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Business and Management
Italy
2026

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Business and Management

D-Index
110
Citations
43161
World Ranking
26
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Sascha Kraus is affiliated with the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy and is active in the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, and Marketing.

The research topics covered by Kraus include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Business Strategy and Innovation, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Recent papers by Sascha Kraus include:

  • The art of crafting a systematic literature review in entrepreneurship research, 2020, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
  • Corporate social responsibility and environmental performance: The mediating role of environmental strategy and green innovation, 2020, Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Literature reviews as independent studies: guidelines for academic practice, 2022, Review of Managerial Science
  • Digital transformation in business and management research: An overview of the current status quo, 2021, International Journal of Information Management
  • The economics of COVID-19: initial empirical evidence on how family firms in five European countries cope with the corona crisis, 2020, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Frequent co-authors in Kraus's work are:

  • Dominik K. Kanbach
  • Andreas Kallmuenzer
  • Ricarda B. Bouncken
  • Paul Jones
  • Marina Dabić

Sascha Kraus has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Journal of Business Research
  • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
  • Journal of Innovation & Knowledge
  • International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

In addition to journal articles, Kraus has contributed to academic books, including a publication by Leuven University Press titled Towards a data-driven military. A multi-disciplinary perspective, published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Digital Transformation: An Overview of the Current State of the Art of Research:

    Sascha Kraus;Paul Jones;Norbert Kailer;Alexandra Weinmann

  • Digital transformation in business and management research: An overview of the current status quo

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  • Coopetition: A systematic review, synthesis, and future research directions

    Ricarda B. Bouncken;Johanna Gast;Sascha Kraus;Marcel Bogers

  • The economics of COVID-19: initial empirical evidence on how family firms in five European countries cope with the corona crisis

    Sascha Kraus;Thomas Clauss;Matthias Breier;Johanna Gast

  • Entrepreneurial orientation and the business performance of SMEs: a quantitative study from the Netherlands

    Sascha Kraus;Sascha Kraus;J. P. Coen Rigtering;Mathew Hughes;Vincent Hosman

  • The art of crafting a systematic literature review in entrepreneurship research

    Sascha Kraus;Matthias Breier;Sonia Dasí-Rodríguez

  • Digital transformation in healthcare: Analyzing the current state-of-research

    Sascha Kraus;Francesco Schiavone;Anna Pluzhnikova;Anna Chiara Invernizzi

  • Innovation in knowledge-intensive industries: The double-edged sword of coopetition

    Ricarda B. Bouncken;Sascha Kraus

  • Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in entrepreneurship and innovation research – the rise of a method

    Sascha Kraus;Domingo Ribeiro-Soriano;Miriam Schüssler

  • Analyzing the relationship between green innovation and environmental performance in large manufacturing firms

    Shafique Ur Rehman;Sascha Kraus;Syed Asim Shah;Dmitry Khanin

  • Corporate social responsibility and environmental performance : the mediating role of environmental strategy and green innovation.

    Sascha Kraus;Shafique Ur Rehman;F. Javier Sendra García

  • Predictors of COVID-19 voluntary compliance behaviors: An international investigation

    Cory Clark;Andrés Davila;Maxime Regis;Sascha Kraus

  • Innovation in Family Firms: A Systematic Literature Review and Guidance for Future Research

    Andrea Calabrò;Mariangela Vecchiarini;Johanna Gast;Giovanna Campopiano

  • Facebook and the creation of the metaverse: radical business model innovation or incremental transformation?

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  • Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) in business and management research: A contemporary overview

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  • Circular economy business models: the state of research and avenues ahead

    Marcos Ferasso;Tatiana Beliaeva;Sascha Kraus;Thomas Clauss

  • Entrepreneurial marketing: moving beyond marketing in new ventures

    Sascha Kraus;Rainer Harms;Matthias Fink

  • Digital entrepreneurship: A research agenda on new business models for the twenty-first century

    Sascha Kraus;Carolin Palmer;Norbert Kailer;Friedrich Lukas Kallinger

  • Implications of customer and entrepreneurial orientations for SME growth

    Fabian Eggers;Sascha Kraus;Mathew Hughes;Sean Laraway

  • The role of business model innovation in the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 crisis

    Matthias Breier;Andreas Kallmuenzer;Thomas Clauss;Johanna Gast

  • Digital entrepreneurship: Innovative business models for the sharing economy

    Chris Richter;Sascha Kraus;Alexander Brem;Alexander Brem;Susanne Durst

  • The impact of brand authenticity on brand trust and SME growth: A CEO perspective

    Fabian Eggers;Michele O’Dwyer;Sascha Kraus;Christine Vallaster

  • The role of corporate social responsibility in strong sustainability

    György Málovics;Noémi Nagypál Csigéné;Sascha Kraus

  • Innovation and the circular economy: A systematic literature review

    Nathalia Suchek;Cristina I. Fernandes;Cristina I. Fernandes;Sascha Kraus;Matthias Filser;Matthias Filser

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricarda B. Bouncken
Ricarda B. Bouncken University of Bayreuth
Matthias Fink
Matthias Fink Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Rainer Harms
Rainer Harms University of Twente
Alexander Brem
Alexander Brem University of Stuttgart
Mathew Hughes
Mathew Hughes University of Leicester
Andrea Calabrò
Andrea Calabrò SDA Bocconi School of Management
Jeffrey G. Covin
Jeffrey G. Covin University of Wyoming
Paavo Ritala
Paavo Ritala Lappeenranta University of Technology
Marcel Bogers
Marcel Bogers Eindhoven University of Technology
Mike Peters
Mike Peters University of Innsbruck

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