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

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For Economics of Strategic Management, these are 753 institutions and 866 authors.

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Top Institutions

Rank	Institution	Score	Authors	Author Shares
1	London School of Economics (LSE), London, United Kingdom	1	24	2.39
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	2.19	14	0.85
2	Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	2.32	2	0.30
3	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	4.07	26	0.50
4	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen, Leuven, Belgium	4.12	13	2.77
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	6.27	13	3.85
7	Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	7.59	2	0.47
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	7.95	3	0.07
9	Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.59	4	0.35
10	University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	8.99	3	0.19
-	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	9.12	10	2.95
11	Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	11.43	9	0.71
-	KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	11.64	8	2.44
12	Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	12.77	1	0.38
13	United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	13.58	13	1.88
14	University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	14.01	1	0.67
-	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	15.30	1	0.47
14	University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	15.30	1	0.47
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	16.14	6	0.95
16	University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	16.81	2	0.28
17	Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	18.15	7	2.13
18	Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	18.82	3	1.11
19	Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	18.89	1	0.10
20	Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	19.83	6	0.64
21	Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	20.43	10	1.17
22	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	21.20	6	0.86
23	Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	21.63	15	3.36
24	Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	21.85	8	1.99
25	World Bank Group, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	22.73	8	1.73
26	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC), Zürich, Switzerland	23.34	4	1.81
27	Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, United Kingdom	24.37	29	0.30
28	University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	26.25	2	0.89
29	Copenhagen Business School, København, Denmark	27.57	8	2.23
30	Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	29.36	11	3.74
31	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milano, Italy	31.66	7	0.80
32	Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	31.91	5	1.05
33	Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	32.99	2	0.06
34	European Commission → Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain	33.80	27	11.94
35	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	34.14	2	0.59
36	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden	34.51	6	0.86
37	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI), Nice, France	35.88	10	2.71
-	Université Côte d'Azur → École Universitaire de Recherche d'Économie et de Management (ELMI) → Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Économie, Gestion (GREDEG), Nice, France	35.88	10	2.71
38	Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	35.99	2	0.47
39	Vlerick Business School, Gent, Belgium	36.36	6	2.07
40	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält, Zürich, Switzerland	36.78	7	1.99
-	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ) → Department of Management, Technology and Economics (D-MTEC) → KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zürich, Switzerland	38.71	3	1.76
-	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	39.72	2	0.54
41	Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH) → Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, Stockholm, Sweden	40.96	9	1.58
42	Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE), Paris, France	41.19	10	2.43
43	Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	41.29	2	0.19
44	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	42.47	1	0.34
45	Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	42.49	3	0.94
46	Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	42.91	2	0.61
47	Centro Ricerche Nord Sud (CRENoS), Cagliari, Italy	43.98	7	1.30
48	Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	46.09	2	0.92
49	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	46.16	3	0.18
-	Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	46.16	3	0.18
50	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics, Barcelona, Spain	47.35	6	2.21
51	Maastricht University → School of Business and Economics, Maastricht, Netherlands	48.00	9	1.33
52	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali, Roma, Italy	53.13	5	1.57
53	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce, Tokyo, Japan	53.76	1	0.34
-	Università degli Studi Roma Tre → Scuola de Economia e Studi Aziendali → Dipartimento di Economia, Roma, Italy	54.13	5	1.57
-	Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	54.76	1	0.34
-	London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Management, London, United Kingdom	55.24	1	0.12
53	George Mason University → Schar School of Policy and Government, Arlington, Virginia (United States)	55.24	1	0.12
55	Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	55.49	5	1.44
56	Brown University → Economics Department, Providence, Rhode Island (United States)	56.28	3	0.13
57	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	56.83	4	0.98
58	Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	57.19	5	0.36
59	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques, Paris, France	58.23	7	0.17
60	Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	60.56	2	1.23
61	Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	61.83	3	1.74
62	Boston University → Department of Economics, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	62.22	2	0.18
63	Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	62.52	4	2.08
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA), Barcelona, Spain	62.81	5	1.88
-	Universitat de Barcelona → School of Economics → Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA) → Grup d'Anàlisi Quantitativa Regional, Barcelona, Spain	62.81	5	1.88
-	Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	62.81	2	0.14
64	Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	63.81	1	0.09
65	Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW), Kiel, Germany	64.15	6	0.73
66	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) → Social Sciences, L'Aquila, Italy	64.44	4	1.15
67	Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan	64.47	11	1.38
68	Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies (SEEDS), Ferrara, Italy	65.75	10	1.23
69	University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	66.94	2	0.07
-	World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	67.46	2	0.08
70	Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	67.99	1	0.22
71	Boston University → Questrom School of Business, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	68.70	1	0.20
-	Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	69.71	1	0.20
-	Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	70.96	2	0.17
72	Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	71.15	1	0.26
73	University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	72.46	1	0.08
74	Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)	72.60	2	0.40
75	Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom	73.37	1	0.14

