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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom1242.36
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom2.19140.84
2Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)2.3220.30
3KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium3.90132.78
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.23260.50
5Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)4.4610.29
6Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy6.27133.86
7Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.6830.07
8Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)8.1720.46
9Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)8.2640.34
-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy8.78102.96
10University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)9.2530.19
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium11.6482.44
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France11.7390.71
12Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)12.7010.38
13United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands13.58131.78
14University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada14.1710.67
15University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)15.2110.47
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)15.2110.47
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom16.3360.94
16University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)16.9020.29
17Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway17.9931.14
18Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany18.8572.13
19Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand18.8910.10
20Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.3360.85
21Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy20.86101.17
22Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany21.47153.32
23Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy21.6081.98
24Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands21.7551.13
25Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany22.6360.86
26Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland23.3841.80
27World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)24.9181.69
28Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom25.81290.30
29Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark27.3282.23
30University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom27.3720.89
31Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden29.79113.73
32Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands32.9420.57
33European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain33.512711.77
34Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy33.6570.79
35Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland33.7282.05
36Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)34.2220.06
37Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France34.49102.70
-Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France34.49102.70
38Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden35.6360.86
39Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)35.6320.47
40Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium36.5162.07
-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland38.9231.76
41Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden40.8491.58
42Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany40.9020.61
43Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France41.06102.43
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy42.2420.54
44Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)42.2920.19
45Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy43.9371.30
46University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)43.9810.34
47Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy45.8820.92
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)46.6930.18
47Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)46.6930.18
49Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain46.9962.21
50Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands47.0091.32
51Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy51.3951.57
52Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan51.6510.34
-Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy52.3951.57
-Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan52.6610.34
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom53.9310.12
52George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)53.9310.12
54Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy55.1451.44
55Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands56.5050.36
56Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal56.7531.74
57Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy57.0040.98
58Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)57.2430.13
59Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France59.0070.17
60Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France59.8021.23
61Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy60.2642.08
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain61.4951.88
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain61.4951.88
62Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy61.6741.15
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland62.2930.24
63Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)62.4020.18
64Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy62.77101.24
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France63.7320.14
65Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany63.9160.73
66Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)64.0310.09
67Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan64.61111.37
68Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)67.1310.20
69Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria67.2410.22
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)67.6420.08
-Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)68.1410.20
70University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)68.7220.07
71Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands69.8910.26
72Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Madrid, Spain72.3042.43
73Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)72.4220.40
74University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)72.7910.08
75Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom72.8710.14

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Mike Wright3.46
2Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
3.94
3David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
4.20
4Margaret Slade
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
5.94
5Alan M. Rugman7.56
6Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
8.52
7John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
8.52
8Loet Leydesdorff8.77
9Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
9.04
10Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
9.05
11Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
9.29
12Donald S. Siegel
Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)
10.86
13William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.95
14Joao Matos Ferreira
Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal
12.01
15Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
15.62
16Ron Boschma
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands
16.21
17Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
16.71
18Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
16.76
19Zoltan 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)
17.59
20Stephen Parente
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
18.81
21Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose)
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom
19.81
22Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
22.44
23Adam Jaffe
Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
25.24
24Marco Vivarelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy
26.91
25Francesco Quatraro
Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy
27.08
26Andrew B. Bernard
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
29.45
27Rene Belderbos
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium
29.54
28Jan Ernst Fagerberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway
30.08
29Cristiano 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
31.54
30Alex Coad
Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan
31.98
31David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
33.79
32Dirk Czarnitzki38.79
33Pierre Mohnen
United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands
39.43
34Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
40.39
35Rajneesh Narula
University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom
40.68
36Sandro Montresor
Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy
44.57
37Erik Stam
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
44.75
38Ashish Arora
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
45.55
39Jacques Mairesse45.76
40Giovanni Dosi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy
46.32
41Wolfgang Keller46.63
42Christian Rammer
Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
47.21
43Stephen James Redding47.86
44Adam Szeidl
Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria
48.77
45Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
48.88
46J. Bradford Jensen
Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
49.16
47Pol Antras
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
49.36
48Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
50.35
49Richard Ian Harris
Durham University → Business School, Durham, United Kingdom
52.22
50Michael Fritsch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany
52.82
51Thierry A. Verdier
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
53.57
52Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
54.32
53Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
54.81
54Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
55.77
55David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
56.91
56John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
57.28
57Iain M. Cockburn
Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
57.31
58Koen Frenken
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands
58.20
59Jan Svejnar60.72
60Luis Garicano
London School of Economics (LSE) → School of Public Policy, London, United Kingdom
61.55
61Roberta Rabellotti
Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy
62.19
62Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
62.32
63Stephen Ross Yeaple
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
62.52
64Enrico Santarelli
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy
65.83
65Grazia D. Santangelo
Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Strategi og Innovation, København, Denmark
65.92
66Carolina Villegas-Sanchez
Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
66.39
67Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
66.70
68Stephen Roper
University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom
67.27
69Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim)
Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden
67.42
70Pier Paolo Saviotti
Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
68.51
71Fulvio Castellacci
Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway
70.03
72Riccardo Crescenzi
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom
71.83
73Valentina De Marchi
Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy
72.31
74Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
72.42
75Jacques 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
72.44
76Attila Varga75.46
77Marcus Wagner
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
75.67
78Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
78.05
79Thierry Mayer
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
78.06
80Klaus M. Schmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
80.61
81Tom Broekel81.15
82Michaela Trippl81.48
83Klaus Rennings83.08
84Alessandra Colombelli83.20
85Erik E. Lehmann
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
83.90
86David Dorn
Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland
85.13
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