Karl‐Heinz Leitner

1.5k total citations
40 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Karl‐Heinz Leitner is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karl‐Heinz Leitner has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Strategy and Management, 16 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Karl‐Heinz Leitner's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (15 papers), Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (12 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers). Karl‐Heinz Leitner is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (15 papers), Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis (12 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (7 papers). Karl‐Heinz Leitner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Italy and Germany. Karl‐Heinz Leitner's co-authors include Stefan Güldenberg, Giustina Secundo, Susana Elena Pérez, Žilvinas Martinaitis, Karin Wagner, Philine Warnke, Robert Rybnicek, Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita and Matthias Weber and has published in prestigious journals such as Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Small Business Economics and Higher Education.

In The Last Decade

Karl‐Heinz Leitner

33 papers receiving 954 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karl‐Heinz Leitner Austria 13 675 251 175 129 101 40 1.0k
William H.A. Johnson United States 16 577 0.9× 305 1.2× 167 1.0× 154 1.2× 79 0.8× 43 950
Conor O’Kane New Zealand 19 607 0.9× 547 2.2× 233 1.3× 144 1.1× 62 0.6× 44 1.2k
Igor Prodan Slovenia 12 522 0.8× 495 2.0× 291 1.7× 146 1.1× 56 0.6× 19 1.1k
Fernando Antônio Ribeiro Serra Brazil 17 380 0.6× 160 0.6× 89 0.5× 149 1.2× 31 0.3× 194 921
Paola Paoloni Italy 17 510 0.8× 272 1.1× 260 1.5× 154 1.2× 93 0.9× 63 1.1k
Martin Hemmert South Korea 18 745 1.1× 276 1.1× 197 1.1× 144 1.1× 96 1.0× 47 1.1k
Leonard Lynn United States 14 394 0.6× 163 0.6× 226 1.3× 62 0.5× 52 0.5× 53 786
Miguel González‐Loureiro Spain 16 445 0.7× 188 0.7× 152 0.9× 135 1.0× 22 0.2× 54 833
Alessia Sammarra Italy 10 572 0.8× 251 1.0× 252 1.4× 60 0.5× 63 0.6× 24 914
Dennis Patrick Leyden United States 14 328 0.5× 368 1.5× 413 2.4× 140 1.1× 46 0.5× 27 962

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karl‐Heinz Leitner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2025). Founding team gender diversity and social entrepreneurship: implications for venture growth and equity acquisition. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. 31(11). 92–113. 2 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2025). The role of human and financial capital in the business model design-performance relationship: evidence from Austrian start-ups. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. 21(1). 2 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2024). The impact of institutional autonomy on higher education institutions in Europe. Science and Public Policy. 52(2). 236–253.
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2022). HOW FORMALISATION AND CONNECTEDNESS MODERATE THE EFFECT OF FORESIGHT ON RADICAL INNOVATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES. International Journal of Innovation Management. 26(8).
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Warnke, Philine, et al.. (2022). Innovation patterns for sustainability - Insights from a European Foresight Project on the Future of Innovation. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft).
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Dinges, Michael, Karl‐Heinz Leitner, Bernhard Dachs, et al.. (2021). 5G Supply Market Trends: Background Paper Second Stakeholder Workshop. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Secundo, Giustina, Gianluca Elia, Alessandro Margherita, & Karl‐Heinz Leitner. (2021). Strategic decision making in project management: a knowledge visualization framework. Management Decision. 60(4). 1159–1181. 14 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, Sabine Bergner, & Robert Rybnicek. (2020). The role of heads of departments in the commercialization of university research. Journal of Business Economics. 91(3). 353–378. 11 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz & Matthias Weber. (2019). Research and innovation futures: challenging the dominant innovation paradigm. e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik. 136(3). 226–233. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2018). Austrian Startup Monitor 2018. ePubWU Institutional Repository (Vienna University of Economics and Business). 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz. (2017). The Future of Innovation: Hyper Innovation, Slow Innovation, and No Innovation. BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte. 162(9). 386–388. 3 indexed citations
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Secundo, Giustina, Susana Elena Pérez, Žilvinas Martinaitis, & Karl‐Heinz Leitner. (2017). An Intellectual Capital framework to measure universities' third mission activities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 123. 229–239. 149 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz. (2015). Digital and open innovation. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz. (2014). Strategy formation in the innovation and market domain: emergent or deliberate?. Journal of strategy and management. 7(4). 354–375. 11 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2013). Crowdsourcing as an Innovation Strategy: A Study on Innovation Platforms in Austria and Switzerland. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1(89). 55–72.
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2009). An SNA‐based approach for management control of intellectual capital. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 10(3). 329–340. 9 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz & Stefan Güldenberg. (2009). Generic strategies and firm performance in SMEs: a longitudinal study of Austrian SMEs. Small Business Economics. 35(2). 169–189. 149 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz, et al.. (2008). The Dynamics and Functions of Self‐Organization in the Fuzzy Front End: Empirical Evidence from the Austrian Semiconductor Industry. Creativity and Innovation Management. 17(3). 216–226. 29 indexed citations
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Weber, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Middle-Range Transitions in Production-Consumption Systems: The Role of Research Programmes for Shaping Transition Processes Towards Sustainability. 1 indexed citations
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Leitner, Karl‐Heinz. (2004). Intellectual capital reporting for universities: conceptual background and application for Austrian universities. Research Evaluation. 13(2). 129–140. 156 indexed citations

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