Top Authors

Rank	Author	Score
1	Mike Wright †	3.52
2	Marc J. Melitz Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	3.57
3	David B. Audretsch Indiana University → School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Bloomington, Indiana (United States)	4.07
4	Margaret Slade University of British Columbia → Vancouver School of Economics, Vancouver, Canada	6.92
5	Alan M. Rugman †	7.69
6	Daron Acemoglu Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	8.21
7	Philippe Aghion London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	8.35
8	John van Reenen London School of Economics (LSE) → Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), London, United Kingdom	8.59
9	Mark J. Roberts Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	8.63
10	Loet Leydesdorff †	8.95
11	Albert N. Link University of North Carolina-Greensboro → Bryan School of Business and Economics → Economics Department, Greensboro, North Carolina (United States)	9.78
12	Donald S. Siegel Arizona State University → School of Public Affairs, Phoenix, Arizona (United States)	10.95
13	Joao Matos Ferreira Universidade da Beira Interior → Departamento de Gestão e Economia, Covilhã, Portugal	12.81
14	William Kerr Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	12.87
15	Bronwyn H Hall University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	15.80
16	Ufuk Akcigit University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	16.73
17	Nicholas Bloom Stanford University → Department of Economics, Stanford, California (United States)	16.84
18	Ron Boschma Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Utrecht, Netherlands	16.84
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)	18.03
20	Stephen Parente University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign → Department of Economics, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)	18.78
21	Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Andres Rodriguez-Pose) London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	20.36
22	Gordon Hanson Harvard University → Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	22.16
23	Adam Jaffe Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand	25.43
24	Marco Vivarelli Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore → Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche → Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Milano, Italy	25.71
25	Francesco Quatraro Università degli Studi di Torino → Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica "Cognetti de Martiis", Torino, Italy	28.06
26	Jan Ernst Fagerberg Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	28.22
27	Andrew B. Bernard Dartmouth College → Tuck School of Business, Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)	28.43
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	30.25
29	Rene Belderbos KU Leuven → Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfswetenschappen → Onderzoekseenheid Bedrijfseconomie, Strategie en Innovatie, Leuven, Belgium	31.01
30	Alex Coad Waseda University → Faculty of Commerce → Graduate School of Business and Finance, Tokyo, Japan	32.01
31	David Autor Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) → Economics Department, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	32.99
32	Dirk Czarnitzki	37.73
33	Pierre Mohnen United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research Institute of Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Maastricht, Netherlands	39.20
34	Peter Nijkamp Tinbergen Instituut, Amsterdam, Netherlands	39.64
35	Rajneesh Narula University of Reading → Henley Business School, Reading, United Kingdom	42.01
36	Sandro Montresor Università degli Studi di Trento → Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Trento, Italy	44.40
37	Jacques Mairesse	44.52
38	Ashish Arora Duke University → Fuqua School of Business, Durham, North Carolina (United States)	45.33
39	Giovanni Dosi Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna → Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM), Pisa, Italy	45.50
40	Wolfgang Keller	45.55
41	Pol Antras Harvard University → Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	47.16
42	Christian Rammer Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany	47.26
43	Gianmarco I.p. Ottaviano Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi → Dipartimento di Economia "Ettore Bocconi", Milano, Italy	47.60
44	J. Bradford Jensen Georgetown University → McDonough School of Business, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	48.17
