2026 Richard A. Bettis: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	39	1701	709	95	20126

Richard A. Bettis 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 Richard A. Bettis sits on this spectrum.

35 publications 436+

This scientist: 95 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard A. Bettis 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 Richard A. Bettis sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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

Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society

Overview

Richard A. Bettis is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Business, Management and Accounting, with specific attention to Strategy and Management as well as Management Science and Operations Research.

The scientist's recent publications reflect an interest in strategic challenges and behavioral perspectives within management. These works include:

Strategic Reality Today: Extraordinary Past Success, but Difficult Challenges Loom (2020), published in Strategic Management Review
The Nexus Between Artificial Intelligence and the Behavioral Theory of the Firm (2020), published in Academy of Management Proceedings
Multiple Goals and Multiple Aspirations: New Questions, New Perspectives (2020), published in Academy of Management Proceedings

The main topics of study addressed in these publications cover a range of issues including:

Innovation and Knowledge Management
Business Strategy and Innovation
Competitive and Knowledge Intelligence
Complex Systems and Decision Making

Frequent collaborators in their research are Daniela Blettner, Barbara Burkhard, Naomi Haefner, Henning Piezunka, and Hart E. Posen, indicating an active engagement with peers in related fields.

Richard A. Bettis has contributed to journals primarily such as the Academy of Management Proceedings and Strategic Management Review, indicating a focus on publication venues that emphasize management and strategy scholarship.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society, acknowledging their contributions within the field of strategic management.

Best Publications

The dominant logic: A new linkage between diversity and performance

C. K. Prahalad;Richard A. Bettis

4705
Citations
THE DOMINANT LOGIC: RETROSPECTIVE AND EXTENSION

Richard A. Bettis;C. K. Prahalad

2302
Citations
The new competitive landscape

Richard A. Bettis;Michael A. Hitt

2188
Citations
Dynamic Core Competences through Meta-Learning and Strategic Context

David Lei;Michael A. Hitt;Richard Bettis

1222
Citations
Performance differences in related and unrelated diversified firms

Richard A. Bettis

1166
Citations
Outsourcing and industrial decline

Richard A. Bettis;Stephen P. Bradley;Gary Hamel

1028
Citations
Diversification Strategy, Accounting Determined Risk, and Accounting Determined Return

Richard A. Bettis;William K. Hall

714
Citations
Risk/Return Performance of Diversified Firms

Richard A. Bettis;Vijay Mahajan

597
Citations
Changes in Graduate Management Education and New Business School Strategies for the 21st Century

Paul N. Friga;Richard A. Bettis;Robert S. Sullivan

526
Citations
Strategy formulation processes: Differences in perceptions of strength and weaknesses indicators and environmental uncertainty by managerial level

R. Duane Ireland;Michael A. Hitt;Richard A. Bettis;Deborah Auld De Porras

450
Citations
Boards of Directors, Top Management Compensation, and Shareholder Returns

Jeffrey Kerr;Richard A. Bettis

420
Citations
Modern Financial Theory, Corporate Strategy and Public Policy: Three Conundrums

Richard A. Bettis

411
Citations
Strategic Management and the Straightjacket: An Editorial Essay

Richard A. Bettis

353
Citations
Quantitative empirical analysis in strategic management

Richard A. Bettis;Alfonso Gambardella;Constance E. Helfat;Will Mitchell;Will Mitchell

282
Citations
The necessity, logic, and forms of replication

Richard A. Bettis;Constance E. Helfat;J. Myles Shaver

262
Citations
Country risk measures: how risky are they?

Jennifer M Oetzel;Richard A Bettis;Marc Zenner

256
Citations
Doctoral Education in the Field of Business Policy and Strategy

Charles E. Summer;Richard A. Bettis;Irene H. Duhaime;John H. Grant

244
Citations
Strategic responsiveness and Bowman's risk–return paradox

Torben Juul Andersen;Jerker Denrell;Richard A Bettis

243
Citations
Cash is surprisingly valuable as a strategic asset

Changhyun Kim;Richard A. Bettis

210
Citations
Creating repeatable cumulative knowledge in strategic management

Richard A. Bettis;Sendil Ethiraj;Alfonso Gambardella;Constance Helfat

161
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Will Mitchell University of Toronto

Michael A. Hitt Texas A&M University

Constance E. Helfat Dartmouth College

Vijay Mahajan The University of Texas at Austin

Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University

C. K. Prahalad University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

J. Myles Shaver University of Minnesota

R. Duane Ireland Texas A&M University

Richard M. Burton Duke University

Jason A. Colquitt University of Notre Dame

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