Markus Fitza

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Markus Fitza is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Markus Fitza has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Accounting, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Markus Fitza's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (9 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (6 papers). Markus Fitza is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (15 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (9 papers) and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (6 papers). Markus Fitza collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Markus Fitza's co-authors include Daniel Lerner, Mingfeng Tang, Grace Walsh, Sharon F. Matusik, Tony W. Tong, Xufei Ma, Michael C. Withers, Thomas J. Dean, Matthew Josefy and Lumina S. Albert and has published in prestigious journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Markus Fitza

26 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Green Innovation, Managerial Concern and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Markus Fitza United States	14	823	680	656	598	296	30	1.8k
Daniel W. Elfenbein United States	18	522 0.6×	404 0.6×	500 0.8×	268 0.4×	104 0.4×	38	1.4k
Jay J. Janney United States	11	1.1k 1.3×	616 0.9×	240 0.4×	561 0.9×	96 0.3×	22	1.6k
Rainer Lueg Denmark	21	1.0k 1.2×	431 0.6×	251 0.4×	515 0.9×	438 1.5×	125	1.8k
Won‐Yong Oh United States	14	1.2k 1.5×	867 1.3×	200 0.3×	439 0.7×	207 0.7×	25	1.8k
Domingo García Pérez de Lema Spain	26	706 0.9×	617 0.9×	622 0.9×	166 0.3×	155 0.5×	127	1.9k
Mark R. DesJardine United States	15	974 1.2×	487 0.7×	258 0.4×	379 0.6×	83 0.3×	36	1.6k
Kendall Artz United States	14	937 1.1×	433 0.6×	590 0.9×	220 0.4×	317 1.1×	25	2.1k
Beatriz Aibar Guzmán Spain	24	1.5k 1.8×	630 0.9×	313 0.5×	922 1.5×	95 0.3×	84	2.1k
Pierre J. Richard Australia	6	746 0.9×	389 0.6×	228 0.3×	194 0.3×	277 0.9×	7	1.6k
Stephanie Lu Wang United States	19	1.2k 1.5×	517 0.8×	284 0.4×	187 0.3×	152 0.5×	38	1.8k

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Heeley, Michael B., et al.. (2025). Decomposing the Drivers of Innovation Performance. Journal of Management Studies.

Patel, Pankaj C., Marcus T. Wolfe, Daniel Lerner, & Markus Fitza. (2025). Self-employment, perceived ageism, and stress among older adults. Journal of Business Research. 199. 115495–115495.

Avnimelech, Gil, et al.. (2024). Are accelerators akin to breweries or wineries? A Bayesian variance decomposition of accelerator and cohort effects. Strategic Management Journal. 46(2). 534–579. 2 indexed citations

Fitza, Markus, et al.. (2024). A resource dependence perspective on the business group effect in developed markets: Evidence from Western European firms. European Management Review. 22(2). 569–584.

Vedula, Siddharth, et al.. (2024). Shifts in national entrepreneurial culture: The promise of linguistic cultural artifacts and machine learning analysis. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 19(1). 29–82. 4 indexed citations

Fainshmidt, Stav, et al.. (2023). Disentangling the corporate effect on subsidiary performance. Strategic Management Journal. 44(12). 2986–3011. 5 indexed citations

Vedula, Siddharth & Markus Fitza. (2019). Regional Recipes: A Configurational Analysis of the Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for U.S. Venture Capital-Backed Startups. Strategy Science. 4(1). 4–24. 57 indexed citations

Dushnitsky, Gary & Markus Fitza. (2018). Are We Missing the Platforms for the Crowd? Insights from a Variance Decomposition Analysis Across Multiple Crowdfunding Platforms. 2 indexed citations

Fitza, Markus & László Tihanyi. (2017). How Much Does Ownership Form Matter?. Strategic Management Journal. 38(13). 2726–2743. 51 indexed citations

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Withers, Michael C. & Markus Fitza. (2016). Do board chairs matter? The influence of board chairs on firm performance. Strategic Management Journal. 38(6). 1343–1355. 111 indexed citations

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Josefy, Matthew, Thomas J. Dean, Lumina S. Albert, & Markus Fitza. (2016). The Role of Community in Crowdfunding Success: Evidence on Cultural Attributes in Funding Campaigns to “Save the Local Theater”. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 41(2). 161–182. 195 indexed citations

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Hayward, Mathew & Markus Fitza. (2016). Pseudo-Precision? Precise Forecasts and Impression Management in Managerial Earnings Forecasts. Academy of Management Journal. 60(3). 1094–1116. 44 indexed citations

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Fitza, Markus. (2016). How much do CEOs really matter? Reaffirming that the CEO effect is mostly due to chance. Strategic Management Journal. 38(3). 802–811. 44 indexed citations

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Harrison, Joseph & Markus Fitza. (2014). HETEROGENEITY OF CORPORATE PARENTS AND THE PARADOX OF CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL: A SOCIAL CAPITAL APPROACH. Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 34(2). 3. 2 indexed citations

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Albert, Lumina S., Matthew Josefy, Thomas J. Dean, & Markus Fitza. (2014). Behind the Curtain: A Mission-Based Model to Predict Crowdfunding Success by Social Entrepreneurs. Academy of Management Proceedings. 2014(1). 14826–14826.

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Fitza, Markus. (2013). The use of variance decomposition in the investigation of CEO effects: How large must the CEO effect be to rule out chance?. Strategic Management Journal. 35(12). 1839–1852. 109 indexed citations

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Lerner, Daniel & Markus Fitza. (2012). DISINHIBITION & ENTREPRENEURIAL BEHAVIOR: A NEW AND INTEGRATIVE PREDICTOR OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION (INTERACTIVE PAPER). Frontiers of entrepreneurship research. 32(6). 22. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Xufei, Tony W. Tong, & Markus Fitza. (2012). How much does subnational region matter to foreign subsidiary performance? Evidence from Fortune Global 500 Corporations’ investment in China. Journal of International Business Studies. 44(1). 66–87. 186 indexed citations

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Matusik, Sharon F. & Markus Fitza. (2011). Diversification in the venture capital industry: leveraging knowledge under uncertainty. Strategic Management Journal. 33(4). 407–426. 105 indexed citations

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Fitza, Markus, Sharon F. Matusik, & Elaine Mosakowski. (2008). Do VCs matter? the importance of owners on performance variance in start‐up firms. Strategic Management Journal. 30(4). 387–404. 136 indexed citations

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