OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Business Review is 15. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The art of writing literature review: What do we know and what do we need to know?	865
Corruption in international business: A review and research agenda	174
Research on international business: The new realities	120
Culture and International business research: A review and research agenda	90
Micro-foundational ambidexterity and multinational enterprises: A systematic review and a conceptual framework	76
The determinants and performance of early internationalizing firms: A literature review and research agenda	73
A bibliometric analysis of family firm internationalization research: Current themes, theoretical roots, and ways forward	69
Nurturing International Business research through Global Value Chains literature: A review and discussion of future research opportunities	66
Is marketing agility important for emerging market firms in advanced markets?	60
Decades of research on foreign subsidiary divestment: What do we really know about its antecedents?	58
International entrepreneurship and the internationalization phenomenon: taking stock, looking ahead	55
New OLI advantages in digital globalization	54
The integrated use of social media, digital, and traditional communication tools in the B2B sales process of international SMEs	53
How do cultural values influence entrepreneurial behavior of nations? A behavioral reasoning approach	52
Advancing knowledge on emerging markets: Past and future research in perspective	52
COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry	52
Multinational enterprises and corporate tax planning: A review of literature and suggestions for a future research agenda	51
Internationalisation and risk: Literature review, integrative framework and research agenda	50
Host country risk and foreign ownership strategy: Meta-analysis and theory on the moderating role of home country institutions	45
A multi-theory framework for understanding the reshoring decision	43
Post-entry internationalization speed of SMEs: The role of relational mechanisms and foreign market knowledge	42
The micro-foundations of strategic ambidexterity: Chinese cross-border M&As, Mid-View thinking and integration management	42
Connecting big data management capabilities with employee ambidexterity in Chinese multinational enterprises through the mediation of big data value creation at the employee level	41
Microfoundations of network exploration and exploitation capabilities in international opportunity recognition	40
Foreign direct investment and entrepreneurship: Does the role of institutions matter?	40

The indirect effect of online marketing capabilities on the international performance of e-commerce SMEs	37
Using the Gioia Methodology in international business and entrepreneurship research	37
Digital power: Value chain upgrading in an age of digitization	37
Entrepreneurial leadership and MNE subsidiary performance: The moderating role of subsidiary context	36
Global value chains and the environmental sustainability of emerging market firms: A systematic review of literature and research agenda	35
How and when does co-production facilitate eco-innovation in international buyer-supplier relationships? The role of environmental innovation ambidexterity and institutional pressures	34
Servant leadership, CSR perceptions, moral meaningfulness and organizational identification- evidence from the Middle East	34
The hunt for international legitimacy: Examining the relationship between internationalization, state ownership, location and CSR reporting of Russian firms	34
Gender equality's impact on female directors’ efficacy: A multi-country study	34
Rapid internationalization and exit of exporters: The role of digital platforms	33
Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature	33
Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs	33
Unpacking the effect of strategic ambidexterity on performance: A cross-country comparison of MMNEs developing product-service innovation	32
Where does ESG pay? The role of national culture in moderating the relationship between ESG performance and financial performance	32
Cognitive foundations of firm internationalization: A systematic review and agenda for future research	32
Emerging market multinationals’ firm-specific advantages, institutional distance, and foreign acquisition location choice	30
Antecedents to differentiation strategy in the exporting SME	30
Innovation performance: The effect of knowledge-based dynamic capabilities in cross-country innovation ecosystems	30
Micro-foundations of organizational design and sustainability: The mediating role of learning ambidexterity	28
Learning by exporting under fast, short-term changes: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements	28
The stock market performance of exploration-oriented and exploitation-oriented cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from emerging market enterprises	28
International market exit by firms: Misalignment of strategy with the foreign market risk environment	26
Foreign location decisions through an institutional lens: A systematic review and future research agenda	26
Global value chain linkages: An integrative review of the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in developing countries	25
The international market selection of Chinese SMEs: How institutional influence overrides psychic distance	25
Intra and inter-country comparative effects of symbolic motivations on luxury purchase intentions in emerging markets	25
