OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Asia Pacific Business Review is 4. 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
Examining the follower-related antecedents and effects of servant leadership in the PRC and Hong Kong	26
Financial reporting comparability, pay-performance sensitivity, and the role of information environment: evidence from Taiwan	24
Corporate sustainability in times of virus crises	22
Shaping corporate culture for sustainable business success Shaping corporate culture for sustainable business success , written by Josef Herget, Berlin, Springer, 2023,	20
After the storm: how Hong Kong can hold on to its status as a global business hub in the Asia-Pacific	17
The impact of public health emergency perception on psychological crisis in the Chinese context: the role of social support and psychological targeting	15
Proactive market orientation towards export performance within SMEs: a comparative study between the US and South Korea	15
How does family-supportive supervision influence work-family conflict in China? The role of boundary control and empowerment-focused HRM	15
Comparing capitalisms for an unknown future Comparing capitalisms for an unknown future , by Gordon Redding, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 92 pp., $22 (ha	14
Digital leadership within large South Korean firms	14
The impact of management control systems on employees’ behavior during remote work	14
Transcending tradition: reimagining business education in the VUCA world	13
Finance transformation: leadership on digital transformation and disruptive innovation	13
Expatriate managers and cross-cultural leadership in China: research and practice in leading and managing Chinese employees Expatriate managers and cross-cultural leadership in China: r	12
Do grateful employees take charge more in China? A joint moderating effect model	12
Collaborative intelligence achieved from AI-enabled recruitment: a case study of POSCO in South Korea	12
Impact of dual-class share structure: Alibaba IPO success analysis	11
Strategic priorities for regional power connectivity in Asia in the overlapping of subregional initiatives and China’s global energy interconnection	11
Technological innovation capacity of MNEs in China: studying the cross-cultural effects	10
The role of internal control and digital transformation between political connections and financial performance: evidence from China	10
The effects of differential organizational culture types on firm and individual performance in Eastern and Western cultural countries including China and the United States: a meta-analysis	10
Research on the multi-factor driving paths of Chinese science-technology talents’ career calling: an ability-motivation-opportunity perspective	9
The globalization of postcolonial pop music: putting the success of the K-pop industries into theoretical perspectives	9
Challenge and hindrance: Yin and Yang paths of AI usage’s effects on Chinese employee innovative behaviour	8
Interaction between individual and collective learning in an entrepreneurial setting: case study of SoftBank Academia in Japan	8

The Sinicisation of the Hong Kong economy or the Hongkongnisation of the Greater Bay Area: are we ‘barking up the wrong tree’?	8
Narratives in megaprojects	8
How do organizations deal with crisis? A case study on improvisational behaviours of Chinese companies during the COVID-19 epidemic	8
Exploring users’ continuance intentions for mobile wallets: an extended expectation–confirmation model with gamification and grievance redressal in Vietnam	8
When the window of opportunity opens: how does open search impact the business model design of digital startups?	8
Geopolitics and Hong Kong as international financial centre: a dynamic IPE perspective	8
The decision-making logic and organizational agility of SMEs in China: the moderating effect of decentralization	8
Leave or not to leave? The impact of managerial work-life support and work engagement on the outcomes of work-to-life conflict for China’s new generation employees	7
Examining the seniority-based pay system in Korean companies: current trends and its implications for Asian economies	7
Towards a new corporate responsibility and governance? Tax haven and other identity characteristics of Asia-Pacific multinational corporations	7
Japan’s ‘consensual’ variety of digital capitalism and its global relevance	7
A comprehensive literature review of the digital business ecosystem and digital business model with comparison in China, Japan and South Korea	7
South Korea’s supply chain diversification in response to geopolitical risk: evidence from change point detection approach to battery industry	7
Heterogeneous effects of digital transformation on business model design: evidence from Chinese firms	7
Unveiling the relationship between the speed of internationalization and export resilience of MNCs in China: the moderating role of digital capability	7
Corporate philanthropy by foreign multinationals in developing countries in Asia: do local consumers truly matter?	7
Impromptu behaviour formation and operational strategy innovation in a Chinese enterprise under the context of COVID-19	7
Moderating effects of collectivism orientations on the impact of incongruent CSR on employees’ turnover intention: evidence from China	7
Japan’s triple sustainability challenge	7
How the workplace usage of AI in China influences proactive behaviour? The role of pride and shame	7
Digital technology and ESG performance in ecosystem-based business models: perspective of environmental regulation and green innovation in China	6
