2026 Christian Kowalkowski: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	45	1268	1185	17	15	207	11298

Research.com Recognitions

2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Christian Kowalkowski is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on Marketing, Strategy and Management, and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Their research spans several specialized subfields, including Sociology and Political Science as well as Management of Technology and Innovation.

The researcher's work covers a range of topics, emphasizing Service and Product Innovation, Customer Service Quality and Loyalty, Sharing Economy and Platforms, Digital Platforms and Economics, Persona Design and Applications, Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, and Innovation and Knowledge Management.

Christian Kowalkowski has contributed to multiple papers, several of which have been published in well-regarded academic journals. Notable recent publications include:

Navigating disruptive crises through service-led growth: The impact of COVID-19 on Italian manufacturing firms, 2020, Industrial Marketing Management
Carsharing: a systematic literature review and research agenda, 2021, Journal of service management
Learning to discover value: Value-based pricing and selling capabilities for services and solutions, 2020, Journal of Business Research
Tensions in digital servitization through a paradox lens, 2022, Industrial Marketing Management
Putting the "service" into B2B marketing: key developments in service research and their relevance for B2B, 2022, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Their collaborative efforts include frequent co-authorship with several researchers, such as Bård Tronvoll, Alexey Sklyar, David Sörhammar, Mario Rapaccini, and Brenda Nansubuga.

Christian Kowalkowski's publications are often featured in academic venues including Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Service Management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and International Journal of Business Environment. Among these, Industrial Marketing Management and Journal of Business Research represent the most frequent publishing outlets.

Best Publications

Enabling service innovation: A dynamic capabilities approach

Daniel Kindström;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Erik Sandberg

797
Citations
Servitization and deservitization: Overview, concepts, and definitions

Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Heiko Gebauer;Heiko Gebauer;Bart Kamp;Bart Kamp;Glenn Parry

657
Citations
Service innovation in product-centric firms : a multidimensional business model perspective

Daniel Kindström;Christian Kowalkowski

586
Citations
The evolution of service innovation research: a critical review and synthesis

Per Carlborg;Daniel Kindström;Christian Kowalkowski

561
Citations
Development of industrial service offerings: a process framework

Daniel Kindström;Christian Kowalkowski

457
Citations
Organizing for digital servitization : A service ecosystem perspective

Alexey Sklyar;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Bård Tronvoll;David Sörhammar

442
Citations
Solutions offerings : A critical review and reconceptualisation

Fredrik Nordin;Christian Kowalkowski

436
Citations
What service transition?: Rethinking established assumptions about manufacturers' service-led growth strategies

Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Charlotta Windahl;Daniel Kindström;Heiko Gebauer

401
Citations
Service growth in product firms: Past, present, and future

Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Heiko Gebauer;Heiko Gebauer;Rogelio Oliva

400
Citations
Servitization: A contemporary thematic review of four major research streams

Christopher Raddats;Christian Kowalkowski;Ornella Benedettini;Jamie Burton

399
Citations
Navigating disruptive crises through service-led growth: The impact of COVID-19 on Italian manufacturing firms

Mario Rapaccini;Niccola Saccani;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Marco Paiola

359
Citations
Dynamics of value propositions: insights from service‐dominant logic

Christian Kowalkowski

331
Citations
Any way goes : Identifying value constellations for service infusion in SMEs

Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Lars Witell;Lars Witell;Anders Gustafsson

290
Citations
Transformational shifts through digital servitization

Bård Tronvoll;Alexey Sklyar;David Sörhammar;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski

289
Citations
Service Infusion as Agile Incrementalism in Action

Christian Kowalkowski;Daniel Kindström;Thomas Brashear Alejandro;Staffan Brege

266
Citations
Customer-focused and service-focused orientation in organizational structures

Heiko Gebauer;Christian Kowalkowski

213
Citations
Archetypes of Service Innovation: Implications for Value Cocreation.

Anu Helkkula;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Bård Tronvoll

203
Citations
What does a service-dominant logic really mean for manufacturing firms?

Christian Kowalkowski

185
Citations
Network orchestration for value platform development

Helen Perks;Christian Kowalkowski;Christian Kowalkowski;Lars Witell;Lars Witell;Anders Gustafsson

171
Citations
ICT as a catalyst for service business orientation

Christian Kowalkowski;Daniel Kindström;Heiko Gebauer

170
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Lars Witell Karlstad University

Bo Edvardsson Karlstad University

Tomohiko Sakao Linköping University

Nicola Saccani University of Brescia

Anders Gustafsson BI Norwegian Business School

Glenn Parry University of Surrey

Patrik Thollander Linköping University

Lars Bengtsson Lund University

Paul P. Maglio University of California, Merced

External Links

Personal website of Christian Kowalkowski Google Scholar page

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