2026 Nicholas S. Vonortas: 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	42	1499	1400	634	578	188	7208

Overview

Nicholas S. Vonortas is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

Their main subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting, and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance.

The primary topics addressed in their work encompass:

Innovation and Knowledge Management
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Private Equity and Venture Capital
Innovation Policy and R&D
Firm Innovation and Growth
University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
Economic and Technological Innovation

Vonortas has published research in several notable venues, including:

Technological Forecasting and Social Change
The Journal of Technology Transfer
Science and Public Policy
Annals of Science and Technology Policy
Journal of Business Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Vonortas are:

Bruno Brandão Fischer
Dirk Meissner
André Cherubini Alves
Ron Boschma
Mariane Santos Françoso

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Vonortas are:

"Spatial features of entrepreneurial ecosystems," 2022, Journal of Business Research
"Do-It-Yourself laboratories and attitude toward use: The effects of self-efficacy and the perception of security and privacy," 2020, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
"Public technology transfer, commercialization and business growth," 2020, European Economic Review
"A multilayered perspective on entrepreneurial universities: looking into the dynamics of joint university-industry labs," 2022, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
"Local capacity, innovative entrepreneurial places and global connections: an overview," 2020, The Journal of Technology Transfer

Best Publications

Research Partnerships

Unknown

601
Citations
Research Joint Ventures

Yannis Caloghirou;Stavros Ioannides;Nicholas S. Vonortas

398
Citations
University-Industry Cooperation in the Context of the European Framework Programmes

Yannis Caloghirou;Aggelos Tsakanikas;Nicholas S. Vonortas

350
Citations
Intellectual property protection mechanisms in research partnerships

Henry R. Hertzfeld;Albert N. Link;Nicholas S. Vonortas

330
Citations
Cooperation in research and development

Nicholas S. Vonortas

255
Citations
Public Procurement for Innovation

Charles Edquist;Nicholas S Vonortas;Jon M Zabala-Iturriagagoitia;Jakob Edler

219
Citations
Research joint ventures in the US

Nicholas S. Vonortas

207
Citations
Inter-firm cooperation with imperfectly appropriable research

Nicholas S. Vonortas

192
Citations
Determinants of young firms’ innovative performance: Empirical evidence from Europe

Aimilia Protogerou;Yannis Caloghirou;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas

183
Citations
Managing risk in the formative years: Evidence from young enterprises in Europe

YoungJun Kim;Nicholas S. Vonortas

165
Citations
S&T Parks and business incubators in middle-sized countries: the case of greece

Evangelia Sofouli;Nicholas S. Vonortas

164
Citations
Quality comes first: university-industry collaboration as a source of academic entrepreneurship in a developing country

Bruno Brandão Fischer;Paola Rücker Schaeffer;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Sérgio Queiroz

153
Citations
Evolution of university-industry collaboration in Brazil from a technology upgrading perspective

Bruno Brandão Fischer;Paola Rücker Schaeffer;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas

143
Citations
Determinants of technology licensing: the case of licensors

YoungJun Kim;Nicholas S. Vonortas

142
Citations
Exclusivity in licensing alliances: using hostages to support technology commercialization

Deepak Somaya;Youngjun Kim;Nicholas S. Vonortas

142
Citations
The performance of research partnerships

Yannis Caloghirou;George Hondroyiannis;George Hondroyiannis;Nicholas S. Vonortas

127
Citations
Strategic Research Partnerships: A Managerial Perspective

Thomas A. Hemphill;Nicholas Vonortas

123
Citations
The impact of public R&D subsidy on small firm productivity: evidence from Korean SMEs

Beom Cheol Cin;Young Jun Kim;Nicholas S. Vonortas;Nicholas S. Vonortas

120
Citations
Spatial features of entrepreneurial ecosystems

Unknown

105
Citations
Innovation Networks in Industries

Franco Malerba;Nicholas S. Vonortas

100
Citations
The Process of Technological Innovation

Nicholas S. Vonortas

40
Citations
Research Joint Ventures: A Survey of the Theoretical Literature

Yannis Caloghirou;Stavros Ioannides;Nicholas S. Vonortas

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Franco Malerba Bocconi University

Albert N. Link University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Dirk Meissner National Research University Higher School of Economics

Charles Edquist Lund University

Luke Georghiou University of Manchester

Keun Lee Chung-Ang University

John Hagedoorn Royal Holloway University of London

Elias G. Carayannis George Washington University

George Hondroyiannis Bank of Greece

Stefan Kuhlmann University of Twente

External Links

Personal website of Nicholas S. Vonortas Google Scholar page

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