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

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For Economics of Strategic Management, these are 761 institutions and 871 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1	24	2.33
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	2.19	14	0.84
2	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.32	2	0.29
3	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	3.76	13	2.77
4	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.37	27	0.49
5	Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	4.46	1	0.29
6	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, Milano/Piacenza, Italy	6.10	13	3.87
7	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	7.89	2	0.46
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	7.97	3	0.07
9	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.04	4	0.34
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	8.78	10	2.96
10	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	9.52	3	0.19
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	11.64	8	2.44
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	11.66	9	0.70
12	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	12.73	1	0.38
13	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	13.58	13	1.78
14	University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	14.38	1	0.67
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	15.33	1	0.47
14	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	15.33	1	0.47
16	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	16.61	2	0.29
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	16.78	6	0.93
17	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	18.16	3	1.14
18	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	18.40	7	2.13
19	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	18.59	1	0.10
20	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	19.58	6	0.87
21	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	20.20	15	3.33
22	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	20.66	10	1.17
23	Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	21.38	5	1.13
24	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	21.60	8	1.98
25	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	23.65	4	1.80
26	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	24.83	6	0.85
27	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	25.97	8	1.67
28	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	26.19	2	0.89
29	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	26.39	30	0.30
30	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	26.94	8	2.23
31	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	30.11	11	3.73
32	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	30.38	7	0.88
33	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	33.09	27	11.77
34	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	33.43	8	2.06
35	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	33.72	2	0.56
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	34.69	10	2.69
35	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	34.69	10	2.69
37	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	35.13	2	0.47
38	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	35.48	2	0.06
39	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	35.68	6	0.86
40	Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	35.99	6	2.07
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	38.89	2	0.62
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	39.06	3	1.76
41	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	40.48	2	0.61
42	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	40.70	9	1.58
43	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	41.86	10	2.42
44	Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	43.80	2	0.18
45	Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy	44.20	7	1.29
46	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	44.46	1	0.34
47	Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	45.54	2	0.92
48	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	46.96	6	2.21
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	47.11	3	0.18
48	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	47.11	3	0.18
50	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	47.30	9	1.32
51	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	51.93	5	1.57
52	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan	52.75	1	0.34
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	52.93	5	1.57
-	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	53.76	1	0.34
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	54.12	1	0.12
52	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	54.12	1	0.12
54	Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	54.68	5	1.44
55	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	55.15	4	1.01
56	Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	56.78	3	1.74
57	Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	57.24	6	0.36
58	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	58.62	1	0.09
59	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	58.99	3	0.13
60	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	60.30	7	0.17
61	Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	60.58	2	1.23
62	Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	60.72	4	2.08
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	61.30	3	0.26
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	61.95	5	1.88
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	61.95	5	1.88
63	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	61.97	11	1.74
64	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	62.91	2	0.18
65	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	63.71	4	1.07
66	Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany	63.92	6	0.75
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	64.79	2	0.14
67	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan	64.88	11	1.37
68	Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	65.62	1	0.09
69	Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	66.88	1	0.22
70	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	67.49	1	0.20
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	68.50	1	0.20
71	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	69.80	1	0.26
72	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	69.83	2	0.07
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	70.31	2	0.08
73	Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Madrid, Spain	71.86	4	2.43
74	Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain	72.54	1	0.47
75	Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom	74.59	1	0.14
-	Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	74.86	1	0.10
76	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	76.85	2	0.40

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Mike Wright †	3.28
2	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	3.90
3	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	4.37
4	Margaret Slade University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	6.08
5	Alan M. Rugman †	7.43
6	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.44
7	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	8.66
8	Loet Leydesdorff †	8.79
9	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	9.03
10	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	9.55
11	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	9.77
12	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	10.84
13	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	10.92
14	Joao Matos Ferreira Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	11.93
15	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	14.47
16	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	16.28
17	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	16.81
18	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)	17.48
19	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	18.71
20	Stephen Parente University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	19.50
21	Gordon Hanson Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	21.85
22	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	22.34
23	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	25.05
24	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	25.38
25	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	27.47
26	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	29.30
27	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	30.08
28	Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	30.14
29	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	31.96
30	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	32.34
31	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	36.77
32	Dirk Czarnitzki	39.01
33	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	40.11
34	Rajneesh Narula University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	40.48
35	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	41.20
36	Chad Syverson University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	42.55
37	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	43.22
38	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	44.11
39	Erik Stam Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	44.80
40	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	45.51
41	Jacques Mairesse	46.80
42	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	46.97
43	Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	47.18
44	Adam Szeidl Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	47.47
45	Wolfgang Keller	47.57
46	Pol Antras Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	48.31
47	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	49.52
48	J. Bradford Jensen Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	50.85
49	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	52.63
50	Stephen James Redding	52.82
51	Richard Ian Harris Durham University → Business School, Durham, United Kingdom	53.78
52	Dilip Mookherjee Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	54.85
53	Thierry A. Verdier Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	55.65
54	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	56.02
55	Christopher Woodruff Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom	57.84
56	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	57.90
57	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	58.59
58	David Mckenzie World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	59.09
59	Enrico Santarelli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	60.83
60	Roberta Rabellotti Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	62.15
61	Luis Garicano London School of Economics (LSE) → School of Public Policy, London, United Kingdom	62.96
62	Jan Svejnar	63.36
63	Yuriy Gorodnichenko University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	64.21
64	Carolina Villegas-Sanchez Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain	64.23
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)	64.61
66	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	65.10
67	Grazia D. Santangelo Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Strategi og Innovation, København, Denmark	66.29
68	Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim) Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	66.54
69	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	67.57
70	Pier Paolo Saviotti Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	69.91
71	Valentina De Marchi Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	71.02
72	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	72.06
73	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	72.15
74	Fulvio Castellacci Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	72.46
75	Ron S. Jarmin Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	74.17
76	Marcus Wagner Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	75.38
77	Attila Varga †	76.19
78	Tom Broekel	77.42
79	Michaela Trippl	79.27
80	Klaus Rennings †	80.43
81	Esteban Rossi-Hansberg University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	80.87
82	Alessandra Colombelli	81.38
83	Thierry Mayer Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	81.40
84	Klaus M. Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	81.83
85	Erik E. Lehmann Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	84.99
86	Slavo Radosevic University College London (UCL) → School of Slavonic and East European Studies → Centre for Comparative Economics, London, United Kingdom	85.36
87	Oded Galor Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	86.47

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