2026 Paul Robson: 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	37	1979	1857	308	277	78	5559

Paul Robson 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 Paul Robson sits on this spectrum.

35 publications 436+

This scientist: 78 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul Robson 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 Paul Robson sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul Robson is affiliated with Royal Holloway University of London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

Their research covers several main topics, including Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, International Business and Foreign Direct Investment, Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy.

Robson's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

Social innovation, goal orientation, and openness: insights from social enterprise hybrids (2022) published in Small Business Economics
The role of digital presence and investment network signals on the internationalisation of small firms (2020) published in International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
The nascent ecology of social enterprise (2021) published in Small Business Economics
To learn or not to learn from new product development project failure: The roles of failure experience and error orientation (2023) published in Technovation
Regulatory Focus, Ambidextrous Learning, and Opportunity Recognition in New Product Development (2023) published in IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

They have frequently co-authored with Helen Haugh, Catherine L. Wang, Dalal Alrubaishi, Rachel Doern, and William J. Wales, indicating collaborative engagement within the academic community.

Robson's publications often appear in journals such as Small Business Economics, Academy of Management Proceedings, International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship, Technovation, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

In addition to articles, Paul Robson has contributed to book literature with a publication titled Entrepreneurial Orientation: Epistemological, Theoretical, and Empirical Perspectives (2021), under the Advances in entrepreneurship, firm emergence, and growth series.

Best Publications

SME Growth: The Relationship with Business Advice and External Collaboration

Paul J.A. Robson;Robert J. Bennett

610
Citations
Small Firm Innovation, Growth and Performance: Evidence from Scotland and Northern England

Mark S. Freel;Paul J. A. Robson

526
Citations
The use of external business advice by SMEs in Britain

Robert J. Bennett;Paul J. A. Robson

398
Citations
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa

Paul J. A. Robson;Helen M. Haugh;Bernard Acquah Obeng

364
Citations
Sensemaking and the distortion of critical upward communication in organizations

Dennis Tourish;Paul Robson

252
Citations
Social identity and signalling success factors in online crowdfunding

Endrit Kromidha;Paul Robson

229
Citations
The Barriers to Growth in Ghana

Paul J. A. Robson;Bernard A. Obeng

215
Citations
Networks, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Internationalization Scope: Evidence from Chilean Small and Medium Enterprises

Christian Felzensztein;Luciano Ciravegna;Paul Robson;José Ernesto Amorós

203
Citations
The increasing role of small business in the Chinese economy.

Alistair R. Anderson;Jin-Hai Li;Richard T. Harrison;Paul J. A. Robson

165
Citations
Strategic entrepreneurship and small firm growth in Ghana

Bernard Acquah Obeng;Paul Robson;Helen Haugh

164
Citations
Appropriation strategies and open innovation in SMEs

Mark Stephen Freel;Paul Robson

155
Citations
Managing internal communication: an organizational case study

Paul J.A. Robson;Dennis Tourish

149
Citations
Changing Use of External Business Advice and Government Supports by SMEs in the 1990s

Robert Bennett;Paul Robson

135
Citations
The role of trust and contract in the supply of business advice

Robert J. Bennett;Paul J. A. Robson

134
Citations
Determinants of long-distance investing by business angels in the UK

Richard T. Harrison;C.M. Mason;Paul J.A. Robson

109
Citations
Intensity of interaction in supply of business advice and client impact: a comparison of consultancy, business associations and government support initiatives for SMEs

Robert J. Bennett;Paul J. A. Robson

107
Citations
Exporting intensity, human capital and business ownership experience:

Paul J.A. Robson;Charles K. Akuetteh;Paul Westhead;Mike Wright

96
Citations
The use and impact of business advice by SMEs in Britain: an empirical assessment using logit and ordered logit models

P.J.A. Robson;R.J. Bennett

93
Citations
The role of boards of directors in small and medium‐sized firms

R.J. Bennett;P.J.A. Robson

92
Citations
The Manifestation of Entrepreneurial Orientation in the Social Entrepreneurship Context

Ghadah Alarifi;Paul Robson;Endrit Kromidha

88
Citations
Determinants of of long-distance investing by business angels

R.T. Harrison;C. Mason;P. Robson

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Bennett University of Cambridge

Mark Freel University of Ottawa

Helen Haugh University of Cambridge

Paul Westhead Durham University

Mike Wright Imperial College London

Dennis Tourish University of Sussex

Richard T. Harrison University of Edinburgh

Shirley Dex University College London

Colin Mason University of Glasgow

Sarah Jack Stockholm School of Economics

External Links

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