45	Stephen James Redding	48.66
46	Adam Szeidl Central European University → Department of Economics and Business, Wien, Austria	49.78
47	Josh Lerner Harvard University → Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)	50.42
48	Richard Ian Harris Durham University → Business School, Durham, United Kingdom	52.33
49	Michael Fritsch Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Jena, Germany	52.44
50	Thierry A. Verdier Paris School of Economics, Paris, France	53.09
51	Chad Syverson University of Chicago → Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	54.08
52	John Haltiwanger University of Maryland → Department of Economics, College Park, Maryland (United States)	54.24
53	Erik Stam Universiteit Utrecht → School of Economics, Utrecht, Netherlands	54.50
54	Dilip Mookherjee Boston University → Department of Economics → Institute for Economic Development, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	55.17
55	Christopher Woodruff Oxford University → Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford, United Kingdom	55.24
56	Iain M. Cockburn Boston University → Questrom School of Business → Department of Strategy and Innovation, Boston, Massachusetts (United States)	56.62
57	Jan Svejnar	56.67
58	David Mckenzie World Bank Group → Economics Research, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	57.05
59	Koen Frenken Universiteit Utrecht → Faculteit Ruimtelijke Wetenschappen → Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation, Utrecht, Netherlands	58.42
60	Yuriy Gorodnichenko University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	60.17
61	Luis Garicano London School of Economics (LSE) → School of Public Policy, London, United Kingdom	60.52
62	Stephen Ross Yeaple National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States) Pennsylvania State University → Department of Economics, State College, Pennsylvania (United States)	62.25
63	Roberta Rabellotti Università degli Studi di Pavia → Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Pavia, Italy	63.30
64	Enrico Moretti University of California-Berkeley → Department of Economics, Berkeley, California (United States)	64.90
65	Carolina Villegas-Sanchez Universitat Ramon Llull → ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain	65.03
66	Bjørn Terje Asheim (Bjorn Terje Asheim) Lunds Universitet → Centre for Innovation Research (CIRCLE), Lund, Sweden	66.33
67	Enrico Santarelli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Bologna, Italy	66.48
68	Grazia D. Santangelo Copenhagen Business School → Institut for Strategi og Innovation, København, Denmark	66.98
69	Stephen Roper University of Warwick → Warwick Business School, Coventry, United Kingdom	67.40
70	Pier Paolo Saviotti Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France	69.67
71	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	70.59
72	Riccardo Crescenzi London School of Economics (LSE) → Department of Geography and Environment, London, United Kingdom	73.09
73	Ron S. Jarmin Government of the United States → Department of Commerce → Census Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia (United States)	73.20
74	Attila Varga †	73.52
75	Thierry Mayer Sciences Po → Sciences économiques → Department of Economics, Paris, France	74.77
76	Valentina De Marchi Università degli Studi di Padova → Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali "Marco Fanno", Padova, Italy	76.35
77	Esteban Rossi-Hansberg University of Chicago → Department of Economics, Chicago, Illinois (United States)	78.11
78	Marcus Wagner Universität Augsburg → Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Augsburg, Germany	78.19
79	David Dorn Universität Zürich → Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakutält → Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, Zürich, Switzerland	80.29
80	Michaela Trippl	80.87
81	Klaus M. Schmidt Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München → Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, München, Germany	81.30
82	Tom Broekel Universitetet i Stavanger → Handelshøgskolen, Stavanger, Norway	82.90
83	Fulvio Castellacci Universitetet i Oslo → Senter for teknologi, innovasjon og kultur (TIK), Oslo, Norway	83.56
84	Alessandra Colombelli	85.24
85	Slavo Radosevic University College London (UCL) → School of Slavonic and East European Studies → Centre for Comparative Economics, London, United Kingdom	85.47
86	Klaus Rennings †	86.64

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