2026 Karel Williams: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	39	2393	2163	280	256	185	8441

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Economics and Finance

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Overview

Karel Williams is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields, notably Arts and Humanities, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Social Sciences. Their subfields of study include History, Classics, Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, and Transportation.

Their scholarly work addresses multiple topics, among which are:

Historical Studies of British Isles
Scottish History and National Identity
Medieval Literature and History
Taxation and Compliance Studies
Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
Economic and Technological Innovation
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Williams has contributed to various publication venues with frequent works in:

Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
Financial Accountability and Management
The Political Quarterly
IPPR Progressive Review

Notable recent papers include:

(How) does productivity matter in the foundational economy?, 2020, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit
Diversity in leading and laggard regions: living standards, residual income and regional policy, 2020, Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society
The imaginary of the city versus messy realities, 2020, Financial Accountability and Management
The Crisis of Everyday Liveability, Policy and Politics, 2022, The Political Quarterly
Place and mobility in Wales: Challenges and opportunities for reducing car use in a car-dependent, low-density country, 2023, Local Economy The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Williams frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Julie Froud
Sukhdev Johal
Colin Haslam
Mike Hodson
Hua Wei

Best Publications

Financialization and Strategy: Narrative and Numbers

Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

928
Citations
Shareholder value and Financialization: consultancy promises, management moves

Julie Froud;Colin Haslam;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

767
Citations
After the Great Complacence: Financial Crisis and the Politics of Reform

Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal

705
Citations
The democratization of finance? Promises, outcomes and conditions

Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver

394
Citations
Financialization at Work: Key Texts and Commentary

J. Froud;I. Erturk;S. Johal;A. Leaver

386
Citations
Against lean production

Karel Williams;Colin Haslam;John Williams;Tony Cultler

371
Citations
From shareholder value to present-day capitalism

Karel Williams

343
Citations
Reconceptualizing financial innovation: frame, conjuncture and bricolage

Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Adam Leaver

232
Citations
Elites: Remembered in Capitalism and Forgotten by Social Sciences

Mike Savage;Karel Williams

229
Citations
Financialisation and the Coupon Pool

Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

179
Citations
Restructuring for shareholder value and its implications for labour

J. Froud;Colin Haslam;S. Johal;K. Williams

172
Citations
Private Equity and the Culture of Value Extraction

Julie Froud;Karel Williams

164
Citations
Working for themselves? Capital market intermediaries and present day capitalism

Peter Folkman;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Karel Williams

158
Citations
Misrule of experts? The financial crisis as elite debacle

Ewald Engelen;Ismail Ertürk;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal

142
Citations
New actors in a financialised economy and the remaking of capitalism

Julie Froud;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

134
Citations
A new business model? The capital market and the new economy

Hengyi Feng;Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Colin Haslam

128
Citations
Escaping the Tyranny of Earned Income? The Failure of Finance as Social Innovation

Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Johnna Montgomerie;Karel Williams

98
Citations
Stories and Interests in Finance: Agendas of Governance before and after the Financial Crisis

Julie Froud;Adriana Nilsson;Michael Moran;Karel Williams

96
Citations
Cars: Analysis, History, Cases

A Adcroft;K Williams;C Haslam;S Johal

91
Citations
Financialization across the Pacific: manufacturing cost ratios, supply chains and power

Julie Froud;Sukhdev Johal;Adam Leaver;Karel Williams

90
Citations
Reconceptualizing financial innovation: frame, conjuncture, bricolage

Ewald Engelen;Ismail Erturk;Julie Froud;Adam Leaver

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie Froud University of Manchester

Sukhdev Johal Queen Mary University of London

Glenn Morgan University of Bristol

Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science

Paul M. Thompson University of Southern California

Robert Boyer School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

Mike Wright Imperial College London

Geoffrey Wood University of Western Ontario

External Links

Personal website of Karel Williams

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