Roy Rothwell

10.2k citations
82 papers · 6.5k · 3 hit papers · h-index 34

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Papers in

    • Innovation Policy and R&D 16
    • Firm Innovation and Growth 9
    • Economic Growth and Productivity 7
    • Innovation and Knowledge Management 13
    • International Business and FDI 5
    • Global Trade and Competitiveness 5

Roy Rothwell

81 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Roy Rothwell's Hit Papers

Towards the Fifth‐generation Innovation Process 1994 · 808 citations
8080+17+34Years since publication250500750

Peers

Roy Rothwell
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  • Management of Technology and Innovation 2.0k
  • Strategy and Management 3.9k
  • Business and International Management 316
  • Economics and Econometrics 2.1k
  • Management Science and Operations Research 779
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All Works

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Successful industrial innovation: critical factors for the 1990s
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1992931
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Towards the Fifth‐generation Innovation Process
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1994808
3
SAPPHO updated - project SAPPHO phase II
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1974543
4 1993439
5 1991291
6 1991291
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External Linkages and Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
1991286
8 1977255
9 1989208
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Innovation and the small and medium sized firm
1981182
11
Reindustrialization and Technology
1985163
12 198499
13 198596
14 198394
15 199686
16 197383
17 198874
18 199269
19 199269
20 197468

About Roy Rothwell

Roy Rothwell is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Political Science and International Relations and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, having authored 82 papers that have together received 6.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Innovation Policy and R&D (16 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Regional Development and Policy (10 papers), Firm Innovation and Growth (9 papers), Economic Growth and Productivity (7 papers), University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (6 papers), International Business and FDI (5 papers) and Global Trade and Competitiveness (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management of Technology and Innovation (2.0k citations), Strategy and Management (3.9k citations), Business and International Management (316 citations), Economics and Econometrics (2.1k citations) and Management Science and Operations Research (779 citations). Roy Rothwell has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Mark Dodgson, Walter Zegveld, Paul Gardiner, Andrew Beaumont Robertson, Joe Townsend, Christopher Freeman, Adam Horsley, John Cantwell, Keith Pavitt and Sarah Cooper. Their work appears in journals such as Technovation, R and D Management, Research Policy, Management Decision and Omega.

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