Early Era 1995–2008: Citations to Published Research Works and Their Authors

Abstract

As early era (1995–2008) supply chain case studies are analysed, it may be concluded that the early 2000s seems to have been a particularly good moment to publish if numbers of citations are the measure. Noteworthy is that the most cited research work authors were not very active in case study publishing, but this only concerned the early era of examined case study journal articles. Risk management, telecommunications and the electronics industry, and information technology or information dissemination were popular research themes in the early era from the perspective of number of citations (1995–2008). One researcher is identified as potentially the leading scholar in supply chain case studies with respect to production volume and scale as well as citations.