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4943
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Rolf Sternberg publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rolf Sternberg sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Rolf Sternberg D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rolf Sternberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rolf Sternberg is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research spans multiple topics within the social sciences and business disciplines, with a focus on entrepreneurship, migration, and innovation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these fields, Sternberg's work covers the following subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting

The primary research topics addressed in Sternberg's publications include:

  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Family Business Performance and Succession

Some of Sternberg's recent papers are:

  • "Entrepreneurship and geography-some thoughts about a complex relationship," 2021, The Annals of Regional Science
  • "Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda," 2020, Geography Compass (author Lukas Haefner)
  • "A New Measurement Conception for the 'Doing-Using-Interacting' Mode of Innovation," 2021, Research Policy (author Harm Alhusen)
  • "Do the Winners Really Take It all? Exploring Entrepreneurial Learning in Start-Up Competitions," 2022, Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (author Lennard Stolz)
  • "Digital divide, craft firms' websites and urban-rural disparities-empirical evidence from a web-scraping approach," 2022, Review of Regional Research (author Anita Thonipara)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Elo
  • José Ernesto Amorós
  • Jonathan Levie
  • Lukas Haefner
  • Tatjana Bennat

Common publication venues for Sternberg's research are:

  • Geography Compass
  • Research Policy
  • The Annals of Regional Science
  • Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
  • Review of Regional Research

Sternberg has contributed to book publications with:

  • Edward Elgar Publishing: Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship (2023)
  • ifh Forschungsbericht.: Regionale Innovationspolitiken zugunsten strukturschwacher Regionen Deutschlands (2023)

Best Publications

  • Determinants and Effects of New Business Creation Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

    Rolf Sternberg;Sander Wennekers

  • START-UP ACTIVITIES, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND THE REGIONAL MILIEU: LESSONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT POLICIES FROM GERMAN MICRO DATA

    Joachim Wagner;Rolf Sternberg

  • The Firm or the Region: What Determines the Innovation Behavior of European Firms?

    Rolf Sternberg;Olaf Arndt

  • The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Germany

    Heiko Bergmann;Rolf Sternberg

  • Entrepreneurship: The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Hector O. Rocha;Rolf Sternberg

  • What makes student entrepreneurs? : On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups

    Heiko Bergmann;Christian Hundt;Rolf Sternberg

  • Innovation Networks and Regional Development—Evidence from the European Regional Innovation Survey (ERIS): Theoretical Concepts, Methodological Approach, Empirical Basis and Introduction to the Theme Issue

    Rolf Sternberg

  • GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR (GEM)

    Udo Brixy;Christian Hundt;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional clusters in Germany--their geography and their relevance for entrepreneurial activities

    Rolf Sternberg;Timo Litzenberger

  • Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions

    Michael Wyrwich;Michael Stuetzer;Michael Stuetzer;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional Dimensions of Entrepreneurship

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Do Manufacturing Firms Profit from Intraregional Innovation Linkages? An Empirical Based Answer

    Olaf Arndt;Rolf Sternberg

  • R&D Cooperation in Innovation Systems—Some Lessons from the European Regional Innovation Survey (ERIS)

    Knut Koschatzky;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities

    Michael Stuetzer;Martin Obschonka;Udo Brixy;Rolf Sternberg

  • Entrepreneurship as an Urban Event? Empirical Evidence from European Cities

    Niels Bosma;Rolf Sternberg

  • Innovative Linkages and Proximity: Empirical Results from Recent Surveys of Small and Medium Sized Firms in German Regions

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Success factors of university-spin-offs: Regional government support programs versus regional environment

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Munich as Germany's No. 1 High Technology Region: Empirical Evidence, Theoretical Explanations and the Role of Small Firm/Large Firm Relationships

    Rolf Sternberg;Christine Tamásy

  • Regionale Innovationspotentiale und innovative Netzwerke

    Michael Fritsch;Knut Koschatzky;Ludwig Schätzl;Rolf Sternberg

  • Bilanz eines Booms : Wirkungsanalyse von Technologie- und Gründerzentren in Deutschland : Ergebnisse aus 108 Zentren und 1021 Unternehmen

    Rolf Sternberg;Heiko Behrendt;Christine Tamásy;Heike Seeger

  • Entrepreneurship: The Role of Cluster Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Rolf Sternberg;Hector O. Rocha

  • Do ManufacturingFirms Proé t from Intraregional InnovationLinkages? An Empirical Based Answer

    Olaf Arndt;Rolf Sternberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Wagner
Joachim Wagner Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Uwe Cantner
Uwe Cantner Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Niels Bosma
Niels Bosma Utrecht University
Martin Obschonka
Martin Obschonka Queensland University of Technology
Zoltan J. Acs
Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University
José Ernesto Amorós
José Ernesto Amorós Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Michael Fritsch
Michael Fritsch Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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