Stephan Stubner

960 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 637 citations indexed

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Stephan Stubner is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Accounting and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Stubner has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 637 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation, 18 papers in Accounting and 11 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Stephan Stubner's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (18 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Stephan Stubner is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (18 papers), Private Equity and Venture Capital (12 papers) and Corporate Finance and Governance (10 papers). Stephan Stubner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and India. Stephan Stubner's co-authors include Torsten Wulf, Dominik K. Kanbach, Andreas Pinkwart, Dorian Proksch, Tobias Gutmann, Harald Hungenberg, Thomas Maran, Alexander Krämer, Fabian Bernhard and Philip Meißner and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Small Business Management and Management Decision.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Stubner

28 papers receiving 600 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.

The influence of a digital strategy on the digitalization of new ventures: The mediating effect of digital capabilities and a digital culture

2021 207 citations Dorian Proksch, Stephan Stubner et al. Journal of Small Business Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephan Stubner Germany	12	344	229	213	203	81	30	637
Birgit Hagen Italy	11	239 0.7×	131 0.6×	557 2.6×	143 0.7×	147 1.8×	20	754
Jonas Soluk Germany	9	357 1.0×	88 0.4×	259 1.2×	275 1.4×	118 1.5×	14	751
Marcel Hülsbeck Germany	13	314 0.9×	214 0.9×	210 1.0×	282 1.4×	125 1.5×	31	634
Nicola Del Sarto Italy	11	227 0.7×	100 0.4×	234 1.1×	54 0.3×	104 1.3×	30	530
José António Porfírio Portugal	8	226 0.7×	54 0.2×	143 0.7×	141 0.7×	66 0.8×	19	485
Joon Mahn Lee South Korea	9	219 0.6×	297 1.3×	406 1.9×	108 0.5×	150 1.9×	14	787
Christine Mitter Austria	13	301 0.9×	428 1.9×	230 1.1×	476 2.3×	109 1.3×	32	853
Minna Martikainen Finland	13	127 0.4×	551 2.4×	303 1.4×	124 0.6×	125 1.5×	35	860
Esther Tippmann Ireland	16	239 0.7×	173 0.8×	686 3.2×	180 0.9×	154 1.9×	29	905
Christiane Prange China	13	240 0.7×	152 0.7×	645 3.0×	146 0.7×	126 1.6×	34	861

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephan Stubner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephan Stubner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephan Stubner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Stephan Stubner. Stephan Stubner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Kanbach, Dominik K., et al.. (2025). From virtual vision to business reality: embracing the metaverse revolution. Review of Managerial Science. 20(1). 81–107.

Kanbach, Dominik K., et al.. (2024). From hype to impact: How companies can leverage the metaverse technology for business models. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 26(1). 12–22. 8 indexed citations

Kanbach, Dominik K., et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence in talent acquisition: a multiple case study on multi-national corporations. Management Decision. 62(10). 2986–3007. 11 indexed citations

Kanbach, Dominik K., et al.. (2023). Entrepreneurship through acquisition: a scoping review. Management Review Quarterly. 74(4). 1981–2012. 7 indexed citations

Proksch, Dorian, et al.. (2021). The influence of a digital strategy on the digitalization of new ventures: The mediating effect of digital capabilities and a digital culture. Journal of Small Business Management. 62(1). 1–29. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

Kanbach, Dominik K., et al.. (2021). Breaking the Paradigm of Sensing, Seizing, and Transforming - Evidence from Axel Springer. Journal of Business Strategies. 38(2). 95–124. 10 indexed citations

Krämer, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Revising the taxonomy of corporate accelerators: moving towards an evolutionary perspective. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 13(6). 568–568. 7 indexed citations

Stubner, Stephan, et al.. (2021). Revising the Taxonomy of Corporate Accelerators: Moving towards an Evolutionary Perspective. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 13(6). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Proksch, Dorian, et al.. (2020). Digital new ventures: Assessing the benefits of digitalization in entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business Strategy. 30(2). 59–71. 36 indexed citations

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Stubner, Stephan, et al.. (2020). Startups in a corporate accelerator: what is satisfying, what is relevant and what can corporates improve. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. 24(6). 413–413. 3 indexed citations

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Gutmann, Tobias, et al.. (2019). Unmasking Smart Capital. Research-Technology Management. 62(4). 27–36. 14 indexed citations

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Wulf, Torsten, et al.. (2014). Understanding the performance consequences of family involvement in the top management team: The role of long-term orientation. International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship. 34(3). 345–368. 54 indexed citations

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Wulf, Torsten & Stephan Stubner. (2013). Position-specific knowledge, new CEO learning and firm performance. European J of International Management. 7(1). 6–6. 1 indexed citations

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Wulf, Torsten, et al.. (2012). Performance over the CEO life cycle: the impact of structural power creation activities. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Stubner, Stephan, et al.. (2012). Organizational Ambidexterity and Family Firm Performance. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 25(2). 217–229. 38 indexed citations

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Wulf, Torsten, et al.. (2012). Szenariobasierte strategische Planung in volatilen Umfeldern. Controlling & Management. 56(S2). 34–38. 2 indexed citations

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Wulf, Torsten & Stephan Stubner. (2012). Strategische Planung und strategisches Controlling mit Szenarien. Controlling. 24(10). 523–528. 2 indexed citations

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Stubner, Stephan, et al.. (2010). Founding a company : handbook of legal forms in Europe. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 2 indexed citations

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Stubner, Stephan, Torsten Wulf, & Harald Hungenberg. (2007). Management Support and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Start-Ups - An Empirical Analysis of Newly Founded Companies in Germany. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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Stubner, Stephan, Torsten Wulf, & Harald Hungenberg. (2007). Management Support and the Performance of Entrepreneurial Start-ups. Schmalenbach Business Review. 59(2). 138–159. 15 indexed citations

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