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Charlie Karlsson

Charlie Karlsson

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
40
Citations
7424
World Ranking
1672
National Ranking
23

Economics and Finance

D-Index
40
Citations
7400
World Ranking
2288
National Ranking
25

Overview

Charlie Karlsson is affiliated with Jönköping University in Sweden. Their research primarily engages with the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Karlsson's work spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Demography, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Urban Studies.

The main topics addressed in Karlsson's research include:

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Regional Development and Policy
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies
  • Rural development and sustainability
  • Urbanization and City Planning
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management

Karlsson has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Annals of Regional Science
  • Regional Studies
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Journal of Business Venturing Insights

The recent papers authored by Karlsson include:

  • "The growth and development of Nordic regional science research 1982-2022: bibliometric evidence from thirteen regional science journals", 2025, The Annals of Regional Science
  • "A bibliometric portrait of a regional science scholar: in memory of professor Börje Johansson", 2024, The Annals of Regional Science

Karlsson has also co-authored important papers with other scholars in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sam Tavassoli
  • Iréne Bernhard
  • Urban Gråsjö
  • Björn Hammarfelt
  • Mikaela Bäckman

Other notable recent papers related to their collaborative research are:

  • "Ageing places: convergence and the role of the foreign population", 2023, Regional Studies
  • "The role of location on complexity of firms' innovation outcome", 2020, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • "Unlocking the potential of regions through entrepreneurship and innovation", 2022, The Annals of Regional Science

Best Publications

  • The Future of Entrepreneurship Research

    Johan Wiklund;Per Davidsson;David B. Audretsch;Charlie Karlsson

  • Regional Innovation Systems in Small and Medium-Sized Regions

    Martin Andersson;Charlie Karlsson

  • Handbook of research on cluster theory

    Charlie Karlsson

  • Persistence of various types of innovation analyzed and explained

    Sam Tavassoli;Sam Tavassoli;Charlie Karlsson;Charlie Karlsson;Charlie Karlsson

  • Introduction to the special issue The regional and urban effects of high-speed trains

    U. Blum;K Haynes;Charlie Karlsson

  • Product Innovation in Small and Large Enterprises

    Charlie Karlsson;Ola Olsson

  • The identification of functional regions: theory, methods, and applications

    Charlie Karlsson;Michael Olsson

  • Interregional Inventor Networks as Studied by Patent Coinventorships

    Olof Ejermo;Charlie Karlsson

  • The Emerging Digital Economy

    Börje Johansson;Charlie Karlsson;Roger Stough

  • Knowledge in Regional Economic Growth—The Role of Knowledge Accessibility

    Charlie Karlsson;Martin Andersson

  • Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth : Lessons for Regional Policies

    Börje Johansson;Charlie Karlsson;Roger Stough

  • Knowledge Spillovers in a Spatial Context — A Critical Review and Assessment

    Charlie Karlsson;Agostino Manduchi

  • Industrial Clusters and Inter-Firm Networks

    Charlie Karlsson;Börje Johansson;Roger Stough

  • Regional Innovation Systems in Small and Medium-Sized Regions : A Critical Review and Assessment

    Martin Andersson;Charlie Karlsson

  • Small Business Dynamics : International, National and Regional Perspectives

    Charlie Karlsson;B Johannesson;D.J Storey

  • The Linkages Among Entrepreneurship, SMEs and the Macroeconomy

    Charlie Karlsson;Z.J. Acs;B. Carlsson

  • Entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises and the macroeconomy

    Zoltán J. Ács;Bo Carlsson;Charlie Karlsson

  • Theories of Endogenous Regional Growth

    Börje Johansson;Charlie Karlsson;Roger R. Stough

  • Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters : Cases and Policies

    Charlie Karlsson

  • The role of universities in regional development Endogenous human capital and growth in a two-region model

    Charlie Karlsson;Wei-Bin Zhang

  • Innovation strategies of firms: What strategies and why?

    Charlie Karlsson;Charlie Karlsson;Charlie Karlsson;Sam Tavassoli;Sam Tavassoli

  • Persistence of various types of innovation analysed and explained

    Charlie Karlsson;Sam Tavassoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoltan J. Acs
Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University
Michaela Trippl
Michaela Trippl University of Vienna
Pontus Braunerhjelm
Pontus Braunerhjelm Royal Institute of Technology
Lars Bengtsson
Lars Bengtsson Lund University
Johan Wiklund
Johan Wiklund Syracuse University
Per Davidsson
Per Davidsson Jönköping University
Joakim Wincent
Joakim Wincent Hanken School of Economics
David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch Indiana University
Paul Cheshire
Paul Cheshire London School of Economics and Political Science
David J. Storey
David J. Storey University of Sussex

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