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UK
2024

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Business and Management

D-Index
72
Citations
40775
World Ranking
263
National Ranking
37

John Bessant 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 John Bessant sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 307 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John Bessant 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 John Bessant sits on this spectrum.

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: 72 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

John Bessant is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily centers on Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as Marketing, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Business and International Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main themes in Bessant's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Service and Product Innovation, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and Animal and Plant Science Education.

Bessant has authored multiple papers in various academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • Factors influencing the application of nature as inspiration for sustainability-oriented innovation in multinational corporations, 2020, Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Sustainability oriented innovation narratives: Learning from nature inspired innovation, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • A Home-Based eHealth Intervention for an Older Adult Population With Food Insecurity: Feasibility and Acceptability Study, 2021, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • From supply chain learning to the learning supply chain: drivers, processes, complexity, trade-offs and challenges, 2023, International Journal of Operations & Production Management
  • Sustainable Business Models: A Systematic Review of Approaches and Challenges in Manufacturing, 2021, Revista de Administração Contemporânea

Their frequent coauthors include Jimmi Normann Kristiansen, Mats Magnusson, Ingrid Kihlander, Joanne Hyland, and Magnus Karlsson.

John Bessant publishes regularly in venues such as the International Journal of Innovation Management, The business & management collection, Series on technology Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In terms of book publications, Bessant has contributed to the Series on technology Management, with a book titled "Changing the Dynamics and Impact of Innovation Management" published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change

    Joseph Tidd;Joseph Tidd;John Bessant;Keith Pavitt

  • Innovation management measurement: A review

    Richard Adams;John Bessant;Robert Phelps

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    J. R. Bessant;Joseph Tidd

  • Sustainability‐oriented Innovation: A Systematic Review

    Richard Adams;Sally Jeanrenaud;John Bessant;David Denyer

  • Building bridges for innovation: the role of consultants in technology transfer

    John Bessant;Howard Rush

  • Small firms, R&D, technology and innovation in the UK: a literature review

    Kurt Hoffman;Milady Parejo;John Bessant;Lew Perren

  • High-involvement innovation through continuous improvement

    John Bessant;Sarah Caffyn

  • Targeting innovation and implications for capability development

    Dave Francis;John Bessant

  • Managing Innovation: Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change. 3rd edition

    Joe Tidd;John Bessant;Keith Pavitt

  • An evolutionary model of continuous improvement behaviour

    John Bessant;Sarah Caffyn;Maeve Gallagher

  • Managing Innovation: Integrating technological, market and organizational change. 2nd Edition

    Joe Tidd;John Bessant;Keith Pavitt

  • Rediscovering continuous improvement

    J. Bessant;S. Caffyn;J. Gilbert;R. Harding

  • Life cycles of growing organizations: A review with implications for knowledge and learning.

    Robert Phelps;Richard Adams;John Bessant

  • Managing innovation beyond the steady state

    John Bessant;Richard Lamming;Hannah Noke;Wendy Phillips

  • Responsible innovation : managing the responsible emergence of science and innovation in society

    Richard Owen;John Bessant;Maggy Heintz

  • Developing strategic continuous improvement capability

    John Bessant;David Francis

  • Putting supply chain learning into practice

    John Bessant;Raphael Kaplinsky;Richard Lamming

  • Approaching the innovation frontier in Korea: the transition phase to leadership

    Michael Hobday;Howard Rush;John Bessant

  • High-involvement innovation : building and sustaining competitive advantage through continuous change

    John Bessant

  • The manufacturing strategy‐capabilities links in mass customisation and agile manufacturing – an exploratory study

    Steve Brown;John Bessant

  • Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies can Outsmart Upstarts

    John Bessant

  • Competitive advantage through people: by Jeffrey Pfeffer. Harvard Business School Press, Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02163, USA, 1994, 288 pp., ISBN 0-87584-413-8. $24.95

    John Bessant

Frequent Co-Authors

Joe Tidd
Joe Tidd University of Sussex
Richard Lamming
Richard Lamming University of Southampton
Michael Hobday
Michael Hobday University of Brighton
Raphael Kaplinsky
Raphael Kaplinsky University of Sussex
Keith Pavitt
Keith Pavitt University of Sussex
Mike Morris
Mike Morris University of Cape Town
Rick Delbridge
Rick Delbridge Cardiff University
Julian Birkinshaw
Julian Birkinshaw London Business School
Andy Neely
Andy Neely University of Cambridge
Peter Jones
Peter Jones University of Cambridge

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