OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal is 11. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Do entrepreneurial ecosystems foster sustainable development?	106
Exploring reputation factors for startups’ survival in sharing economy	72
Trade credit, payment duration, and SMEs’ growth in the European Union	71
Mediating role of inter-organizational collaboration in entrepreneurial context: multidimensional analysis	56
Knowledge spillovers in business intelligence organisations: a strategic entrepreneurship perspective	51
Effects of education for entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial intention in university students	48
Agentic AI systems and the future of entrepreneurship: a perspective on co-agency, innovation, and ecosystem transformation	47
Driving intrapreneurial behavior through high-performance work systems	45
Untangling the relationship between small and medium-sized enterprises and growth: a review of extant literature	45
Artificial intelligence and dynamic capabilities: how startups can thrive in entrepreneurial ecosystems amid disruptive change	44
Bibliometric analysis of strategic entrepreneurship literature	39
Exploring the reality of corporate sustainability strategy and sales performance in entrepreneurial SMEs: the mediating effect of innovation and sustainability performance	38
Impact of the sense of initiative and entrepreneurship competence on the entrepreneurial intention	37
Institutional entrepreneurship and digital transformation in higher education: a configurational and structural analysis of digital maturity	37
Approach to the sense of belonging: construct for the marketing of entrepreneurships in higher education	36
Impact of government support policies on entrepreneurial orientation and SME performance	35
Fostering Entrepreneurial intentions: exploring the interplay of education and endogenous factors	32
Inclusive development of digital finance, family entrepreneurship and poverty reduction effect	31
A typology of social innovation: A comparative study of clustering methodologies	29
The internationalization of SMEs through entrepreneurial ecosystems in the 21st century: bibliometric and content analysis	29
Green-hushing in new technology-based firms: how dynamic capabilities and digital cognition shape sustainable entrepreneurship	28
Entrepreneurship gender dynamics: an international study of firm innovation behavior	27
Leveraging leadership styles for ESG performance in the public sector: the role of humble leadership in enhancing employee task and contextual outcomes	27
Greening ambitions: exploring factors influencing university students' intentions for sustainable entrepreneurship	26
Analysis of management on the development of regional tourism in Europe	26

How does the COVID-19 economic crisis impact resilience? A configurational analysis of the spinoffs	26
Bridging entrepreneurial networks and academic entrepreneurial behavior: applying theory of planned behavior	26
The impacts on informal financing strategy of small and micro enterprises by interest rate risks and public health emergencies	26
Keys of accelerators success: evidence from Spain	25
Factors that determine the degree of fulfilment of expectations for entrepreneurs from the business incubator programmes	25
Does labor force diversity really matter for entrepreneurship?: Exploring the South Korean case	25
Determinants of peacebuilding actions in family MSMEs: the role of institutional pressures and socioemotional wealth	24
From utility to necessity: the business plan as a multi-user tool for planning	23
How can entrepreneurs improve digital market segmentation? A comparative analysis of supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms	23
Strategic insights for entrepreneurship and business growth in the export sector	23
Uncovering the institutional antecedents of entrepreneurial orientation in necessity entrepreneurship: Evidence from rural Angola	23
Gender differences in the impact of ecological awareness on entrepreneurial intent	22
Challenges for entrepreneurial innovation: Startups as tools for a better knowledge-based economy	22
From innovation to impact: unraveling the complexities of entrepreneurship in the digital age	22
Risk taking and need for achievement as mediators in the relationship between self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention	22
Enhancing corporate sustainability and employees’ innovative behavior through senior executives sustainable entrepreneurial orientation and green HRM practices: the role of corporate social responsibi	22
Does green entrepreneurial orientation impact entrepreneurial success through green innovation capability in the manufacturing and services sector of emerging economies?	22
How does digital transformation improve ESG performance? Empirical research from 396 enterprises	22
Critical factors affecting digital transformation in manufacturing companies	22
Age and entrepreneurship: Mapping the scientific coverage and future research directions	21
What helps age-tech startups scale-up? Some insights	21
New paradigms of sustainable entrepreneurship in metaverse: a micro-level perspective	20
Key factors of labour relations and conflict management for the generation of employee engagement. The case of hotel organisations	20
Is it the time to reshape entrepreneurship education? State-of-the-art and further perspectives	20
Startup entrepreneurs’ personality traits and resilience: unveiling the interplay of prior experience	20
Empowering entrepreneurs: the impact of digital technology innovation on overcoming managerial myopia in Chinese enterprises	20
Catalyzing ambidextrous green innovation of SMEs through green knowledge capabilities, green entrepreneurial intention, and digital financial literacy	20
Family governance practices and the minimum required rate of return in privately held family firms	19
The relationship between digitalization and entrepreneurship in expansionary and crisis economic phases	19
Advancing research on microfranchising: a critical review	19
Unlocking growth potential: investigating the significance of firm location for music startups	18
Balancing external pressure and risk tolerance: examining the influence of business value in entrepreneurs’ investment decisions in digital technologies	18