MNE-NGO partnerships for sustainability and social responsibility in the global fast-fashion industry: A loose-coupling perspective	24
Does foreign direct investment promote institutional development in Africa?	24
A co-evolution perspective of EMNE internationalization and institutions: An integrative framework of 5Cs	24
Harmonization of firm CSR policies across national contexts: Evidence from Brazil & Sweden	24
The efficacy of marketing skills and market responsiveness in marketing performance of emerging market exporting firms in advanced markets: The moderating role of competitive intensity	23
Predictive and effectual decision-making in high-tech international new ventures – A matter of sequential ambidexterity	23
Liability of emergingness and EMNEs’ cross-border acquisition completion: A legitimacy perspective	23
Strategic decision-making processes, international environmental munificence and the accelerated internationalization of SMEs	23
Innovation and export performance of emerging market enterprises: The roles of state and foreign ownership in China	22
A South-South perspective on emerging economy companies and institutional coevolution: An empirical study of Chinese multinationals in Africa	22
The transformation of national patents for high-technology exports: Moderating effects of national cultures	22
Strategic ambidexterity and its performance implications for emerging economies multinationals	22
Exploring reverse knowledge transfer and asset augmentation strategy by developed country MNEs: Case study evidence from the Indian pharmaceutical industry	21
On the internationalization of Turkish hospital chains: A dynamic capabilities perspective	21
Pro-market institutions and outward FDI of emerging market firms: An institutional arbitrage logic	21
Strategic ambidexterity and innovation in Chinese multinational vs. indigenous firms: The role of managerial capability	21
Managing international joint ventures to improve performance: The role of structural and social mechanisms	21
International business education: What we know and what we have yet to develop	21
Entrepreneurial orientation, export channel selection, and export performance of SMEs	20
International business, innovation and ambidexterity: A micro-foundational perspective	20
Risk management, legitimacy, and the overseas subsidiary performance of emerging market MNEs	20
Coping with complexity by making trust an important dimension in governance and coordination	20
Transfer of corporate governance practices into weak emerging market environments by foreign institutional investors	19
The effect of inward FDI on outward FDI over time in China: A contingent and dynamic perspective	19

Exploring expatriate adjustment through identity perspective	19
Thirty years of International Business Review and International Business Research	19
The effects of competition policy, regulatory quality and trust on inward FDI in host countries	19
A vulnerable victim or a tacit participant? Extending the field of multinationals and corruption research	18
Strategic agility of SMEs in emerging economies: Antecedents, consequences and boundary conditions	18
Co-evolution of emerging economy MNEs and institutions: A literature review	18
Effects of board characteristics on post-acquisition performance: A study of cross-border acquisitions by firms in the manufacturing sector	18
Unpacking the impact of innovation ambidexterity on export performance: Microfoundations and infrastructure investment	18
Informal interorganizational business relationships and customer loyalty: Comparing Guanxi, Yongo, and Wasta	18
Unleashing the dynamics of product-market ambidexterity in the pursuit of international opportunities: Insights from emerging market firms	17
Coevolution of home country support and internationalization of emerging market firms	17
MNEs and the practice of international business diplomacy	17
A longitudinal micro-foundational investigation into ambidextrous practices in an international alliance context–A case of a biopharma EMNE	17
Digitally immersive, international entrepreneurial experiences	17
Experience as a catalyst of export destinations: The ambidextrous connection between international experience and past entrepreneurial experience	16
Interplay between dual dimensions of knowledge sharing within globalized chaebols: The moderating effects of organization size and global environmental munificence	16
Nationality biases in peer evaluations: The country-of-origin effect in global virtual teams	16
Does parenting matter in subsidiary innovation in emerging economies? Exploring the role of parent superior competitiveness in affecting subsidiary contextual ambidexterity	16
Cultural differences and synergy realization in cross-border acquisitions	16
Focused and ambidextrous catch-up strategies of emerging economy multinationals	16
Multinational enterprises and structural transformation in emerging and developing countries: A survey of the literature	15
Export market orientation: An integrative review and directions for future research	15
Mapping the evolution, current state of affairs and future research direction of managing cross-border knowledge for innovation	15
Top management team’s formal network and international expansion of Chinese firms: The moderating role of state ownership and political ties	15
Responses of FDI to geopolitical risks: The role of governance, information, and technology	15
The effects of business- and non-business-targeting terrorism on FDI to the MENA region: The moderating role of political regime	15
Support for corporate social responsibility among generation Y consumers in advanced versus emerging markets	15