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Alfonso Gambardella

Alfonso Gambardella

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Business and Management
Italy
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 63 435 404 4 4 207 24762

Alfonso Gambardella publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Alfonso Gambardella between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Alfonso Gambardella published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 6.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2025. 25 of the 247 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2025. 1989: 1 publication 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 5 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 9 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 10 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 11 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 14 publications
1989 2025

247 publications in total across all disciplines

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Alfonso Gambardella: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 1
1990 1
1991 0
1992 3
1993 1
1994 5
1995 5
1996 4
1997 8
1998 4
1999 9
2000 7
2001 9
2002 10
2003 2
2004 12
2005 11
2006 9
2007 10
2008 3
2009 8
2010 13
2011 2
2012 7
2013 9
2014 7
2015 7
2016 9
2017 7
2018 7
2019 6
2020 11
2021 4
2022 4
2023 7
2024 11
2025 14
Total 247
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Alfonso Gambardella publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfonso Gambardella sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 35–39 to 436+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 122. Most scientists, 122, have 95–99 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 205–209 publications, is where this scientist sits. 35–39 publications: 2 scientists 40–44 publications: 2 scientists 45–49 publications: 5 scientists 50–54 publications: 20 scientists 55–59 publications: 39 scientists 60–64 publications: 66 scientists 65–69 publications: 52 scientists 70–74 publications: 80 scientists 75–79 publications: 83 scientists 80–84 publications: 116 scientists 85–89 publications: 94 scientists 90–94 publications: 111 scientists 95–99 publications: 122 scientists 100–104 publications: 104 scientists 105–109 publications: 113 scientists 110–114 publications: 96 scientists 115–119 publications: 97 scientists 120–124 publications: 112 scientists 125–129 publications: 93 scientists 130–134 publications: 79 scientists 135–139 publications: 69 scientists 140–144 publications: 80 scientists 145–149 publications: 81 scientists 150–154 publications: 85 scientists 155–159 publications: 50 scientists 160–164 publications: 74 scientists 165–169 publications: 61 scientists 170–174 publications: 40 scientists 175–179 publications: 44 scientists 180–184 publications: 47 scientists 185–189 publications: 59 scientists 190–194 publications: 35 scientists 195–199 publications: 37 scientists 200–204 publications: 49 scientists 205–209 publications: 48 scientists 210–214 publications: 34 scientists 215–219 publications: 31 scientists 220–224 publications: 37 scientists 225–229 publications: 34 scientists 230–234 publications: 25 scientists 235–239 publications: 28 scientists 240–244 publications: 34 scientists 245–249 publications: 28 scientists 250–254 publications: 23 scientists 255–259 publications: 22 scientists 260–264 publications: 11 scientists 265–269 publications: 16 scientists 270–274 publications: 23 scientists 275–279 publications: 12 scientists 280–284 publications: 16 scientists 285–289 publications: 10 scientists 290–294 publications: 12 scientists 295–299 publications: 12 scientists 300–304 publications: 8 scientists 305–309 publications: 13 scientists 310–314 publications: 13 scientists 315–319 publications: 6 scientists 320–324 publications: 10 scientists 325–329 publications: 9 scientists 330–334 publications: 7 scientists 335–339 publications: 10 scientists 340–344 publications: 10 scientists 345–349 publications: 7 scientists 350–354 publications: 4 scientists 355–359 publications: 10 scientists 360–364 publications: 3 scientists 365–369 publications: 7 scientists 370–374 publications: 2 scientists 375–379 publications: 8 scientists 380–384 publications: 4 scientists 385–389 publications: 5 scientists 390–394 publications: 5 scientists 395–399 publications: 2 scientists 400–404 publications: 2 scientists 405–409 publications: 4 scientists 410–414 publications: 3 scientists 415–419 publications: 2 scientists 420–424 publications: 5 scientists 425–429 publications: 3 scientists 430–434 publications: 1 scientist 435 publications: 1 scientist 436+ publications: 100 scientists
35–39 publications 436+

This scientist: 207 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
35–39 2
40–44 2
45–49 5
50–54 20
55–59 39
60–64 66
65–69 52
70–74 80
75–79 83
80–84 116
85–89 94
90–94 111
95–99 122
100–104 104
105–109 113
110–114 96
115–119 97
120–124 112
125–129 93
130–134 79
135–139 69
140–144 80
145–149 81
150–154 85
155–159 50
160–164 74
165–169 61
170–174 40
175–179 44
180–184 47
185–189 59
190–194 35
195–199 37
200–204 49
205–209 48 207
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28
250–254 23
255–259 22
260–264 11
265–269 16
270–274 23
275–279 12
280–284 16
285–289 10
290–294 12
295–299 12
300–304 8
305–309 13
310–314 13
315–319 6
320–324 10
325–329 9
330–334 7
335–339 10
340–344 10
345–349 7
350–354 4
355–359 10
360–364 3
365–369 7
370–374 2
375–379 8
380–384 4
385–389 5
390–394 5
395–399 2
400–404 2
405–409 4
410–414 3
415–419 2
420–424 5
425–429 3
430–434 1
435 1
436+ 100
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Alfonso Gambardella D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alfonso Gambardella sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 60 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 89+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 171. Most scientists, 171, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 63 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

