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Business and Management
Finland
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Business and Management 65 403 375 3 3 246 15786

Paavo Ritala publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Paavo Ritala between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Paavo Ritala published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2025. 47 of the 259 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2025. 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 0 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 17 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 20 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 24 publications
2001 2025

259 publications in total across all disciplines

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Paavo Ritala: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 1
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 1
2007 0
2008 3
2009 7
2010 8
2011 6
2012 9
2013 11
2014 17
2015 5
2016 15
2017 21
2018 19
2019 16
2020 19
2021 23
2022 11
2023 20
2024 23
2025 24
Total 259
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Paavo Ritala 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 Paavo Ritala 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, 245–249 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: 246 publications — 86th percentile

86% 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
210–214 34
215–219 31
220–224 37
225–229 34
230–234 25
235–239 28
240–244 34
245–249 28 246
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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Paavo Ritala 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 Paavo Ritala 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, 65 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: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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
64 22
65 19 65
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 Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Finland Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Finland Leader Award

Overview

Paavo Ritala is affiliated with Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on strategy, management, and innovation.

Their scholarly output includes a range of topics central to contemporary business studies, particularly:

  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Among recent publications, notable papers authored or co-authored by Ritala include:

  • "Digital strategy implementation: The role of individual entrepreneurial orientation and relational capital" (2021), published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • "Ecosystem Legitimacy Emergence: A Collective Action View" (2021), published in Journal of Management
  • "Six ways to build circular business models" (2021), published in Journal of Business Strategy
  • "Business model innovation in social enterprises: An activity system perspective" (2020), published in Journal of Business Research
  • "Digital Platforms for the Circular Economy: Exploring Meta-Organizational Orchestration Mechanisms" (2022), published in Organization & Environment

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ritala encompass:

  • Nancy Bocken
  • Mika Ruokonen
  • Llewellyn D W Thomas
  • Kimmo Karhu
  • Sascha Kraus

Throughout their career, Ritala has contributed to several publication venues with multiple works, including:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • R and D Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Industrial Marketing Management

Within subfields, Ritala's research is concentrated in strategy and management, marketing, industrial and manufacturing engineering, management of technology and innovation, and sociology and political science. This interdisciplinary approach underpins their engagement with evolving business challenges, especially in innovation systems and sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Incremental and Radical Innovation in Coopetition—The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Appropriability

    Paavo Ritala;Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen

  • What's in it for me? Creating and appropriating value in innovation-related coopetition

    Paavo Ritala;Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen;Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen

  • Coopetition Strategy – When is it Successful? Empirical Evidence on Innovation and Market Performance

    Paavo Ritala

  • Knowledge sharing, knowledge leaking and relative innovation performance: An empirical study

    Paavo Ritala;Heidi Olander;Snejina Michailova;Kenneth Husted

  • Coopetition-based business models: The case of Amazon.com

    Paavo Ritala;Arash Golnam;Alain Wegmann

  • Exploring institutional drivers and barriers of the circular economy: A cross-regional comparison of China, the US, and Europe

    Valtteri Ranta;Leena Aarikka-Stenroos;Paavo Ritala;Saku J. Mäkinen

  • Network management in the era of ecosystems: Systematic review and management framework

    Leena Aarikka-Stenroos;Paavo Ritala

  • The interaction of intellectual capital assets and knowledge management practices in organizational value creation

    Aino Kianto;Paavo Ritala;John-Christopher Spender;Mika Vanhala

  • Coopetition in new product development alliances : advantages and tensions for incremental and radical innovation

    Ricarda B. Bouncken;Viktor Fredrich;Paavo Ritala;Sascha Kraus

  • Value creation and capture mechanisms in innovation ecosystems: a comparative case study

    Paavo Ritala;Vassilis Agouridas;Dimitris Assimakopoulos;Otto Gies

  • Human resources for Big Data professions: A systematic classification of job roles and required skill sets

    Andrea De Mauro;Marco Greco;Michele Grimaldi;Paavo Ritala

  • In defense of ‘eco’ in innovation ecosystem

    Paavo Ritala;Argyro Almpanopoulou

  • Sustainable business model adoption among S&P 500 firms: A longitudinal content analysis study

    Paavo Ritala;Pontus Huotari;Nancy Bocken;Nancy Bocken;Laura Albareda

  • Intellectual capital, knowledge management practices and firm performance

    Henri Hussinki;Paavo Ritala;Mika Vanhala;Aino Kianto

  • Intellectual capital in service‐ and product‐oriented companies

    Aino Kianto;Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen;Paavo Ritala

  • Knowledge sharing and individual work performance: an empirical study of a public sector organisation

    Kaisa Henttonen;Aino Kianto;Paavo Ritala

  • Coopetition for radical innovation: technology, market and business-model perspectives

    Paavo Ritala;Liisa-Maija Sainio

  • Untangling the value-creation and value-appropriation elements of coopetition strategy: A longitudinal analysis on the firm and relational levels

    Paavo Ritala;Annika Tidström

  • Business model innovation for sustainability: exploring evolutionary and radical approaches through dynamic capabilities

    Edurne A. Inigo;Laura Albareda;Paavo Ritala

  • INNOVATION ORCHESTRATION CAPABILITY — DEFINING THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL LEVEL DETERMINANTS

    Paavo Ritala;Leila Armila;Kirsimarja Blomqvist

Frequent Co-Authors

Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen
Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen University of Oulu
Aino Kianto
Aino Kianto Lappeenranta University of Technology
Nancy Bocken
Nancy Bocken Maastricht University
Kirsimarja Blomqvist
Kirsimarja Blomqvist Lappeenranta University of Technology
Ricarda B. Bouncken
Ricarda B. Bouncken University of Bayreuth
Sascha Kraus
Sascha Kraus University of Siegen
Snejina Michailova
Snejina Michailova University of Auckland
Devi R. Gnyawali
Devi R. Gnyawali Virginia Tech
Tommi Mikkonen
Tommi Mikkonen University of Jyväskylä
Jero Ahola
Jero Ahola Lappeenranta University of Technology

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