Wolfgang Sofka

3.1k total citations
73 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Sofka is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Sofka has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Strategy and Management, 33 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 18 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Sofka's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (41 papers), International Business and FDI (23 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (17 papers). Wolfgang Sofka is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (41 papers), International Business and FDI (23 papers) and Innovation Policy and R&D (17 papers). Wolfgang Sofka collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, Netherlands and Germany. Wolfgang Sofka's co-authors include Christoph Grimpe, Birgit Aschhoff, Pedro de Faria, Christian Köhler, Tobias Schmidt, Nikolaos Papageorgiadis, Ulrich Kaiser, Rabikar Chatterjee, Mukesh Bhargava and Edlira Shehu and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, PLoS ONE and Strategic Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Sofka

66 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wolfgang Sofka Denmark 21 1.6k 797 424 299 255 73 2.1k
Nadine Roijakkers Netherlands 20 1.2k 0.8× 532 0.7× 618 1.5× 212 0.7× 222 0.9× 49 1.9k
Yannis Caloghirou Greece 22 1.5k 0.9× 895 1.1× 593 1.4× 178 0.6× 176 0.7× 45 2.4k
Christoph Grimpe Denmark 25 1.7k 1.1× 1.1k 1.4× 808 1.9× 301 1.0× 328 1.3× 88 2.7k
Shanxing Gao China 18 1.2k 0.8× 441 0.6× 360 0.8× 444 1.5× 276 1.1× 49 1.7k
Raffaella Manzini Italy 28 1.6k 1.1× 573 0.7× 542 1.3× 444 1.5× 164 0.6× 92 2.4k
André Spithoven Belgium 20 1.6k 1.0× 822 1.0× 810 1.9× 179 0.6× 231 0.9× 55 2.4k
C. Annique Un United States 20 1.4k 0.9× 571 0.7× 355 0.8× 144 0.5× 273 1.1× 37 1.8k
Mariano Nieto Antolín Spain 23 1.3k 0.8× 544 0.7× 345 0.8× 416 1.4× 411 1.6× 70 2.1k
Spyros Arvanitis Switzerland 23 955 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 368 0.9× 255 0.9× 170 0.7× 115 2.0k
Bou‐Wen Lin Taiwan 22 1.1k 0.7× 669 0.8× 499 1.2× 122 0.4× 361 1.4× 54 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Sofka

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Sofka

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Sofka

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sofka, Wolfgang, et al.. (2025). Strategic vulnerabilities of emerging market MNCs – How litigation experiences in weak patent systems increase the risks of patent litigation abroad. Journal of World Business. 60(3). 101624–101624. 1 indexed citations
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Grimpe, Christoph, Katrin Hussinger, & Wolfgang Sofka. (2023). Reaching beyond the acquirer-target dyad in M&A – Linkages to external knowledge sources and target firm valuation. Long Range Planning. 56(3). 102321–102321. 4 indexed citations
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Golovko, Elena, Cindy Lopes‐Bento, & Wolfgang Sofka. (2023). Learning by exporting for marketing innovation. Industry and Innovation. 30(5). 607–635. 7 indexed citations
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Grimpe, Christoph, Wolfgang Sofka, & Ulrich Kaiser. (2022). Competing for digital human capital: The retention effect of digital expertise in MNC subsidiaries. Journal of International Business Studies. 54(4). 657–685. 29 indexed citations
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Faria, Pedro de, Torben Schubert, & Wolfgang Sofka. (2021). Recruiting strategic human capital from MNCs—Does hiring MNC managers enable exporting in domestic firms?. PLoS ONE. 16(10). e0257922–e0257922. 2 indexed citations
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Brennecke, Julia, Wolfgang Sofka, Peng Wang, & Olaf N. Rank. (2021). How the organizational design of R&D units affects individual search intensity – A network study. Research Policy. 50(5). 104219–104219. 17 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang, Christoph Grimpe, & Ulrich Kaiser. (2021). Understanding the unwritten rules of the game: Government work experience and salary premiums in foreign MNC subsidiaries. Journal of International Business Studies. 53(6). 1110–1132. 7 indexed citations
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Distel, Andreas, et al.. (2019). Dynamic capabilities for hire – How former host-country entrepreneurs as MNC subsidiary managers affect performance. Journal of International Business Studies. 53(4). 657–688. 35 indexed citations
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Grimpe, Christoph, et al.. (2019). Organizational design choices of high‐tech startups: How middle management drives innovation performance. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 13(3). 359–378. 30 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang, Pedro de Faria, & Edlira Shehu. (2018). Protecting knowledge: How legal requirements to reveal information affect the importance of secrecy. Research Policy. 47(3). 558–572. 24 indexed citations
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Grimpe, Christoph, Wolfgang Sofka, Mukesh Bhargava, & Rabikar Chatterjee. (2017). R&D, Marketing Innovation, and New Product Performance: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 34(3). 360–383. 77 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang & Christoph Grimpe. (2014). Markets for Technology and the Importance of Firm-Specific Search for Innovation Performance. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 12175–12175. 2 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang, Miguel Torres Preto, & Pedro de Faria. (2014). MNC subsidiary closures: What is the value of employees’ human capital in new jobs?. Journal of International Business Studies. 45(6). 723–750. 21 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang & Christoph Grimpe. (2010). Specialized search and innovation performance – evidence across Europe. R and D Management. 40(3). 310–323. 194 indexed citations
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Grimpe, Christoph, et al.. (2009). Young, open and international: the impact of search strategies on the internationalization of new ventures. Econstor (Econstor). 2 indexed citations
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Faria, Pedro de & Wolfgang Sofka. (2008). Formal and Strategic Appropriability Strategies of Multinational Firms: A Cross Country Comparison. Econstor (Econstor).
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Sofka, Wolfgang, et al.. (2007). Regional Dimensions of Liability of Foreignness: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Sofka, Wolfgang & Thorsten Teichert. (2006). GLOBAL SENSING AND SENSIBILITY -- A MULTI-STAGE MATCHING ASSESSMENT OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FROM FOREIGN SOURCES FOR INNOVATION.. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2006(1). J1–J6. 3 indexed citations
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Schmidt, Tobias & Wolfgang Sofka. (2005). Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Sofka, Wolfgang, et al.. (2005). There's No Place Like Home: A Strategic Framework to Overcome Liability of Foreignness in the German Car Market. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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