Capabilities influencing export intensity of Thai SMEs during COVID-19: a capability-based perspective	6
The ‘new trinity’ reform of labour markets in Japan	6
Still in command and control? Hong Kong’s headquarters economy in the changing global and regional context	6
What explains Alibaba’s miraculous IPO success on the New York stock exchange?	6
What is not an effective K-pop marketing practice: Korean exports riding on the Hallyu wave	6
From Korea to the world: women’s role as peer-leaders in K-pop transnational online brand communities	6
The development of human resource management in Vietnam: a systematic review post-1980s	6
Strategic orientation, innovation, and the effects of entrepreneurial support mechanism in SMEs in South Korea: an application of subject-mechanism-performance congruence model	6
Leading digital business model transformation in the K-pop industry: the case of SM Entertainment	6
Beyond tokenism: a contingency model of board gender diversity and environmental innovation in Korean and Japanese firms	6
Digital technology and enterprise knowledge management: literature review and theoretical framework construction	6
Comparing Islamic and Western perspectives on leadership Effective leadership habits: a concise guide from an Islamic perspective , written by Muhammad Bashir Agboola, I	6
Core job resources to improve employee engagement in China: the role of work-life balance, autonomy and expertise	6
Impact of influencers’ influencing strategy on follower outcomes: evidence from China	6
Reforming Japanese capitalism: introduction	5
The effects of gender diversity and cognitive diversity on team performance in Japanese R&D teams including the effect of shared leadership as a moderator	5
Pathways to global leadership for Korean firms: unveiling the strategic evolution of LG and SK in the market dynamics	5
A study on artificial intelligence orientation and new venture performance	5
A supply chain perspective on climate risks, corporate financing constraints, and mitigation strategies: evidence from China	5
Top management support, green training and organization’s environmental performance: the electric power sector in Vietnam	5
Business research in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): recapitulation and prospects	5
Forming managers’ exploitation and exploration from the interplay of managers’ formal and informal networks in China: a moderated mediation model	5
Advantage China: agent of change in an era of global disruption Advantage China: agent of change in an era of global disruption , by Jeremy Garlick, London, Bloomsbury P	5
Hierarchical business value of post-adoption cross-border e-commerce assimilation towards innovation performance: evidence from Malaysian manufacturing SMEs	5
The economy of the Sino–US conflict: its impact on Chinese firms listed in the US and Hong Kong as a financial hub	5
Cross-market innovation: the dynamics of latecomer catching-up model from new Chinese electric vehicle OEMs	5
Uncovering the institutional logic of digital platforms: key implications for the Chinese digital platforms	5
The brand dilemma of Chinese employees: the positive and negative effects of personal brand equity on voice behaviour	5
Motivation and hindrance: the mixed blessing of paradoxical leader behaviour for workplace creativity in China	5

Leveraging resources to achieve high competitive advantage for digital new ventures: an empirical study in China	5
Real options logic in dynamic reconfiguration of portfolio entrepreneurship: evidence from China	4
Evidence-based policy making in Japan’s public expenditure: compatibility of fiscal health and investing for the future	4
Beyond the gender gap in Japan	4
Transforming the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership: a comparative study of Japanese automotive subsidiaries in Russia	4
Unveiling the microfoundation of organizational resilience: evidence from Chinese technology-based firms	4
Adopting and adapting innovation in Japan’s digital transformation	4
Work-from-home satisfaction and task crafting in South Korea: the roles of resilience and job tenure	4
A ‘Hidden Champion’ in Hong Kong’s banking sector: the case of Hang Seng Bank	4
An accounting perspective on the IFRS sustainability reporting standards for greenhouse gas emissions: implications for the Asia Pacific	4
Empowering women for leadership roles in the post-pandemic era Post-pandemic leadership: exploring solutions to a crisis , edited by Morgen Witzel, Abingdon and New York	4
Exploration or exploitation? Rethinking innovation strategies through the lens of corporate entrepreneurship in Thailand	4
Corporate communication: concepts and practice	4
Which dynamic capabilities lead to high business model innovation? Configurational evidence from China	4
Regional specialists in focus: spearheading Samsung’s globalization initiative from Korea	4
The effects of political embeddedness on cross-border mergers and acquisitions in China: Alibaba’s case	4
The impact of ICT use on entrepreneurial performance: evidence from Chinese microenterprises	4
Seeking for better performance: a synergy effect of algorithmic and leader management transparency on employee knowledge seeking behaviour and performance in China	4
Deliberate calm: how to learn and lead in a volatile world	4
The rise of market-driven writers in Republican Shanghai: economic prosperity, cultural production, and literary adaptation	4
Consumer animosity, product quality judgement, and boycott behavior: mediating role of negative emotions – China and Vietnam	4
Harmony at home, everything goes well: the cross-domain influence mechanism of family harmony on employees’ innovative behaviour in China	4