Research Productivity in Business Economics: An Investigation of Austrian, German and Swiss Universities

  1. Oliver Fabel1,
  2. Miriam Hein2,
  3. Robert Hofmeister2

Article first published online: 12 SEP 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00451.x

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German Economic Review

German Economic Review

Volume 9, Issue 4, pages 506–531, November 2008

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Fabel, O., Hein, M. and Hofmeister, R. (2008), Research Productivity in Business Economics: An Investigation of Austrian, German and Swiss Universities. German Economic Review, 9: 506–531. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0475.2008.00451.x

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  1. 1

    University of Vienna

  2. 2

    University of Konstanz

*Address for correspondence: Oliver Fabel, Chair for International Personnel Management, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics, University of Vienna, Brünner Str. 72, 1210 Wien, Austria. Tel.: +43 1 4277 38161; fax: +43 1 4277 38164; e-mail: oliver.fabel@univie.ac.at

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  1. Issue published online: 12 SEP 2008
  2. Article first published online: 12 SEP 2008

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Keywords:

  • A10;
  • A14;
  • I23
  • Business economics;
  • research rankings;
  • research productivity

Abstract. We draw on a new and comprehensive dataset that collects the research output of business economists employed by Austrian, German and Swiss universities. We compute research rankings of departments and identify the leading departments in selected subdisciplines. Moreover, we investigate how institutional design and individual characteristics affect research productivity and draw some conclusions for the training of junior scientists.

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