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IESE Business School

In research, IESE Business School stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,779 of 10,521 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#992 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting and Strategy and Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 19.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,856
of 28,054 · #9,990 all time
Rank in Spain
#258
of 658
Research works
2k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is IESE Business School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,779 of 10,521 23.9%243 #1311
Business, Management and AccountingField #992 of 2,578 25.1%114 #547

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IESE Business School sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does IESE Business School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 19.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 25.2 works20×
  2. AccountingSubfield · 31.3 works19×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 32.0 works14×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 113.7 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13.21× its world share, 114 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.70× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.19× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IESE Business School?

Ranked on the composite score, Xavier Vives, Pankaj Ghemawat and Pascual Berrone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IESE Business School.

  1. 1 Xavier Vives Spain · #5,789 worldwide 1.5k citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Pankaj Ghemawat Spain · #55,744 worldwide 281 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Pascual Berrone Spain · #80,839 worldwide 406 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Bruno Cassiman Spain · #111,987 worldwide 289 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 José Manuel Campa Spain · #151,430 worldwide 329 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Javier Quintanilla Spain · #153,978 worldwide 144 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 José Azar Spain · #253,529 worldwide 133 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Fabrizio Ferraro Spain · #255,758 worldwide 237 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Domènec Melé Spain · #270,515 worldwide 154 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Antonio Dávila Spain · #276,258 worldwide 104 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at IESE Business School

Which keywords describe research at IESE Business School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Corporate Governance, Innovation, Social Capital, Entrepreneurship, Firm Performance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Institutional Theory and Investor Protection.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Corporate Governance38▲ 19×13 topics
  2. Innovation26▲ 9.2×20 topics
  3. Social Capital24▲ 17×14 topics
  4. Entrepreneurship17▲ 16×9 topics
  5. Firm Performance15▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Mergers and Acquisitions13▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Institutional Theory12▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Investor Protection12▲ 57×1 topic
  9. Ownership Structure12▲ 57×1 topic
  10. Economic Growth12▲ 5.2×14 topics
  11. Leadership12▲ 9.3×13 topics
  12. Consumer Behavior12▲ 6.8×8 topics
  13. Market Dynamics10▲ 49×3 topics
  14. Business Ethics9▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Financial Performance9▲ 6.0×5 topics
  16. Investment8▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Organizational Performance8▲ 13×9 topics
  18. Internationalization8▲ 52×3 topics
  19. Organizational Culture8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  20. Organizational Change8▲ 42×4 topics
  21. Job Satisfaction8▲ 6.9×4 topics
  22. Organizational Identity8▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Social Movements8▲ 10.0×2 topics
  24. Institutional Entrepreneurship8▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Sensemaking8▲ 110×1 topic
  26. Strategic Alliances8▲ 41×3 topics
  27. Labor Market7▲ 8.6×9 topics
  28. Monetary Policy7▲ 10×9 topics
  29. Social Entrepreneurship7▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Family Firms6▲ 95×1 topic
  33. Organizational Learning6▲ 37×4 topics
  34. Socioemotional Wealth6▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Succession Planning6▲ 50×2 topics
  36. Ethical Behavior6▲ 64×2 topics
  37. R&D6▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Corporate Social Responsibility6▲ 15×5 topics
  39. Start-Up Firms6▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Venture Capital6▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does IESE Business School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Management and Organizational Studies, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences and Family Business Performance and Succession.

Corporate Finance and Governance: 12 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 8 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksFamily Business Performa…6Family Business Performance and Succession: 6 fractional worksPrivate Equity and Venture Capital: 6 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 5 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…5Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 5 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…4Innovation and Knowledge Management: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…4Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 4 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…4Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 4 fractional works
AccountingOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationInformation Systems and Management1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 12 works
  2. 2 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  3. 3 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  4. 4 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  5. 5 Private Equity and Venture Capital Accounting 6 works
  6. 6 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 5 works
  7. 7 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 5 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  10. 10 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 4 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available48.4%not open51.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IESE Business School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017.

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