2026 Wim Naudé: 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	53	823	766	26	26	304	11429
Economics and Finance	51	1328	1180	41	38	360	11313

Research.com Recognitions

2024 - Research.com Business and Management in Ireland Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Business and Management in Ireland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Business and Management in Ireland Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

Wim Naudé is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and conducts research mainly within the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work frequently intersects subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Modeling and Simulation, and Information Systems.

Their research topics include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Economic Growth and Productivity, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance, Firm Innovation and Growth, and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Wim Naudé has published papers in a range of venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Business Venturing Insights
AI & Society
Small Business Economics
Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Wim Naudé are:

Artificial intelligence vs COVID-19: limitations, constraints and pitfalls (2020) published in AI & Society
Artificial intelligence: neither Utopian nor apocalyptic impacts soon (2020) published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology
Data deprivations, data gaps and digital divides: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic (2021) published in Big Data & Society

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Wim Naudé include:

Thomas Gries
Nicola Dimitri
Martin Cameron
Paula Nagler

In addition to articles, Wim Naudé has contributed to book publications. Notable books include:

Artificial Intelligence (2024) published by Cambridge University Press
Data, global development, and COVID-19: Lessons and consequences (2020) part of the Working Paper Series

Best Publications

Entrepreneurship, Developing Countries and Development Economics: New Approaches and Insights

Wim Naudé

711
Citations
Determinants of tourist arrivals in Africa: a panel data regression analysis

Wim Naudé;Andrea Saayman

583
Citations
What Do We Know About The Patterns and Determinants of Female Entrepreneurship Across Countries

Maria Minniti;Wim Naudé

496
Citations
Entrepreneurship and Structural Economic Transformation

Thomas Gries;Wim Naudé

392
Citations
Entrepreneurship in Economic Development

Wim Naudé

359
Citations
Entrepreneurship is not a Binding Constraint on Growth and Development in the Poorest Countries

Wim Naudé

358
Citations
Investigating Geography and Institutions as determinants of foreign direct investment in Africa using panel data

W. A. Naudé;W. F. Krugell

357
Citations
Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country

Wim Naudé;Thomas Gries;Eric Wood;Aloe Meintjies

347
Citations
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development

Adam Szirmai;Wim Naudé;Micheline Goedhuys

346
Citations
Entrepreneurship and human development - A capability approach

Thomas Gries;Wim Naudé

331
Citations
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: An Introduction

Wim Naudé

331
Citations
Artificial intelligence vs COVID-19: limitations, constraints and pitfalls.

Wim Naudé

328
Citations
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Wim Naudé

264
Citations
Non-farm entrepreneurship in rural sub-Saharan Africa: New empirical evidence

Paula Nagler;Wim Naudé

212
Citations
The Determinants of Migration from Sub-Saharan African Countries

Wim Naudé

182
Citations
Migration, Entrepreneurship and Development: Critical Questions

Wim Naudé;Melissa Siegel;Katrin Marchand

172
Citations
Pathways to Industrialization in the Twenty-First Century: New Challenges and Emerging Paradigms

Adam Szirmai;Wim A. Naudé;Ludovico Alcorta

164
Citations
Peace, Prosperity, and Pro-Growth Entrepreneurship

Wim Naudé

144
Citations
Business under Fire: Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries

Tilman Brück;Wim Naudé;Philip Verwimp

137
Citations
Business under Fire: Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries

Tilman T. Brück;Wim W. Naudé;Wim W. Naudé;Philip Verwimp

135
Citations
Early international entrepreneurship in China: Extent and determinants

Wim Naudé;Stephanié Rossouw

134
Citations
Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa

Wim Naudé;Wim Naudé;Wim Naudé

57
Citations
Deconstructing the BRIC : Structural Transformation and Aggregate Productivity Growth

Gaaitzen de Vries;Abdul Erumban;Marcel Timmer;Ilya Voskoboynikov

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark McGillivray Deakin University

José Ernesto Amorós Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Philip Verwimp Université Libre de Bruxelles

Augustin Kwasi Fosu University of Ghana

Geert Duysters Tilburg University

Maria Minniti Syracuse University

Marcel P. Timmer University of Groningen

Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University

Zoltan J. Acs George Mason University

Benjamin Davis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

External Links

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