OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of World Business is 21. 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
International entrepreneurship in the post Covid world	204
Digital transformation, sustainability, and purpose in the multinational enterprise	96
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda	91
Agility and flexibility in international business research: A comprehensive review and future research directions	80
Global value chain governance: Intersections with international business	80
State ownership and internationalization: The advantage and disadvantage of stateness	75
The development of international e-commerce in retail SMEs: An effectuation perspective	71
Populism, political risk, and pandemics: The challenges of political leadership for business in a post-COVID world	67
A capabilities perspective on the joint effects of internationalization time, speed, geographic scope and managers’ competencies on SME survival	66
The nature of innovation in global value chains	65
Managing internationalization and innovation tradeoffs in entrepreneurial firms: Evidence from transition economies	64
How institutions affect CSR practices in the Middle East and North Africa: A critical review	64
State capitalism in international context: Varieties and variations	63
The (COVID-19) pandemic and the new world (dis)order	59
Beyond disciplinary silos: A systematic analysis of the migrant entrepreneurship literature	56
Cycles of de-internationalization and re-internationalization: Towards an integrative framework	51
Cohesion, COVID-19 and contemporary challenges to globalization	51
Going subnational: A literature review and research agenda	51
State ownership, political ideology, and firm performance around the world	49
Environmental sustainability practices and exports: The interplay of strategy and institutions in Latin America	48
Strategic agility, dynamic relational capability and trust among SMEs in transitional economies	48
Decoupling in international business: Evidence, drivers, impact, and implications for IB research	43
Global migrants: Understanding the implications for international business and management	41
International social SMEs in emerging countries: Do governments support their international growth?	41
Strategic agility, environmental uncertainties and international performance: The perspective of Indian firms	40

Communication and culture in international business – Moving the field forward	40
The role of context in SME internationalization – A review	40
Multinationals’ misbehavior	39
The impact of market based institutional reforms on firm strategy and performance: Review and extension	38
Knowledge management of emerging economy multinationals	38
Multinational enterprises and the governance of sustainability practices in emerging market supply chains: An agile governance perspective	37
Social Media Firm Specific Advantages as Enablers of Network Embeddedness of International Entrepreneurial Ventures	37
Microfoundations of Strategic Agility in Emerging Markets: Empirical Evidence of Italian MNEs in India	36
Necessary conditions in international business research–Advancing the field with a new perspective on causality and data analysis	36
Patent enforcement across 51 countries – Patent enforcement index 1998–2017	34
Variety of Innovation in Global Value Chains	34
When political instability devaluates home-host ties	34
What explains the degree of internationalization of early-stage entrepreneurial firms? A multilevel study on the joint effects of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, opportunity-motivated entrepreneurship,	34
Why is export-oriented entrepreneurship more prevalent in some countries than others? Contextual antecedents and economic consequences	33
Business groups and internationalization: Effective identification and future agenda	33
Institutional logics and social enterprises: Entry mode choices of foreign hospitals in China	32
The impact of language barriers on knowledge processing in multinational teams	32
Global work in a rapidly changing world: Implications for MNEs and individuals	32
Mapping the terrain of international human resource management research over the past fifty years: A bibliographic analysis	31
Parent Firm Corporate Social Responsibility and Overseas Subsidiary Performance: A Signaling Perspective	30
Unraveling asset recombination through the lens of firm-specific advantages: A dynamic capabilities perspective	30
International business under sanctions	30
Emerging market internationalizing firms: Learning through internationalization to achieve entrepreneurial orientation	30
How founder characteristics imprint ventures’ internationalization processes: The role of international experience and cognitive beliefs	29
Cultural intelligence and work-related outcomes: A meta-analytic examination of joint effects and incremental predictive validity	28
Global cities: A multi-disciplinary review and research agenda	27
Cultural diversity in top management teams: Review and agenda for future research	27
“Us versus them”: Sensemaking and identity processes in skilled migrants’ experiences of occupational downgrading	26
Developing compositional capability in emerging-market SMEs	24
Are voluntary international migrants self-selected for entrepreneurship? An analysis of entrepreneurial personality traits	24
Reciprocity and informal institutions in international market entry	23
Institutional quality and inclusive strategies at the base of the pyramid	23
The emergence of a communication climate in global virtual teams	22
The role of emotions in intercultural business communication: Language standardization in the context of international knowledge transfer	22
Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context	22
The research frontier on internationalization of social enterprises	21
Female executives and multinationals’ support of the UN's sustainable development goals	21
Subsidiary autonomy and subsidiary performance: A meta-analysis	21
Institutional Logics and the Internationalization of a State-Owned Enterprise: Evaluation of International Venture Opportunities by Telecom Finland 1987–1998	21