William Sandberg

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

William Sandberg is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, William Sandberg has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 11 papers in Computational Mechanics and 8 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in William Sandberg's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (13 papers), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (11 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). William Sandberg is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (13 papers), Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems (11 papers) and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (7 papers). William Sandberg collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Canada. William Sandberg's co-authors include David M. Schweiger, Charles W. Hofer, James W. Ragan, Ravi Ramamurti, Paula L. Rechner, Rainald Löhner, Rainald Loehner, Elizabeth J. Gatewood, Fernando Camelli and Alexandra Landsberg and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

William Sandberg

43 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Improving new venture per... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Improving new venture performance: The role of strategy, industry structure, and the entrepreneur
    1987 507 citations William Sandberg, Charles W. Hofer profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William Sandberg 941 760 670 657 429 44 2.7k
Raymond Chow 148 0.2× 815 1.1× 166 0.2× 722 1.1× 351 0.8× 54 2.0k
Ravi Ramamurti 414 0.4× 573 0.8× 1.4k 2.1× 2.8k 4.2× 307 0.7× 131 5.2k
Peter Robinson 1.5k 1.6× 736 1.0× 297 0.4× 137 0.2× 238 0.6× 48 2.2k
Constantin Brătianu 454 0.5× 341 0.4× 78 0.1× 687 1.0× 263 0.6× 115 2.1k
Changsu Kim 146 0.2× 577 0.8× 211 0.3× 729 1.1× 1.2k 2.9× 77 2.9k
Zhijie Lin 55 0.1× 294 0.4× 90 0.1× 205 0.3× 1.7k 4.1× 65 2.6k
J. D. Fernie 70 0.1× 382 0.5× 63 0.1× 797 1.2× 270 0.6× 215 3.1k
Thomas R. Eisenmann 284 0.3× 169 0.2× 300 0.4× 1.6k 2.4× 582 1.4× 42 2.6k
Kin Fai Ellick Wong 33 0.0× 277 0.4× 68 0.1× 118 0.2× 363 0.8× 74 1.5k
Kaicheng Yu 128 0.1× 836 1.1× 137 0.2× 428 0.7× 355 0.8× 10 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Sandberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Sandberg

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ramamurti, Ravi, et al.. (2009). Computations of Flapping Flow Propulsion for UUV Design. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition. 1 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi & William Sandberg. (2008). Computations of Insect and Fish Locomotion with Applications to Unconventional Unmanned Vehicles. AIAA Journal. 46(9). 2178–2190. 11 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi, et al.. (2007). Design of a Biomimetic Controlled-Curvature Robotic Pectoral Fin. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings. 966–973. 37 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi, et al.. (2005). Computational fluid dynamics study of unconventional air vehicle configurations. The Aeronautical Journal. 109(1097). 337–347. 7 indexed citations
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Camelli, Fernando, Rainald Löhner, William Sandberg, & Ravi Ramamurti. (2004). VLES Study of Ship Stack Gas Dynamics. 42nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 27 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi & William Sandberg. (2001). Simulation of flow about flapping airfoils using finite element incompressible flow solver. AIAA Journal. 39. 253–260. 8 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William, Richard Robinson, & John A. Pearce. (2000). One More Time ... Should Small Companies Attempt Strategic Planning. 5. 167. 6 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William, et al.. (2000). Friendship within Entrepreneurial Teams and its Association with Team and Venture Performance. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 25(2). 5–26. 189 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi, William Sandberg, & Rainald Löhner. (1999). Simulation of flow about flapping airfoils using a finite element incompressible flow solver. 37th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit. 11 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William & Elizabeth J. Gatewood. (1991). A Profile of Entrepreneurship Research Centers: Orientations, Interests, Activities, and Resources. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 15(3). 11–24. 27 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William, David M. Schweiger, & Charles W. Hofer. (1989). The Use of Verbal Protocols in Determining Venture Capitalists’ Decision Processes. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 13(2). 8–20. 47 indexed citations
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Schweiger, David M., William Sandberg, & Paula L. Rechner. (1989). Experiential Effects of Dialectical Inquiry, Devil's Advocacy and Consensus Approaches to Strategic Decision Making. Academy of Management Journal. 32(4). 745–772. 19 indexed citations
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Schweiger, David M., William Sandberg, & Paula L. Rechner. (1989). EXPERIENTIAL EFFECTS OF DIALECTICAL INQUIRY, DEVIL'S ADVOCACY AND CONSENSUS APPROACHES TO STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING.. Academy of Management Journal. 32(4). 745–772. 351 indexed citations
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Hofer, Charles W. & William Sandberg. (1987). Improving New Venture Performance: The Role of Strategy, Industry Structure, and the Entrepreneur. SSRN Electronic Journal. 29 indexed citations
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Schweiger, David M., William Sandberg, & James W. Ragan. (1986). GROUP APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DIALECTICAL INQUIRY, DEVIL'S ADVOCACY, AND CONSENSUS.. Academy of Management Journal. 29(1). 51–71. 499 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William. (1986). New Venture Performance: The Role of Strategy and Industry Structure. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 145 indexed citations
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Schweiger, David M., William Sandberg, & James W. Ragan. (1985). An Empirical Evaluation of Dialectial Inquiry, Devil's Advocate, and Consensus Approaches to Strategic Decision Making.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 1985(1). 40–44. 1 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William. (1984). The determinants of new venture performance : strategy, industry structure, and entrepreneur (start-ups). University Microfilms International eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Sandberg, William, et al.. (1981). A Contingency Approach to Labor Relations Strategies. Academy of Management Review. 6(1). 145–154. 4 indexed citations
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Ramamurti, Ravi, Rainald Löhner, & William Sandberg. (1970). Computation Of The Unsteady Flow Past A TunaWith Caudal Fin Oscillation. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 9. 9 indexed citations

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