| Organizational roles and transition to entrepreneurship SD Dobrev, WP Barnett Academy of Management Journal 48 (3), 433-449, 2005 | 629 | 2005 |
| Dynamics of niche width and resource partitioning SD Dobrev, TY Kim, MT Hannan American journal of sociology 106 (5), 1299-1337, 2001 | 460 | 2001 |
| A careers perspective on entrepreneurship MD Burton, JB Sørensen, SD Dobrev Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 40 (2), 237-247, 2016 | 356 | 2016 |
| The evolution of organizational niches: US automobile manufacturers, 1885–1981 SD Dobrev, TY Kim, GR Carroll Administrative Science Quarterly 47 (2), 233-264, 2002 | 258 | 2002 |
| Organizational processes of resource partitioning GR Carroll, SD Dobrev, A Swaminathan Research in organizational behavior 24, 1-40, 2002 | 250 | 2002 |
| Size (and competition) among organizations: modeling scale‐based selection among automobile producers in four major countries, 1885–1981 SD Dobrev, GR Carroll Strategic Management Journal 24 (6), 541-558, 2003 | 248 | 2003 |
| Organizational mortality in European and American automobile industries Part I: Revisiting the effects of age and size MT Hannan, GR Carroll, SD Dobrev, J Han European sociological review 14 (3), 279-302, 1998 | 231 | 1998 |
| Legitimacy vacuum, structural imprinting, and the first mover disadvantage SD Dobrev, A Gotsopoulos Academy of Management Journal 53 (5), 1153-1174, 2010 | 222 | 2010 |
| Shifting gears, shifting niches: Organizational inertia and change in the evolution of the US automobile industry, 1885–1981 SD Dobrev, TY Kim, GR Carroll Organization Science 14 (3), 264-282, 2003 | 209 | 2003 |
| The ecological interdependence of emergent and established organizational populations: Legitimacy transfer, violation by comparison, and unstable identities SD Dobrev, SZ Ozdemir, AC Teo Organization science 17 (5), 577-597, 2006 | 152 | 2006 |
| Revisiting organizational legitimation: Cognitive diffusion and sociopolitical factors in the evolution of Bulgarian newspaper enterprises, 1846-1992 SD Dobrev Organization studies 22 (3), 419-444, 2001 | 150 | 2001 |
| Oppositional product names, organizational identities, and product appeal JC Verhaal, OM Khessina, SD Dobrev Organization Science 26 (5), 1466-1484, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
| Positioning among organizations in a population: Moves between market segments and the evolution of industry structure SD Dobrev, TY Kim Administrative Science Quarterly 51 (2), 230-261, 2006 | 109 | 2006 |
| Organizational mortality in European and American automobile industries Part II: Coupled clocks MT Hannan, GR Carroll, SD Dobrev, J Han, JC Torres European sociological review 14 (3), 303-313, 1998 | 92* | 1998 |
| Decreasing concentration and reversibility of the resource partitioning process: Supply shortages and deregulation in the Bulgarian newspaper industry, 1987-1992 SD Dobrev Organization Studies 21 (2), 383-404, 2000 | 77 | 2000 |
| Unequal on top: Gender profiling and the income gap among high earner male and female professionals J Merluzzi, SD Dobrev Social science research 53, 45-58, 2015 | 63 | 2015 |
| Competing in the looking‐glass market: Imitation, resources, and crowding SD Dobrev Strategic Management Journal 28 (13), 1267-1289, 2007 | 62 | 2007 |
| The dynamics of the Bulgarian newspaper industry in a period of transition: Organizational adaptation, structural inertia and political change SD Dobrev Industrial and corporate change 8 (3), 573-605, 1999 | 58 | 1999 |
| Career mobility and job flocking SD Dobrev Social Science Research 34 (4), 800-820, 2005 | 57 | 2005 |
| Stayers versus movers: Social capital and early career imprinting among young professionals SD Dobrev, J Merluzzi Journal of Organizational Behavior 39 (1), 67-81, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
