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Business and Management
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2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
58
Citations
19021
World Ranking
608
National Ranking
10

Bernard Cova publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Cova sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 246 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Bernard Cova D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bernard Cova sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in France Leader Award

Overview

Bernard Cova is affiliated with Kedge Business School in France and has contributed extensively to the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Social Sciences. Their research spans a range of subfields including Marketing, Sociology and Political Science, Business and International Management, Strategy and Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management.

The main topics of Bernard Cova's work are diverse and include:

  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Digital Marketing and Social Media
  • Consumer Retail Behavior Studies
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Service and Product Innovation
  • Business Strategy and Innovation

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Bernard Cova are:

  • The new frontier of consumer experiences: escape through pain, 2020, AMS Review
  • Creating a brand community at the bottom of the pyramid: the case of a Cameroonian music platform, 2021, Journal of Marketing Management
  • Nostalgia and pastiche in the post-postmodern zeitgeist: The 'postcar' from Italy, 2020, Marketing Theory (authored by Luigi Cantone but relevant within the context)
  • Brand magnification: when brands help people reconstruct their lives, 2022, European Journal of Marketing (co-authored by Gregorio Fuschillo)
  • How innovation nurtures well-being in enthusiast communities, 2021, Innovation (co-authored by Simone Guercini)

Bernard Cova frequently publishes in journals such as:

  • Marketing Theory
  • Revue française de gestion
  • Consumption Markets & Culture
  • Journal of Customer Behaviour
  • AMS Review

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Franck Barès
  • Julien Cayla
  • Luigi Cantone
  • Pierpaolo Testa
  • Gregorio Fuschillo

Bernard Cova's work demonstrates a sustained focus on the intersection of consumer behavior, brand interaction, and innovation in various socioeconomic contexts. Their contributions address both theoretical and practical aspects of marketing, consumer experiences, and the construction of brand communities, including those at the socioeconomic "bottom of the pyramid."

Best Publications

  • Tribal marketing: The tribalisation of society and its impact on the conduct of marketing

    Bernard Cova;Véronique Cova

  • Community and consumption

    Bernard Cova

  • Revisiting Consumption Experience A More Humble but Complete View of the Concept

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • Brand community of convenience products: new forms of customer empowerment – the case “my Nutella The Community”

    Bernard Cova;Stefano Pace

  • Working Consumers: The Next Step in Marketing Theory?

    Bernard Cova;Daniele Dalli

  • Marketing solutions in accordance with the S-D logic: Co-creating value with customer network actors

    Bernard Cova;Robert Salle

  • Critical perspectives on consumers' role as 'producers': Broadening the debate on value co-creation in marketing processes.

    Bernard Cova;Daniele Dalli;Detlev Zwick

  • Servicescapes: From Modern Non-Places to Postmodern Common Places

    Véronique Aubert-Gamet;Bernard Cova

  • Counter-brand and alter-brand communities: the impact of Web 2.0 on tribal marketing approaches

    Bernard Cova;Tim White

  • Tribal aspects of postmodern consumption research: the case of French in-line roller skaters

    Bernard Cova;Véronique Cova

  • How to facilitate immersion in a consumption experience: appropriation operations and service elements

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • Expériences de consommation et marketing expérientiel

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • Consumption experiences and experience based marketing

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • The postmodern explained to managers: Implications for marketing

    Bernard Cova

  • Selling pain to the saturated self

    Rebecca Scott;Julien Cayla;Julien Cayla;Bernard Cova

  • Project Marketing: Beyond Competitive Bidding

    Bernard Cova;Pervez N. Ghauri;Robert S Salle

  • Approche empirique de l'immersion dans l'expérience de consommation: les opérations d'appropriation

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • Au-delà du marché quand le lien importe plus que le bien

    Bernard Cova

  • Co-creating the collective service experience

    Antonella Carù;Bernard Cova

  • Anti-consumption and consumer resistance: concepts, concerns, conflicts and convergence

    Michael Lee;Dominique Roux;Helene Cherrier;Bernard Cova

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Skålén
Per Skålén Karlstad University
Pervez N. Ghauri
Pervez N. Ghauri University of Birmingham
Björn Sven Ivens
Björn Sven Ivens University of Bamberg
Peter S.H. Leeflang
Peter S.H. Leeflang University of Groningen
Eric J. Arnould
Eric J. Arnould Aalto University
Susan Hart
Susan Hart Durham University
David Ford
David Ford University of Bath
Sara Carter
Sara Carter University of Glasgow
Adamantios Diamantopoulos
Adamantios Diamantopoulos University of Vienna

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