9× 109 1.0× 212 2.2× 97 1.1× 76 1.1× 6 551
Hélène Delerue Canada 13 248 1.1× 79 0.7× 54 0.6× 62 0.7× 41 0.6× 29 456
Hartini Ahmad Malaysia 12 245 1.1× 163 1.4× 129 1.4× 36 0.4× 83 1.2× 52 639
Dutch Fayard United States 5 127 0.6× 136 1.2× 90 0.9× 37 0.4× 62 0.9× 6 457

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Acar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Acar

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Acar, William, et al.. (2015). The ascent of resource-based theory as constructive rational-behavioral integration for looking inward and outward. International Journal of Commerce and Management. 25(4). 603–626. 5 indexed citations
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Hill, Geoffrey E., Pratim Datta, & William Acar. (2015). Shifting Perspectives. International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences. 6(1). 33–52. 6 indexed citations
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Acar, William, Arlyn J. Melcher, & Kenneth E. Aupperle. (2014). The implementation of innovative strategies. International Journal of Technology Management.
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Acar, William, et al.. (2012). Philosophical Requirements of a Comprehensive D.I. System. International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences. 3(3). 1–12. 1 indexed citations
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Anokhin, Sergey & William Acar. (2012). Corruption and the ethical context of country-level entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 4(4). 391–391. 5 indexed citations
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Acar, William, et al.. (2011). A qualitative exploration of entrepreneurial knowledge transfers. Journal of Knowledge Management. 15(2). 270–298. 28 indexed citations
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Acar, William, et al.. (2010). Validating the differences between Associate and Bachelor students by comparing performances in a combined class setting. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.
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Acar, William, et al.. (2010). Engineering Dialectical Inquiry: Lessons Learned from Lab Explorations. 3. 1–10. 2 indexed citations
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Datta, Pratim & William Acar. (2010). Software and human agents in Knowledge Codification. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 8(1). 45–60. 12 indexed citations
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Acar, William, et al.. (2009). An Agent-Based Collaborative Approach to Graphing Causal Maps for Situation Formulation. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 10(3). 221–251. 27 indexed citations
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Acar, William, et al.. (2006). Endowing cognitive mapping with computational properties for strategic analysis. Futures. 38(8). 993–1009. 16 indexed citations
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Troutt, Marvin D. & William Acar. (2004). A Lorenz–Pareto measure of pure diversification. European Journal of Operational Research. 167(2). 543–549. 4 indexed citations
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Offodile, O. Felix & William Acar. (1993). Comprehensive Situation Mapping for Robot Evaluation andSelection. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 13(1). 71–80. 4 indexed citations
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Acar, William, et al.. (1993). RESTRUCTURING CONGLOMERATES FOR GLOBAL COMPETITION: AN AGENCY‐THEORETIC PERSPECTIVE. International Journal of Commerce and Management. 3(1/2). 56–76. 2 indexed citations
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Acar, William. (1987). Toward a consistent terminology for management theory building. Systems Research. 4(2). 119–125. 3 indexed citations
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Aupperle, Kenneth E., William Acar, & David E. Booth. (1986). An Empirical Critique of In Search of Excellence: How Excellent are the Excellent Companies?. Journal of Management. 12(4). 499–512. 41 indexed citations
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Acar, William & Kenneth E. Aupperle. (1984). Bureaucracy as organizational pathology. Systems Research. 1(3). 157–166. 6 indexed citations
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Acar, William. (1983). TOWARD A THEORY OF PROBLEM FORMULATION AND THE PLANNING OF CHANGE: CAUSAL MAPPING AND DIALECTICAL DEBATE IN SITUATION FORMULATION. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 22 indexed citations

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