The quantitative evaluation of research performance in business administration has recently gained some attention in … based rankings promise some fundamental advantages, they are still not common in German-speaking business administration …. However, the choice of the underlying data base is crucial. This paper argues that for German-speaking researchers in business …

for economics and business research are critically evaluated. Their lists suggest that the quality of top business … claim a general superiority of one discipline (economics) over another one (business), they should give a clear indication … (2008) derive a ranking of universities and departments with respect to research productivity in business from the business …

In German business administration, rankings are noted as methods to measure and compare academic research performance … Business Research (VHB), a citation based ranking method with Google Scholar is applied. That dataset is used to compare …