Navigating uncertainty: Conceptualizing resilience in startups through a systematic review	18
Dark triad personality, motivational dynamics and nascent entrepreneurs entrepreneurial intentions: cross-country comparison	18
Perceived health as human capital in entrepreneurial intention among people with disability	17
Panta Rhei! Disentangling the temporal dynamics of nascent and future entrepreneurship	17
The role of artificial intelligence in shaping entrepreneurial consumer behavior	17
Unveiling the determinants of alternative payment adoption: exploring the factors shaping generation Z’s intentions in Thailand	17
Fostering entrepreneurial success through the predictive role of knowledge management, green creativity, green social behavior, dynamic capabilities, business environment and green service innovation	17
Investigating female entrepreneurship: a micro-perspective of drivers and barriers for aspiring and experienced women entrepreneurs	17
E-commerce platform dependence: a double-edged sword for born global firms?	16
Supply chain from start to finish: the implications of supply chain management for entrepreneurs	16
Truly multitalented: what makes a (successful) female hybrid entrepreneur?	16
The role of knowledge and interpersonal competences in the development of civic and public engagement and entrepreneurial intention	16
Does entrepreneurial motivation influence entrepreneurial intention? Exploring the moderating role of perceived supportive institutional environment on Indian university students	16
Digital transformation and entrepreneurial activity: driving employee wages in China	16
External parachuting and innovation investment: mediating effect of entrepreneurial spirit	16
Entrepreneurial behaviors that shape performance in small family and non-family hotels during times of crisis	16
Exploring smart workers' willingness to sacrifice and its managerial entrepreneurship implications towards a new mobility paradigm	15
Neuroentrepreneurship: state of the art and future lines of work	15

Similarity is not everything: the influence of personal characteristics of entrepreneurs and investors on their fit	15
Tech innovation! Industry 4.0 enablers and management initiative on innovation performance: a moderation model	14
Entrepreneurial initiative and perceived control: behavioral drivers and macroeconomic moderation across countries	14
Effectuation in action: how pre-commitments drive international performance	14
Implementing turnaround strategies as an entrepreneurial process	14
Crowdlending platforms: reputation on the line	14
Engagement in entrepreneurship after business failure. Do formal institutions and culture matter?	14
Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in entrepreneurial education and practice: emerging insights, the GAIN Framework, and research agenda	14
Navigating motivations and obstacles: exploring the dynamics of foreign entrepreneurs in China’s business landscape	14
Entrepreneurial orientation in the digital world: orchestrating innovation, ESG, and sustainability	14
The role of entrepreneurial education and autonomous culture in enhancing entrepreneurs’ dynamic capabilities: a global analysis of national effects	13
Can organizational size moderate the relationship between sustainable-driven financial management and business competitiveness?	13
Determinants of women opportunity-driven entrepreneurship and business diversification in diverse contexts	13
Examining the impact of big five personality traits and digital competencies on digital entrepreneurial intention: the mediating role of digital self-efficacy	13
Correction to: Can organizational size moderate the relationship between sustainable-driven financial management and business competitiveness?	13
Green-tech firm creation in Germany: the role of regional knowledge	13
Role of digitalization and governance in sustainable entrepreneurship: evidence from developing economies	13
Exploration of the social selling of family-owned B2B enterprises and perceptual barriers	13
The role of green entrepreneurship and fintech in promoting sustainability	12
Examining the role of digitalization and ESG strategies in enhancing resilience and sustainable performance of SMEs	12
Unlocking funding success: intercultural entrepreneurship dynamics in European startups	12
A conceptual model of entrepreneurial leadership: how entrepreneurial leaders enable entrepreneurial opportunity	12
Emergence of new firms: A test of the resource-based view, signaling and behavioral perspectives	12
Exploring the role of materiality analysis in corporate decision-making for SDG prioritization: A systematic literature review	12
The role of entrepreneurial imaginativeness for implementation intentions in new venture creation	12
Venture capital internationalization in China and the Uppsala model	12
Enterprise-level sustainable entrepreneurship index construction and its applications	12
Correction to: Entrepreneurial Behavior and HR Analytics: A Pathway to Effective HR Activities and Organizational Performance	12
Mapping the entrepreneurship ecosystem scholarship: current state and future directions	11
Value creation and appropriation from the use of machine learning: a study of start-ups using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis	11
Entrepreneurship centers in the development of sustainable innovation: two country perspectives	11
Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for the circular economy: a mixed-methods analysis of sustainable production ecosystems (2023–2024)	11
Innovative activity and ethnic dynamics: an exploratory study of homophilic relationships among minority entrepreneurs	11
What is a circular entrepreneur? Understanding entrepreneurs’ experiences in order to support the circular economy	11
Innovation ecosystems and entrepreneurial venture capital: evidence from European countries	11
Utilizing ESG frameworks to improve environmental performance in digital economy entrepreneurial firms: using digital technologies for green development	11
Moving toward environmental sustainability through green entrepreneurship: assessing the moderating role of managerial environmental commitment	11
Redefining copreneurs: a four decadal review adopting computer aided text analysis	11
The impact of equity pledge on inefficient investment: a perspective from family entrepreneurship	11