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Number of Business and Management scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,017 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 156
31 159
32 171
33 161
34 135
35 124
36 114
37 111
38 103
39 89
40 81
41 97
42 80
43 69
44 68
45 63
46 54
47 69
48 50
49 58
50 54
51 62
52 54
53 43
54 49
55 35
56 40
57 44
58 34
59 29
60 48
61 32
62 30
63 22 63
64 22
65 19
66 20
67 18
68 17
69 21
70 20
71 19
72 14
73 10
74 16
75 24
76 13
77 19
78 8
79 6
80 4
81 12
82 7
83 7
84 6
85 10
86 4
87 11
88 6
89+ 96
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
  • Fellow of the Strategic Management Society

Overview

Alfonso Gambardella is affiliated with Bocconi University in Italy and specializes in research within the fields of Business, Management, and Accounting. Their work predominantly focuses on Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and Business and International Management.

The research topics covered by Gambardella include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation Policy and R&D, Intellectual Property and Patents, Private Equity and Venture Capital, and Firm Innovation and Growth.

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Gambardella are:

  • Arnaldo Camuffo
  • Andrea Coali
  • Elena Novelli
  • Saeid Kazemi
  • Francesca Bacco

Gambardella has published multiple recent papers including:

  • Profiting from Enabling Technologies? (2021, Strategy Science)
  • A scientific approach to entrepreneurial decision-making: Large-scale replication and extension (2024, Strategic Management Journal)
  • Managing Autonomy in Industrial Research and Development: A Project-Level Investigation (2020, Organization Science)
  • A Scientific Method for Startups (2024, Journal of Management)
  • Theory-Driven Strategic Management Decisions (2024, Strategy Science)

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, Academy of Management Proceedings, SSRN Electronic Journal, Strategy Science, and Organization Science.

Alfonso Gambardella has been recognized as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society.

Best Publications

  • Markets for Technology: The Economics of Innovation and Corporate Strategy

    Ashish Arora;Andrea Fosfuri;Alfonso Gambardella

  • COMPLEMENTARITY AND EXTERNAL LINKAGES: THE STRATEGIES OF THE LARGE FIRMS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY*

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • ‘Old Economy’ Inputs for ‘New Economy’ Outcomes: Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys

    Timothy Bresnahan;Alfonso Gambardella;Annalee Saxenian

  • The changing technology of technological change: general and abstract knowledge and the division of innovative labour☆

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Technology Push and Demand Pull Perspectives in Innovation Studies: Current Findings and Future Research Directions

    Giada Di Stefano;Alfonso Gambardella;Gianmario Verona

  • Business-Model Innovation: General Purpose Technologies and their Implications for Industry Structure

    Alfonso Gambardella;Anita M. McGahan

  • Markets for Technology: The Economics of Innovation and Corporate Strategy

    Ashish Arora;Andrea Fosfuri;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Markets for Technology and their Implications for Corporate Strategy

    Ashish Arora;Andrea Fosfuri;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Evaluating Technological Information and Utilizing It

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • The value of European patents

    Alfonso Gambardella;Dietmar Harhoff;Bart Verspagen

  • Science and Innovation: The US Pharmaceutical Industry during the 1980s

    Alfonso Gambardella

  • Does technological convergence imply convergence in markets? Evidence from the electronics industry

    Alfonso Gambardella;Salvatore Torrisi

  • Inventors and invention processes in Europe: Results from the PatVal-EU survey

    Paola Giuri;Myriam Mariani;Stefano Brusoni;Gustavo Crespi

  • The market for patents in Europe

    Alfonso Gambardella;Paola Giuri;Alessandra Luzzi

  • Competitive advantages from in-house scientific research: The US pharmaceutical industry in the 1980s *

    Alfonso Gambardella;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Ideas for rent: an overview of markets for technology

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • The Market for Technology

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • Building High-Tech Clusters: Silicon Valley and Beyond

    Timothy Bresnahan;Alfonso Gambardella

  • The Globalization of the Software Industry: Perspectives and Opportunities for Developed and Developing Countries

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

  • A Scientific Approach to Entrepreneurial Decision Making: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial

    Arnaldo Camuffo;Alessandro Cordova;Alfonso Gambardella;Alfonso Gambardella;Chiara Spina

  • The changing technology of technological change: general and abstract knowledge and the division of

    Ashish Arora;Alfonso Gambardella

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashish Arora
Ashish Arora Duke University
Dietmar Harhoff
Dietmar Harhoff Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Andrea Fosfuri
Andrea Fosfuri Bocconi University
Luigi Orsenigo
Luigi Orsenigo Istituto Universitario Di Studi Superiori Di Pavia
Bart Verspagen
Bart Verspagen Maastricht University
Fabio Pammolli
Fabio Pammolli Polytechnic University of Milan
Bronwyn H. Hall
Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley
Will Mitchell
Will Mitchell University of Toronto
Timothy F. Bresnahan
Timothy F. Bresnahan Stanford University
Constance E. Helfat
Constance E. Helfat Dartmouth College

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