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D-Index
60
Citations
18870
World Ranking
539
National Ranking
32

David Ahlstrom 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 David Ahlstrom sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 165 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David Ahlstrom 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 David Ahlstrom sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 60 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

David Ahlstrom is affiliated with Hong Kong Metropolitan University in China and has made contributions primarily in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research spans various subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics such as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Corporate Finance and Governance, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Family Business Performance and Succession, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and International Business and Foreign Direct Investment.

David Ahlstrom has authored several papers, including:

  • Managing Technological, Sociopolitical, and Institutional Change in the New Normal, 2020, Journal of Management Studies
  • Temporal Strategies and Firms' Speedy Responses to COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Management Studies

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers including Badri Munir Sukoco, Sven Horak, Chia-Ling Lee, Shu-Yuan Chen, and Gongming Qian.

Their research has appeared regularly in journals such as:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • International Business Review
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Technovation
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Best Publications

  • Corporate governance in emerging economies: A review of the principal-principal perspective: Review paper

    Michael N. Young;Mike W. Peng;David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton

  • Institutional Theory and Entrepreneurship: Where Are We Now and Where Do We Need to Move in the Future?:

    Garry D. Bruton;David Ahlstrom;Han–Lin Li

  • Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Where Are We Today and Where Should the Research Go in the Future

    Garry D. Bruton;David Ahlstrom;Krzysztof Obloj

  • The Institutional Effects on Strategic Alliance Partner Selection in Transition Economies: China vs. Russia

    Michael A. Hitt;David Ahlstrom;M. Tina Dacin;Edward Levitas

  • An institutional view of China's venture capital industry Explaining the differences between China and the West

    Garry D Bruton;David Ahlstrom

  • State-owned Enterprises Around the WORLD as Hybrid Organizations

    Garry D. Bruton;Mike W. Peng;David Ahlstrom;Ciprian Stan

  • Innovation and Growth: How Business Contributes to Society

    David Ahlstrom

  • Venture Capital in Emerging Economies: Networks and Institutional Change

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton

  • Turnaround in East Asian firms: evidence from ethnic Overseas Chinese communities

    Garry D. Bruton;David Ahlstrom;Johnny C. C. Wan

  • Learning from successful local private firms in China: Establishing legitimacy

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton

  • An institutional perspective on the role culture in shaping strategic actions by technology-focused entrepreneurial firms in China

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton

  • Rapid Institutional Shifts and the Co-evolution of Entrepreneurial Firms in Transition Economies

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton

  • Private firms in China: Building legitimacy in an emerging economy

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton;Kuang S. Yeh

  • Entrepreneurship in China: An overview

    David Ahlstrom;Zhujun Ding

  • Institutional differences and the development of entrepreneurial ventures: A comparison of the venture capital industries in Latin America and Asia

    Garry D Bruton;David Ahlstrom;Tomas Puky

  • Venture capital in China: Past, present, and future

    David Ahlstrom;Garry D. Bruton;Kuang S. Yeh

  • An institution-based view of global IPR history

    Mike W. Peng;David Ahlstrom;Shawn M. Carraher;Weilei Stone Shi

  • Technology assessment: a socio-cognitive perspective

    Raghu Garud;David Ahlstrom

  • High performance work systems, employee well-being, and job involvement: an empirical study

    Liang-Chih Huang;David Ahlstrom;Amber Yun-Ping Lee;Shu-Yuan Chen

  • Managing Technological, Sociopolitical, and Institutional Change in the New Normal

    David Ahlstrom;Jean-Luc Arregle;Michael A. Hitt;Gongming Qian

  • Strategy in emerging economies and the theory of the firm

    Michael N. Young;Terence Tsai;Xinran Wang;Shubo Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Garry D. Bruton
Garry D. Bruton Texas Christian University
Mike W. Peng
Mike W. Peng The University of Texas at Dallas
Silvio Vismara
Silvio Vismara University of Bergamo
Shawn M. Carraher
Shawn M. Carraher Harvard University
Neal M. Ashkanasy
Neal M. Ashkanasy University of Queensland
Michael A. Hitt
Michael A. Hitt Texas A&M University
Raghu Garud
Raghu Garud Pennsylvania State University
Douglas J. Cumming
Douglas J. Cumming Stevens Institute of Technology
Alain Verbeke
Alain Verbeke University of Calgary
John B. Cullen
John B. Cullen Washington State University

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