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

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Top Institutions

Rank Institution Score Authors Author
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1London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom1242.35
-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, Belgium3.76132.77
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)4.37270.50
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
7Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)7.8820.46
8Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.8940.34
9Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)7.9530.07
-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)9.7830.19
-KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium11.6482.44
11Paris School of Economics, Paris, France11.6690.71
12Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)12.7310.38
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, Canada14.0710.67
-University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)15.4110.47
14University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)15.4110.47
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom16.4960.94
16University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)17.1820.28
17Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway17.9331.14
18Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany18.4272.13
19Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand18.8810.10
20Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)19.2660.88
21Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy20.65101.17
22Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany21.22153.32
23Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy21.5281.98
24Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands21.8051.13
25Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany22.8760.86
26Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland23.3841.80
27University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom26.5620.89
28Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom26.62300.30
29Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark27.0882.23
30World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)28.4781.69
31Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden29.08113.73
32Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy31.6870.88
33Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands33.1920.56
34European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain33.232711.77
35Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland33.5982.05
36Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)34.2620.06
-Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France34.58102.69
36Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France34.58102.69
38Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)35.0920.47
39Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden35.4960.86
40Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium36.2662.07
-Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland39.0031.76
-Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy40.4720.62
41Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden40.4891.58
42Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany40.4920.61
43Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France42.07102.42
44Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)43.4520.18
45Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy44.0271.29
46University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)44.3410.34
47Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy45.9020.92
-Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)47.0930.18
47Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)47.0930.18
49Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain47.1562.21
50Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands47.4091.32
51Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy51.5351.57
-Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy52.5451.57
52Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan52.7010.34
-Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan53.7010.34
-London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom54.2310.12
52George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)54.2310.12
54Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy54.4441.01
55Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy55.0151.44
56Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal56.6731.74
57Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands57.4550.36
58Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)57.5330.13
59Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France59.8670.17
60University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)60.2810.09
61Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy60.5542.08
62Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France60.7821.23
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain61.9251.88
-Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain61.9251.88
-Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland62.1430.25
63Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)62.7820.18
64Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy62.84101.24
65Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy63.3141.14
66Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany64.2660.73
67Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan64.85111.37
-Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France64.9220.14
68Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)65.2810.09
69Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria67.2510.22
70Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)67.6710.20
-Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)68.6910.20
71University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)69.5520.07
-World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)70.1620.08
72Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands70.2810.26
73Universidad Complutense de Madrid → Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Madrid, Spain71.6242.43
74Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom73.2810.14
-Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)74.7210.10
75Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain75.0210.47

Top Authors

Rank Author Score
1Mike Wright3.20
2Marc J. Melitz
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
3.88
3David B. Audretsch
Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)
4.33
4Margaret Slade
University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada
6.75
5Alan M. Rugman7.37
6Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
7.98
7John van Reenen
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
8.40
8Philippe Aghion
London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
8.72
9Loet Leydesdorff9.01
10Albert N. Link
University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)
9.81
11Mark J. Roberts
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
9.92
12Donald S. Siegel
Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)
10.99
13William Kerr
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
11.80
14Joao Matos Ferreira
Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal
11.94
15Bronwyn H Hall
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
16.16
16Ron Boschma
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands
16.65
17Ufuk Akcigit
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
17.12
18Nicholas Bloom
Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)
17.36
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)
17.63
20Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose)
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom
18.82
21Stephen Parente
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)
19.83
22Gordon Hanson
Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
22.32
23Adam Jaffe
Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
25.77
24Marco Vivarelli
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy
26.16
25Francesco Quatraro
Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy
27.28
26Andrew B. Bernard
Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)
28.95
27Rene Belderbos
KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium
29.55
28Jan Ernst Fagerberg
Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway
29.92
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
32.27
30Alex Coad
Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan
32.33
31David Autor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
35.97
32Dirk Czarnitzki38.95
33Rajneesh Narula
University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom
40.15
34Peter Nijkamp
Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands
40.83
35Pierre Mohnen
United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands
41.11
36Chad Syverson
University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
41.83
37Sandro Montresor
Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy
45.05
38Erik Stam
Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands
45.22
39Ashish Arora
Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)
45.81
40Giovanni Dosi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy
46.23
41Adam Szeidl
Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria
46.29
42Wolfgang Keller46.65
43Jacques Mairesse46.81
44Pol Antras
Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
47.49
45J. Bradford Jensen
Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
47.90
46Christian Rammer
Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
48.19
47Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy
50.01
48Stephen James Redding51.58
49Josh Lerner
Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
52.73
50Michael Fritsch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany
52.84
51Richard Ian Harris
Durham University → Business School, Durham, United Kingdom
52.86
52Thierry A. Verdier
Paris School of Economics, Paris, France
54.21
53Dilip Mookherjee
Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
54.43
54Christopher Woodruff
Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom
54.92
55Iain M. Cockburn
Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
57.00
56John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)
57.71
57David Mckenzie
World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
58.42
58Koen Frenken
Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands
58.55
59Jan Svejnar59.12
60Luis Garicano
London School of Economics (LSE) → School of Public Policy, London, United Kingdom
59.45
61Enrico Santarelli
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy
61.68
62Roberta Rabellotti
Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy
62.84
63Stephen Ross Yeaple
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)
Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)
62.88
64Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim)
Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden
65.03
65Carolina Villegas-Sanchez
Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain
65.11
66Enrico Moretti
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
65.78
67Yuriy Gorodnichenko
University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)
66.17
68Grazia D. Santangelo
Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Strategi og Innovation, København, Denmark
66.73
69Stephen Roper
University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom
68.02
70Fulvio Castellacci
Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway
69.59
71Pier Paolo Saviotti
Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
70.80
72Valentina De Marchi
Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy
71.13
73Riccardo Crescenzi
London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom
72.21
74Jacques 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
72.56
75Ron S. Jarmin
Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
72.95
76Marcus Wagner
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
75.41
77Attila Varga76.29
78Thierry Mayer
Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France
79.32
79Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)
79.74
80Michaela Trippl80.55
81Klaus Rennings80.73
82Tom Broekel80.90
83Klaus M. Schmidt
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany
80.96
84Alessandra Colombelli81.93
85Erik E. Lehmann
Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany
83.39
86Slavo Radosevic
University College London (UCL) → School of Slavonic and East European Studies → Centre for Comparative Economics, London, United Kingdom
85.31
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