2026 Torben Pedersen: 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	75	226	210	3	3	298	23280

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Denmark Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Denmark Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society
Fellow of the Strategic Management Society

Overview

Torben Pedersen is affiliated with the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Their research primarily resides within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a substantive focus on Strategy and Management. They have also contributed to subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, and Communication.

The scholar's work encompasses several key topics such as Innovation and Knowledge Management, International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Family Business Performance and Succession, Knowledge Management and Sharing, Global Trade and Economics, Complex Systems and Decision Making, as well as Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management.

Torben Pedersen has published research in various academic venues, often contributing to the Global Strategy Journal. Other frequent publication venues include Management International Review, Academy of Management Proceedings, Journal of International Business Studies, and the British Journal of Management.

Their recent papers include:

"Resilience Decoded: The Role of Firms, Global Value Chains, and the State in COVID-19 Medical Supplies," 2022, California Management Review
"An integrative typology of global strategy and global value chains: The management and organization of cross-border activities," 2020, Global Strategy Journal
"Teams and Project Performance: An Ability, Motivation, and Opportunity Approach," 2020, Project Management Journal
"The future of global strategy," 2022, Global Strategy Journal
"Searching locally and globally: Applying Daniel Levinthal's scholarship to international business," 2020, Journal of International Business Studies

Collaboration has been an important aspect of their research activity. Frequent co-authors include Stephen Tallman, Àngels Dasí, Marcus M. Larsen, Lívia Lopes Barakat, and Alina Grecu.

Torben Pedersen has been recognized as a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society. This professional recognition denotes engagement with the wider field of strategic management.

Best Publications

Ownership structure and economic performance in the largest european companies

Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen

2034
Citations
MNC knowledge transfer, subsidiary absorptive capacity, and HRM

Dana Minbaeva;Torben Pedersen;Ingmar Björkman;Carl F Fey

1876
Citations
Transferring knowledge in MNCs: The role of sources of subsidiary knowledge and organizational context

Nicolai Juul Foss;Torben Pedersen

1114
Citations
Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices

Nicolai J. Foss;Keld Laursen;Torben Pedersen

872
Citations
Reconceptualizing the Firm in a World of Outsourcing and Offshoring: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High‐Value Company Functions

Farok J. Contractor;Vikas Kumar;Sumit K. Kundu;Torben Pedersen

804
Citations
Encouraging knowledge sharing among employees: How job design matters

Nicolai Juul Foss;Dana Minbaeva;Torben Pedersen;Mia Reinholt

699
Citations
Why a Central Network Position Isn't Enough: The Role of Motivation and Ability for Knowledge Sharing in Employee Networks

Mia Reinholt;Torben Pedersen;Nicolai Juul Foss

679
Citations
Blockholder ownership: Effects on firm value in market and control based governance systems

Steen Thomsen;Torben Pedersen;Hans Kurt Kvist

516
Citations
The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence

Ulf Holm;Torben Pedersen;M Ac;M Illan P Ress

504
Citations
Organizing knowledge processes in the multinational corporation: an introduction

Nicolai Juul Foss;Nicolai Juul Foss;Torben Pedersen

498
Citations
Strategy and Management In MNE Subsidiaries

Julian Birkinshaw;Torben Pedersen

478
Citations
European Patterns of Corporate Ownership: A Twelve-Country Study

Torben Pedersen;Steen Thomsen

472
Citations
Uncovering the hidden costs of offshoring: The interplay of complexity, organizational design, and experience

Marcus M. Larsen;Stephan Manning;Torben Pedersen

439
Citations
Learning Paths to Offshore Outsourcing: From Cost Reduction to Knowledge Seeking

Peter Maskell;Torben Pedersen;Bent Petersen;Jens Dick‐Nielsen

408
Citations
Closing knowledge gaps in foreign markets

Bent Petersen;Torben Pedersen;Marjorie A Lyles

385
Citations
The role of path dependency and managerial intentionality: a perspective on international business research

Thomas Hutzschenreuter;Torben Pedersen;Henk W Volberda

367
Citations
The Emergence and Impact of MNC Centres of Excellence: A Subsidiary Perspective

Ulf Holm;Torben Pedersen

350
Citations
Coping with liability of foreignness: Different learning engagements of entrant firms

Bent Petersen;Torben Pedersen

311
Citations
Subsidiary performance in multinational corporations: the importance of technology embeddedness

Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Torben Pedersen

287
Citations
Ownership Structure and Value of the Largest European Firms: The Importance of Owner Identity

Torben Pedersen;Steen Thomsen

277
Citations
MNC KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, SUBSIDIARY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND HRM.

Dana Minbaeva;Torben Pedersen;Ingmar Björkman;Carl F. Fey

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolai Juul Foss Copenhagen Business School

Timothy M. Devinney University of Manchester

Laszlo Tihanyi Rice University

Steen Thomsen Copenhagen Business School

V Kumar Brock University

Majken Schultz Copenhagen Business School

Gabriel R. G. Benito BI Norwegian Business School

Dana Minbaeva King's College London

Sumit K. Kundu Florida International University

Farok J. Contractor Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

External Links

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