Christian M. Ringle

Christian M. Ringle is a professor of management and decision sciences at the Hamburg University of Technology (Germany), adjunct research professor at the James Cook University (Australia), a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkley (USA). ^[1] He is also a RHB-UKM Endowment Fund Distinguished Chairholder at the National University of Malaysia(UKM) and a Liaison Professor at Konrad Adenauer Foundation.^[2] His research is focused on the areas of method development, business research methods to decision making, machine learning, business analytics, management, marketing, and technology and innovation management. He is managing director of SmartPLS, a statistical software.^[1] Since 2018 he has been included in a list of highly cited researchers compiled by Clarivate Analytics.^[3] According to Google Scholar, Ringle's research has been cited more than 230,000 in the last five years.^[4]