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D-Index
37
Citations
6801
World Ranking
1957
National Ranking
62

Thomas Clauss publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Clauss sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 111 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Thomas Clauss D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas Clauss sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 37 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas Clauss is affiliated with Witten/Herdecke University in Germany and specializes in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their research primarily focuses on strategy and management, organizational behavior and human resource management, management of technology and innovation, marketing, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Family Business Performance and Succession
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Thomas Clauss has coauthored extensively with a number of researchers. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sascha Kraus
  • Muhammad Anwar
  • Wunnam Basit Issah
  • Andreas Kallmuenzer
  • Patrick Spieth

Their publications have appeared in various academic venues, with notable recurrent contributions to:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Review of Managerial Science
  • R and D Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Thomas Clauss include:

  • "The economics of COVID-19: initial empirical evidence on how family firms in five European countries cope with the corona crisis" (2020), published in International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research
  • "Circular economy business models: The state of research and avenues ahead" (2020), published in Business Strategy and the Environment
  • "The role of business model innovation in the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 crisis" (2020), published in International Journal of Hospitality Management
  • "Knowledge management capabilities and organizational risk-taking for business model innovation in SMEs" (2020), published in Journal of Business Research
  • "Organizational ambidexterity and competitive advantage: The role of strategic agility in the exploration-exploitation paradox" (2020), published in Journal of Innovation & Knowledge

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Measuring business model innovation: conceptualization, scale development, and proof of performance

    Thomas Clauss

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

    Marcos Ferasso;Tatiana Beliaeva;Sascha Kraus;Thomas Clauss

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

    Matthias Breier;Andreas Kallmuenzer;Thomas Clauss;Johanna Gast

  • Knowledge Management Capabilities and Organizational Risk-Taking for Business Model Innovation in SMEs

    Marianne Hock-Doepgen;Thomas Clauss;Sascha Kraus;Cheng-Feng Cheng

  • Strategic Agility, Business Model Innovation, and Firm Performance: An Empirical Investigation

    Thomas Clauss;Michael Abebe;Chanchai Tangpong;Marianne Hock

  • Organizational ambidexterity and competitive advantage: The role of strategic agility in the exploration-exploitation paradox

    Thomas Clauss;Sascha Kraus;Friedrich Lukas Kallinger;Peter M. Bican

  • The impact of organizational culture on a firm's capability to innovate the business model

    Marianne Hock;Thomas Clauss;Esther Schulz

  • Product innovation through coopetition in alliances: Singular or plural governance?

    Ricarda B. Bouncken;Thomas Clauß;Viktor Fredrich

  • Temporary business model innovation – SMEs’ innovation response to the Covid-19 crisis

    Thomas Clauss;Thomas Clauss;Matthias Breier;Sascha Kraus;Susanne Durst

  • Value drivers of social businesses: A business model perspective

    Patrick Spieth;Sabrina Schneider;Thomas Clauß;Daniel Eichenberg

  • Digital Transformation of Incumbent Firms: A Business Model Innovation Perspective

    Christoph Klos;Patrick Spieth;Thomas Clauss;Christian Klusmann

  • Sustainability in family business: Mechanisms, technologies and business models for achieving economic prosperity, environmental quality and social equity

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  • Entrepreneurial orientation and new venture performance in emerging markets: the mediating role of opportunity recognition

    Muhammad Anwar;Thomas Clauss;Wunnam Basit Issah

  • Digital platform-based business models – An exploration of critical success factors

    Daniel Rohn;Peter M. Bican;Alexander Brem;Alexander Brem;Sascha Kraus

  • Directing the wisdom of the crowd: the importance of social interaction among founders and the crowd during crowdfunding campaigns

    Thomas Clauss;Robert J. Breitenecker;Sascha Kraus;Alexander Brem

  • How businesses should govern knowledge-intensive collaborations with universities: An empirical investigation of university professors

    Thomas Clauss;Tobias Kesting

  • The perception of value of platform-based business models in the sharing economy: determining the drivers of user loyalty

    Thomas Clauss;Peter Harengel;Marianne Hock

  • The interplays of coopetition, conflicts, trust, and efficiency process innovation in vertical B2B relationships

    Linlin Chai;Jin Li;Chanchai Tangpong;Thomas Clauss

  • A rolling stone gathers no moss: the effect of customers' perceived business model innovativeness on customer value co‐creation behavior and customer satisfaction in the service sector

    Thomas Clauss;Tobias Kesting;Julia Naskrent

  • BUSINESS MODEL RECONFIGURATION AND INNOVATION IN SMEs: A MIXED-METHOD ANALYSIS FROM THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY

    Thomas Clauß;Ricarda B. Bouncken;Sven Laudien;Sascha Kraus

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Spieth
Patrick Spieth University of Kassel
Sascha Kraus
Sascha Kraus University of Siegen
Alexander Brem
Alexander Brem University of Stuttgart
Ricarda B. Bouncken
Ricarda B. Bouncken University of Bayreuth
Mike Peters
Mike Peters University of Innsbruck
Susanne Durst
Susanne Durst Reykjavík University
Raj V. Mahto
Raj V. Mahto University of New Mexico

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