2026 Michael L. Tushman: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	94	70	66	35	33	258	101344

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management
Dean of Fellow, Academy of Management

Overview

Michael L. Tushman is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Business, Management and Accounting with a particular focus on Strategy and Management, Innovation and Knowledge Management, and Organizational Behavior. Their work intersects with subfields including Management of Technology and Innovation, Marketing, and Computer Science Applications.

Tushman has an extensive publication record in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, Stanford University Press eBooks, Academy of Management Annals, Strategic Management Journal, and the Journal of Management.

Frequent coauthors in Tushman's research include Charles A. O'Reilly, Elizabeth J. Altman, Timo Vuori, Steven Randazzo, and Frank Nagle.

Recent papers by Michael L. Tushman cover a diverse range of topics and include:

"The Translucent Hand of Managed Ecosystems: Engaging Communities for Value Creation and Capture" (2021), published in Academy of Management Annals
"Strategic decision-making at platform transitions: The case of Nokia (2010-2011)" (2024), published in Strategic Management Journal
"This Is an Eventful Era: Exploring Event-Oriented Approaches to Organizational Research" (2024), published in Journal of Management
"Index" (2021), published in Stanford University Press eBooks
"Contents" (2021), published in Stanford University Press eBooks

Tushman has also contributed to the book "Lead and Disrupt," published by Stanford University Press eBooks in 2021.

Their main research topics encompass:

Innovation and Knowledge Management
Open Source Software Innovations
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Service and Product Innovation
Digital Platforms and Economics
Business Strategy and Innovation
Management and Organizational Studies

Award recognition includes being named a Dean of Fellow by the Academy of Management.

Best Publications

Technological Discontinuities and Organizational Environments

Michael L. Tushman;Philip Anderson

9718
Citations
Ambidextrous Organizations: Managing Evolutionary and Revolutionary Change:

Michael L. Tushman;Charles A. O'Reilly

6944
Citations
Exploitation, Exploration, and Process Management: The Productivity Dilemma Revisited

Mary J. Benner;Michael L. Tushman

5825
Citations
Technological Discontinuities and Dominant Designs: A Cyclical Model of Technological Change

Philip Anderson;Michael L. Tushman

5087
Citations
Organizational Evolution: A Metamorphosis Model of Convergence and Reorientation

Michael L. Tushman;Elaine Romanelli

4438
Citations
The ambidextrous organization.

Charles A. O'Reilly;Michael L. Tushman

3495
Citations
Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organizational Design.

Michael L. Tushman;David A. Nadler

3346
Citations
Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator's dilemma

Charles A. O’Reilly;Michael L. Tushman

3278
Citations
Managing Strategic Contradictions: A Top Management Model for Managing Innovation Streams

Wendy K. Smith;Michael L. Tushman

3075
Citations
Organizational Ambidexterity: Balancing Exploitation and Exploration for Sustained Performance

Sebastian Raisch;Julian Birkinshaw;Gilbert Probst;Michael L. Tushman

2946
Citations
Winning through innovation : a practical guide to leading organizational change and renewal

Michael L. Tushman;Charles A. O'Reilly

2788
Citations
Organizational Ambidexterity: Past, Present and Future

Charles A. O'Reilly;Michael L. Tushman

2784
Citations
Organizational Transformation as Punctuated Equilibrium: An Empirical Test

Elaine Romanelli;Michael L. Tushman

2498
Citations
Special Boundary Roles in the Innovation Process.

Michael L. Tushman

2474
Citations
Organizing for Innovation

Michael Tushman;David Nadler

2122
Citations
Process Management and Technological Innovation: A Longitudinal Study of the Photography and Paint Industries:

Mary J. Benner;Michael Tushman

2093
Citations
Social Network Analysis For Organizations

Noel M. Tichy;Michael L. Tushman;Charles Fombrun

2054
Citations
Winning through innovation

Michael L. Tushman

2050
Citations
Exploration and Exploitation Within and Across Organizations

Dovev Lavie;Uriel Stettner;Michael L. Tushman

1710
Citations
Boundary Spanning Individuals: Their Role in Information Transfer and Their Antecedents

Michael L. Tushman;Thomas J. Scanlan

1678
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. O'Reilly Stanford University

Karim R. Lakhani Harvard University

Thomas J. Allen MIT

Ranjay Gulati Harvard University

Phanish Puranam INSEAD

Toby E. Stuart University of California, Berkeley

Michael Beer University of Hannover

Mary Ann Glynn Boston College

Todd Zenger University of Utah

Paul S. Goodman Carnegie Mellon University

External Links

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