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Dirk Czarnitzki

Dirk Czarnitzki

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Business and Management
Belgium
2026
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Economics and Finance
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
64
Citations
15627
World Ranking
424
National Ranking
3

Economics and Finance

D-Index
64
Citations
15609
World Ranking
652
National Ranking
3

Dirk Czarnitzki 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 Dirk Czarnitzki sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 298 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dirk Czarnitzki 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 Dirk Czarnitzki sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 64 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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 Belgium Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Dirk Czarnitzki is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of economics, econometrics, and finance. Their research primarily focuses on innovation policy, firm innovation and growth, and economic growth and productivity, with additional interests in innovation diffusion, forecasting, climate change policy, and private equity and venture capital.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields, including economics and econometrics, strategy and management, management science and operations research, accounting, and political science and international relations.

Dirk Czarnitzki's recent publications highlight issues related to artificial intelligence, firm productivity, and innovation in industrial settings. Some of the notable papers include:

  • Artificial intelligence and industrial innovation: Evidence from German firm-level data, 2022, Research Policy
  • Artificial intelligence and firm-level productivity, 2023, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • Public Procurement of Innovation: Evidence from a German Legislative Reform, 2020, International Journal of Industrial Organization
  • Artificial Intelligence and Firm-Level Productivity, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Pandemic effects: Do innovation activities of firms suffer from Long COVID?, 2024, Research Policy

Czarnitzki collaborates frequently with several coauthors. Prominent frequent coauthors include Christian Rammer, Gastón P. Fernández, Paolo Carioli, Pierluigi Angelino, and Jordan Bisset.

The scientist has published widely across several distinguished venues. Their most frequent publication platforms include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Research Policy
  • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
  • International Journal of Industrial Organization
  • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks

The research topics undertaken by Czarnitzki demonstrate a comprehensive approach to understanding innovation systems, firm behavior, and the economic impact of technological advancement. Their work on public procurement, artificial intelligence, and innovation activities remains relevant within policy and managerial discussions.

Best Publications

  • The Effects of Public R&D Subsidies on Firms' Innovation Activities: The Case of Eastern Germany

    Matthias Almus;Dirk Czarnitzki

  • R&D investment and financing constraints of small and medium-sized firms

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Hanna Hottenrott

  • Evaluating the impact of R&D tax credits on innovation: A microeconometric study on Canadian firms

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Petr Hanel;Julio Miguel Rosa

  • The relationship between R&D collaboration, subsidies and R&D performance: Empirical evidence from Finland and Germany

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Bernd Ebersberger;Andreas Fier

  • Innovation success of non-R&D-performers: substituting technology by management in SMEs

    Christian Rammer;Dirk Czarnitzki;Alfred Spielkamp

  • Additionality of public R&D grants in a transition economy The case of Eastern Germany*

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Georg Licht

  • Business Services in Germany: Bridges for Innovation

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Alfred Spielkamp

  • The Link Between R&D Subsidies, R&D Spending and Technological Performance

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Katrin Hussinger

  • Artificial intelligence and industrial innovation: Evidence from German firm-level data

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  • Do Innovation Subsidies Crowd Out Private Investment? Evidence from the German Service Sector

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Andreas Fier

  • RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES: THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AND PUBLIC FUNDING

    Dirk Czarnitzki

  • Uncertainty of outcome versus reputation: empirical evidence for the First German Football Division

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Georg Stadtmann

  • Value for money? New microeconometric evidence on public R&D grants in Flanders ☆

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Cindy Lopes-Bento

  • Innovation Subsidies: Does the Funding Source Matter for Innovation Intensity and Performance? Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Cindy Lopes Bento

  • Capital control, debt financing and innovative activity

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Kornelius Kraft

  • Small firm innovation performance and employee involvement

    Petra Andries;Petra Andries;Dirk Czarnitzki

  • Artificial intelligence and firm-level productivity

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  • Patent Protection, Market Uncertainty, and R&D Investment

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Andrew A. Toole

  • Biomedical Academic Entrepreneurship through the SBIR Program

    Andrew A. Toole;Dirk Czarnitzki

  • Patent protection, market uncertainty, and R&D investment

    Andrew A. Toole;Dirk Czarnitzki

  • Patents as quality signals? The implications for financing constraints on R&D

    Dirk Czarnitzki;Bronwyn H. Hall;Hanna Hottenrott

  • of Public R&D Subsidies on Firms' Innovation Activities: The Case of Eastern Germany

    Matthias Almus;Dirk Czarnitzki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kornelius Kraft
Kornelius Kraft TU Dortmund University
Hanna Hottenrott
Hanna Hottenrott Technical University of Munich
Christian Rammer
Christian Rammer Centre for European Economic Research
Bronwyn H. Hall
Bronwyn H. Hall University of California, Berkeley
Massimo Riccaboni
Massimo Riccaboni IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Holger Görg
Holger Görg Kiel University
John S. O. Evans
John S. O. Evans Durham University

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