2026 Peter G. Klein: 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	59	582	542	257	234	312	16315

Overview

Peter G. Klein is affiliated with Baylor University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with significant contributions across several subfields including Strategy and Management, Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their scholarly work spans diverse topics such as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Corporate Finance and Governance, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Management and Organizational Studies, Family Business Performance and Succession, and Business Strategy and Innovation.

Among recent publications, notable papers include the following:

COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action., 2020, American Psychologist
Policy for innovative entrepreneurship: Institutions, interventions, and societal challenges, 2021, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Ownership competence, 2020, Strategic Management Journal
Why Do Companies Go Woke?, 2022, Academy of Management Perspectives
Avoiding digitalization traps: Tools for top managers, 2020, Business Horizons

Frequent co-authors include Nicolai J. Foss, Per L. Bylund, Matthew McCaffrey, and Siri Terjesen. Collaboration with Nicolai J. Foss appears prominently, with multiple joint works across different projects.

Key publication venues for Peter G. Klein's research consist of:

Academy of Management Proceedings
SSRN Electronic Journal
Academy of Management Perspectives
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Strategic Management Journal

Best Publications

Empirical Research in Transaction Cost Economics: A Review and Assessment

Howard A. Shelanski;Peter G. Klein

1928
Citations
COVID-19 and the workplace: Implications, issues, and insights for future research and action.

Kevin M. Kniffin;Jayanth Narayanan;Frederik Anseel;John Antonakis

1534
Citations
Opportunity discovery, entrepreneurial action, and economic organization

Peter G. Klein

786
Citations
Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment: A New Approach to the Firm

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein

681
Citations
New Institutional Economics

Peter G. Klein

649
Citations
Corporate Governance, Family Ownership and Firm Value: the Canadian evidence

Peter Klein;Daniel Shapiro;Jeffrey Young

638
Citations
Entrepreneurship, subjectivism, and the resource‐based view: toward a new synthesis

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein;Yasemin Y. Kor;Joseph T. Mahoney

622
Citations
The Make-or-Buy Decision: Lessons from Empirical Studies

Peter G. Klein

546
Citations
Toward a theory of public entrepreneurship

Peter G. Klein;Joseph T. Mahoney;Anita M. McGahan;Christos N. Pitelis

486
Citations
The Entrepreneurial Organization of Heterogeneous Capital

Kirsten Foss;Nicolai Juul Foss;Peter G. Klein;Sandra K. Klein

374
Citations
Socio-cognitive traits and entrepreneurship: The moderating role of economic institutions

Christopher John Boudreaux;Boris N. Nikolaev;Peter G. Klein

353
Citations
Original and Derived Judgment: An Entrepreneurial Theory of Economic Organization

Kirsten Foss;Nicolai Juul Foss;Peter G. Klein

301
Citations
Uncertainty Types and Transitions in the Entrepreneurial Process

Mark D. Packard;Brent B. Clark;Peter G. Klein

289
Citations
Heterogeneous resources and the financial crisis: implications of strategic management theory

Rajshree Agarwal;Jay B. Barney;Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein

265
Citations
Capabilities and strategic entrepreneurship in public organizations

Peter G. Klein;Joseph T. Mahoney;Anita M. McGahan;Christos N. Pitelis

244
Citations
Organizational Issues in the Agrifood Sector: Toward a Comparative Approach

Claude Menard;Peter Klein

242
Citations
Organizational Issues in the Agrifood Sector: Toward a Comparative Approach

Claude Ménard;Peter G. Klein

242
Citations
Entrepreneurship and the Economic Theory of the Firm: Any Gains from Trade?

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein

235
Citations
Economic Calculation and the Limits of Organization

Peter G. Klein

214
Citations
The Theory of the Firm and Its Critics A Stocktaking and Assessment

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein

193
Citations
Organizational Governance Adaptation: Who is In, Who is Out, and Who gets What?

Peter G. Klein;Joseph T. Mahoney;Anita M. McGahan;Christos N. Pitelis

153
Citations
The context of entrepreneurial judgment: organizations, markets, and institutions

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein;Christian Bjørnskov

133
Citations
Entrepreneurship, Subjectivism, and the Resource-Based View: Towards a New Synthesis

Yasemin Y. Kor;Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein;Peter G. Klein;Peter G. Klein;Joseph T. Mahoney

116
Citations
Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment

Nicolai J. Foss;Peter Klein

58
Citations
Toward a Theory of Public Entrepreneurship

Peter G. Klein;Peter G. Klein;Peter G. Klein;Anita M. McGahan;Christos N. Pitelis;Joseph T. Mahoney

37
Citations
Mergers and the market for corporate control

Peter G. Klein

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolai Juul Foss Copenhagen Business School

Joseph T. Mahoney University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anita M. McGahan University of Toronto

Christos N. Pitelis University of Leeds

Friedrich A. von Hayek University of Freiburg

Jay B. Barney University of Utah

Rajshree Agarwal University of Maryland, College Park

Christian Bjørnskov Aarhus University

Mike Wright Imperial College London

Karl Wennberg Stockholm School of Economics

External Links

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