OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Long Range Planning is 27. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	158
Family owners' fear of losing socio-emotional wealth: Implications for firm innovativeness	134
Practice the purpose preach! Experimental evidence on the effect of corporate purpose on workers' willingness to go the extra mile	114
Board of directors structure and firm financial performance: A qualitative comparative analysis	97
Organizational identity and performance: An inquiry into nonconforming company names	90
When are acquisitions a viable catch-up strategy? Some empirical evidence from China	88
Monitoring the monitor: Enabling strategic change when the former CEO stays on the board	66
Top management team characteristics and digital innovation: Exploring digital knowledge and TMT interfaces	65
Descendant CEOs and cross-border acquisitions in family firms: The moderating role of family involvement	57
Mergers and acquisitions research: Time for a theory rejuvenation of the field	57
How does disruptive innovation influence the funding decisions of different venture capital investors? An empirical analysis on the role of startups' communication	52
Ecosystem leadership as a dynamic capability	51
Configurational conditions and Sustained Competitive Advantage: A fsQCA approach	50
Outside vs. inside succession: Environmental and organizational contexts, strategic decision, and firm performance	46
Labour-cost retrenchment strategies in times of crisis: Comparing market reactions to flexible and rigid strategies	46
The governance of gig platform organizations in developing countries	46
The boundary conditions for growth: Exploring the non-linear relationship between organic and acquisitive growth and profitability	42
Editorial Board	36
Editorial Board	35
Editorial Board	34
Move fast and break things! innovation-intensive strategy, organizational permissiveness, and corporate wrongdoing	34
A call for action: The impact of business model innovation on business ecosystems, society and planet	33
Emotions in the strategic management of family business organizations: Opening up the black box	32
Which partners become targets? The role of location in partner acquisitions	32
Director tenure and contribution to board task performance: A time and contingency perspective	32

Towards purposeful strategic planning: A mixed research synthesis across disciplines	31
Discursive strategies for internal legitimacy: Narrating the alternative organizational form	27
Why traditional firms from the same industry reject digital transformation: Structural constraints of perception and attention	27