Top Institutions and Economists in the Field of Economics of Strategic Management, as of May 2026

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For Economics of Strategic Management, these are 754 institutions and 865 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1.00	24	2.38
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	2.22	14	0.84
2	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.40	2	0.30
3	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	3.82	13	2.78
4	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.23	26	0.50
5	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	4.90	1	0.29
6	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	6.63	13	3.85
7	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	7.90	4	0.34
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.25	3	0.07
9	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	8.31	2	0.47
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	9.09	10	2.95
10	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	9.61	3	0.19
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	11.15	9	0.71
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	11.20	8	2.45
12	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	13.10	13	1.78
13	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	13.20	1	0.38
14	University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	14.10	1	0.67
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	14.17	1	0.47
14	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	14.17	1	0.47
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	16.95	6	0.95
16	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	16.97	2	0.28
17	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	17.77	7	2.13
18	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	19.16	15	3.33
19	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	19.37	1	0.10
20	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	19.41	3	1.10
21	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	19.76	10	1.17
22	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	20.08	6	0.64
23	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	20.75	8	1.98
24	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	22.02	6	0.86
25	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	22.25	8	1.73
26	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	22.63	4	1.81
27	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	23.83	29	0.30
28	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	25.90	2	0.89
29	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	26.47	27	11.77
30	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	26.71	8	2.23
31	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	28.93	11	3.74
32	Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	30.39	5	1.05
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	31.27	10	2.71
32	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	31.27	10	2.71
34	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	31.79	7	0.80
35	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	32.83	2	0.60
36	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	33.83	2	0.06
37	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	33.96	6	0.86
38	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	35.45	2	0.47
39	Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	35.91	6	2.07
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	36.79	3	1.76
40	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	37.67	7	1.98
41	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	39.52	9	1.58
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	40.47	2	0.54
42	Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	40.68	3	0.95
43	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	40.91	10	2.43
44	Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	41.48	2	0.19
45	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	42.02	2	0.61
46	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	43.46	1	0.34
47	Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy	43.69	7	1.30
48	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	44.96	6	2.21
49	Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	45.49	2	0.92
50	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	46.47	3	0.18
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	46.47	3	0.18
51	Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	47.10	3	1.74
52	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	47.11	9	1.33
53	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	50.40	5	1.57
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	51.44	5	1.57
54	Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	51.67	5	1.44
55	Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	52.04	5	0.36
56	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan	53.75	1	0.34
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	54.12	1	0.12
56	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	54.12	1	0.12
-	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	54.76	1	0.34
58	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	56.05	4	0.98
59	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan	57.33	11	1.38
60	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	57.57	3	0.13
61	Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	58.57	4	2.08
62	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	58.81	7	0.17
63	Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	58.91	2	1.23
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	59.81	5	1.88
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	59.81	5	1.88
64	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	60.80	10	1.23
65	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	62.49	2	0.18
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	62.96	2	0.14
66	Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany	63.23	6	0.73
67	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	63.71	4	1.15
68	Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	64.12	1	0.09
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	67.86	2	0.08
69	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	67.95	1	0.20
70	Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	67.95	1	0.22
71	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	68.49	2	0.07
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	68.96	1	0.20
72	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	70.80	1	0.26
73	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	71.01	2	0.40
74	Università degli Studi della Calabria → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e Finanziarie "Giovanni Anania", Arcavacata di Rende, Italy	72.35	4	2.55
75	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	72.76	1	0.08

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Mike Wright †	4.15
2	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	4.59
3	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	5.13
4	Margaret Slade University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	7.22
5	Alan M. Rugman †	7.98
6	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.06
7	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.56
8	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	8.64
9	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	8.91
10	Loet Leydesdorff †	9.53
11	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	9.77
12	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	10.67
13	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	11.13
14	Joao Matos Ferreira Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	15.15
15	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	16.40
16	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	16.74
17	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	16.75
18	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	16.78
19	Zoltan J. Acs London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	17.11
20	Stephen Parente University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	19.09
21	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	19.23
22	Gordon Hanson Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	22.44
23	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	24.81
24	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	25.40
25	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	25.62
26	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	25.85
27	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	26.32
28	Cristiano Antonelli Università degli Studi di Torino → Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	26.92
29	Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	27.15
30	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	30.90
31	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	31.85
32	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	33.46
33	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	36.19
34	Rajneesh Narula University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	37.26
35	Dirk Czarnitzki	37.45
36	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	37.60
37	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	38.53
38	Erik Stam Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	40.80
39	Jacques Mairesse	41.97
40	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	42.82
41	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	43.16
42	Adam Szeidl Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	43.39
43	Wolfgang Keller	43.47
44	Pol Antras Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	43.55
45	Dilip Mookherjee Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	44.12
46	Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	45.34
47	J. Bradford Jensen Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	45.45
48	Richard Ian Harris Durham University → Business School, Durham, United Kingdom	46.00
49	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	46.75
50	Thierry A. Verdier Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	46.90
51	Jan Svejnar	48.20
52	Stephen James Redding	48.49
53	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	50.10
54	Chad Syverson University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	52.33
55	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	53.12
56	Christopher Woodruff Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom	53.49
57	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	53.65
58	David Mckenzie World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	54.71
59	Yuriy Gorodnichenko University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	55.70
60	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	55.90
61	Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim) Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	56.77
62	Luis Garicano London School of Economics (LSE) → School of Public Policy, London, United Kingdom	57.70
63	Grazia D. Santangelo Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Strategi og Innovation, København, Denmark	57.82
64	Carolina Villegas-Sanchez Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain	59.09
65	Stephen Ross Yeaple National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	59.36
66	Roberta Rabellotti Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	60.19
67	Enrico Santarelli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	61.13
68	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	62.71
69	Attila Varga †	63.28
70	Valentina De Marchi Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	63.43
71	Christopher Baum Boston College → Department of Economics, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)	63.54
72	Jacques Thisse (Jacques François Thisse) Université Catholique de Louvain → Louvain Institute of Data Analysis and Modelling in Economics and Statistics (LIDAM) → Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	63.86
73	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	65.08
74	Ron S. Jarmin Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	65.18
75	Pier Paolo Saviotti Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	65.59
76	Esteban Rossi-Hansberg University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	66.25
77	Marcus Wagner Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	67.87
78	Spyros Arvanitis Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	68.16
79	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	69.47
80	Klaus Rennings †	70.42
81	Klaus M. Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	70.42
82	Michaela Trippl	70.60
83	Slavo Radosevic University College London (UCL) → School of Slavonic and East European Studies → Centre for Comparative Economics, London, United Kingdom	71.61
84	Thierry Mayer Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	71.78
85	Alessandra Colombelli	74.14
86	Jackie Krafft Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	74.27

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