2026 Erik E. Lehmann: 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	47	1141	1061	40	40	169	12770

Overview

Erik E. Lehmann is affiliated with the University of Augsburg in Germany. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with notable contributions across several subfields including Management of Technology and Innovation, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Political Science and International Relations, and Strategy and Management.

Their work covers multiple main topics such as:

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Firm Innovation and Growth
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Innovation Policy and R&D
Corporate Finance and Governance
Innovation and Knowledge Management
Higher Education Governance and Development

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Erik E. Lehmann are:

"Knowledge management and entrepreneurship," 2020, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
"Higher education policy: Why hope for quality when rewarding quantity?", 2020, Research Policy
"National Systems of Innovation," 2020, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management
"The organizational architecture of entrepreneurial universities across the stages of entrepreneurship: a conceptual framework," 2021, Small Business Economics
"Intrapreneurship and absorptive capacities: The dynamic effect of labor mobility," 2020, Technovation

Frequent co-authors include:

David B. Audretsch
Alice Civera
Matthias Menter
Nikolaus Seitz
Michele Meoli

Erik E. Lehmann has published extensively in venues such as:

Small Business Economics
Academy of Management Proceedings
The Journal of Technology Transfer
International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Research Policy

Their book publications include:

The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
The Strategic Management of Place at Work, Springer International Publishing, 2023
Corporate Governance in IPO Firms, Now Publishers, 2020

Best Publications

Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

David B. Audretsch;Max C. Keilbach;Erik E. Lehmann

2031
Citations
Does the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship hold for regions

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann

1021
Citations
Does the Governed Corporation Perform Better? Governance Structures and Corporate Performance in Germany

Erik E. Lehmann;Jürgen Weigand

697
Citations
University spillovers and new firm location

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Susanne Warning

599
Citations
The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

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550
Citations
Do lending relationships matter?: Evidence from bank survey data in Germany

Erik E. Lehmann;Doris Neuberger

544
Citations
Entrepreneurial ecosystems: economic, technological, and societal impacts

David B. Audretsch;James A. Cunningham;Donald F. Kuratko;Erik E. Lehmann

478
Citations
Regional competitiveness, university spillovers, and entrepreneurial activity

David B. Audretsch;David B. Audretsch;David B. Audretsch;Marcel Hülsbeck;Erik E. Lehmann

328
Citations
Technology transfer in a global economy

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Mike Wright;Mike Wright

294
Citations
The emergence of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Niccolò Ghio;Massimiliano Guerini;Erik E. Lehmann;Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

294
Citations
Entrepreneurial Access and Absorption of Knowledge Spillovers: Strategic Board and Managerial Composition for Competitive Advantage

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann

256
Citations
The governance of entrepreneurial ecosystems

Massimo G. Colombo;Giovanni Battista Dagnino;Erik E. Lehmann;MariPaz Salmador

230
Citations
Entrepreneurial ecosystems: a dynamic lifecycle model

Uwe Cantner;James A. Cunningham;Erik E. Lehmann;Matthias Menter

220
Citations
National systems of innovation

Zoltán J. Acs;David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Georg Licht

213
Citations
Performance of technology transfer offices in Germany

Marcel Hülsbeck;Erik E. Lehmann;Alexander Starnecker;Alexander Starnecker

192
Citations
University Spillovers: Does the Kind of Science Matter?

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Susanne Warning

190
Citations
Female entrepreneurship in the digital era

Elisa Ughetto;Mariacristina Rossi;David Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann

176
Citations
Financing high-tech growth: the role of banks and venture capitalists

David B. Audretsch;David B. Audretsch;David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Erik E. Lehmann

172
Citations
Entrepreneurial finance and technology transfer

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Stefano Paleari;Silvio Vismara

162
Citations
National Systems of Entrepreneurship

Zoltán J. Acs;David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann;Georg Licht

156
Citations
The Seven Secrets of Germany: Economic Resilience in an Era of Global Turbulence

David B. Audretsch;Erik E. Lehmann

145
Citations
Regional Competitiveness, UniversitySpillovers, And Entrepreneurial Activity

David B. Audretsch;Marcel Hülsbeck;Erik E. Lehmann

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Audretsch Indiana University

Silvio Vismara University of Bergamo

Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University

Uwe Cantner Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Mike Wright Imperial College London

Maksim Belitski University of Reading

Nikolaus Hautsch University of Vienna

Massimo G. Colombo Polytechnic University of Milan

Enrico Santarelli University of Bologna

External Links

Personal website of Erik E. Lehmann Google Scholar page

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