Corporate Governance and Law
Corporate Governance and Law is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 6.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers revolves around the regulatory competition and harmonization efforts in European company law, focusing on topics such as corporate mobility, freedom of establishment, cross-border mergers, legal transplants, company governance, directive harmonization, the role of SE (Societas Europaea), and corporate law arbitrage.
- European Company Law
- Regulatory Competition
- Corporate Mobility
- Freedom of Establishment
- Cross-border Mergers
- Legal Transplants
- Company Governance
- Directive Harmonization
- SE (Societas Europaea)
- Corporate Law Arbitrage
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 6.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Corporate Governance and Law research?
By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (477 and 346 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Germany 477 works
- 2 United States 346 works
- 3 France 256 works
- 4 United Kingdom 159 works
- 5 China 138 works
- 6 Austria 131 works
- 7 Italy 104 works
- 8 Russia 94 works
- 9 Poland 94 works
- 10 Indonesia 87 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Corporate Governance and Law research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Bergmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte publishes the most Corporate Governance and Law research, followed by Austrian Foundry Research Institute and Institute of Management Technology, Dubai.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Bergmann und Partner RechtsanwälteGermany 30 works
- 2 Austrian Foundry Research InstituteAustria 27 works
- 3 Institute of Management Technology, Dubai?? 20 works
- 4 University of ViennaAustria 19 works
- 5 Vienna University of Economics and BusinessAustria 18 works
- 6 Florida Atlantic UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 7 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 8 Université de LilleFrance 13 works
- 9 Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 13 works
- 10 European Corporate Governance InstituteBelgium 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Corporate Governance and Law?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Corporate Governance and Law include Rosabeth Moss Kanter and M. Roth.
- 1 Rosabeth Moss Kanter United States 2.6k citations
- 2 M. Roth Germany 2.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Corporate Governance and Law research done?
The largest centres of Corporate Governance and Law research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Vienna (Austria), Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hamm and Leoben.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HammDE · 29.7 works227×
- LeobenAT · 26.8 works89×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Corporate Governance and Law than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Corporate Governance and Law?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Luxembourg, Tilburg University and Copenhagen Business School score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LuxembourgLuxembourg | 72.5 | 20.3% | 20.9× | 13 | +31.9% |
| 2 | Tilburg UniversityNetherlands | 54.7 | 13.2% | 22.4× | 10 | -6.3% |
| 3 | Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark | 53.2 | 9.8% | 29.8× | 13 | -7.4% |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic UniversityUnited States | 53.1 | 7.0% | 31.6× | 15 | — |
| 5 | University of ViennaAustria | 47.3 | 1.8% | 14.3× | 19 | -15.2% |
| 6 | Vienna University of Economics and BusinessAustria | 46.9 | 1.8% | 82.3× | 18 | -6.0% |
| 7 | Stevens Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 46.3 | 3.9% | 37.3× | 13 | — |
| 8 | Berufskolleg Am WasserturmGermany | 46.0 | 0.0% | 607.9× | 12 | +1005.0% |
| 9 | Institute of Management Technology, Dubai?? | 45.0 | 0.0% | 1064.0× | 20 | — |
| 10 | Université Paris NanterreFrance | 44.5 | 0.0% | 17.3× | 10 | +386.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Corporate Governance and Law research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Corporate Governance and Law.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.