OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of World Business is 31. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Temporality and the first foreign direct investment	178
The interface of market and nonmarket strategies: Political ties and strategic competitive actions	114
Fight or flight? Understanding family firm internationalization when the rules of the game change	109
Editorial Board	100
Editorial Board	95
Editorial Board	93
Unlearning diversity management	91
Editorial Board	82
The effect of sanctions on macro talent management: The case of Russia	77
Emerging market internationalizing firms: Learning through internationalization to achieve entrepreneurial orientation	68
Global employees and exogenous shocks: considering positive psychological capital as a personal resource in international human resource management	66
‘How do firms reach out to foreign universities? Inventors’ personal characteristics and the multinational structure of firms’	65
Cultivating entrepreneurial human capital in multinational corporations: An intercultural paradox mindset lens	63
The impact of cultural identity on cultural and language bridging skills of first and second generation highly qualified migrants	62
Cultural intelligence and work-related outcomes: A meta-analytic examination of joint effects and incremental predictive validity	61
Extradition treaties and emerging market firms’ host country location choice✰	61
Caution ahead! The long-term effects of initial export intensity and geographic dispersion on INV development	60
Global cities: A multi-disciplinary review and research agenda	57
Context matters: The signaling role of foreign bidders’ reputation in cross-border acquisition contests	55
Knowledge management of emerging economy multinationals	53
The distinct contribution of investment promotion agencies’ branch offices in bringing Chinese multinationals to Europe	42
International vertical alliances within the international business field: A systematic literature review and future research agenda	40
Knowledge integration in multinational enterprises: The role of inventors crossing national and organizational boundaries	40
Necessary conditions in international business research–Advancing the field with a new perspective on causality and data analysis	39
Exit or stay: A critical incident analysis of decision-making in conflict-torn countries	39

Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context	39
Why is export-oriented entrepreneurship more prevalent in some countries than others? Contextual antecedents and economic consequences	38
Beyond disciplinary silos: A systematic analysis of the migrant entrepreneurship literature	35
Managing socio-political risk at the subnational level: Lessons from MNE subsidiaries in Indonesia	33
An integrative approach to international inbound sources of firm-level innovation	32
Cultural diversity in top management teams: Review and agenda for future research	32
Editorial Board	31
What subnational analysis could mean for IB research? Evidence for home bias reversals based on catchment area alcohol sales in Ontario	31