OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Review of Managerial Science is 13. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Blacksmith’s house, wooden knives: why do legacy firms succeed in promoting digital outcomes but struggle with the digital transformation of their existing business models?	548
Digitalization?A Matter of Trust: A Double-Mediation Model Investigating Employee Trust in Management Regarding Digitalization	156
How knowledge-based dynamic capabilities relate to firm performance: the mediating role of entrepreneurial orientation	139
Theory borrowing in emerging technology-oriented research contexts: on the example of blockchain technology	126
Coworking spaces as talent hubs: The imperative for community building in the changing context of new work	102
Affective commitment through further training: the roles of firm provision and employee participation	100
Barriers to entrepreneurship: opportunity recognition vs. opportunity pursuit	94
Enhancing top managers' leadership with artificial intelligence: insights from a systematic literature review	92
Investment strategies of bank-affiliated and independent venture capitalists: a focus on innovation in the fintech sector in the wake of the global financial crisis	83
Facilitating innovation in FinTech: a review and research agenda	76
Uncovering the organizational, environmental, and socio-economic sustainability of digitization: evidence from existing research	73
Should I stay or go? Valuation of multiple premium payment options for participating life insurance contracts	72
Do satisfaction, gender issues, and financial inclusion impact Italian female managers?	67
Correction: Editorial note from the Editors-in-Chief	59
Why one strategy does not fit all: a systematic review on exploration–exploitation in different organizational archetypes	55
Why do firms down-list or exit from securities markets?	54
Rethinking internationalization processes: toward a circular framework	54
Ambidextrous structures paving the way for disruptive business models: a conceptual framework	53
Board monitoring effectiveness and corporate sustainability performance: do legal system and CEO non-duality matter?	50
Employee turnover in multinational corporations: a supervised machine learning approach	50
How does common ownership affect corporate innovation after succession in Chinese family firms? A perspective on value cocreation	48
From green HRM to SDG success: pathways through exploratory innovation and developmental culture	47
Building blocks of social relationships in business: verification and measurement validation	46
Technical efficiency in banks: a review of methods, recent innovations and future research agenda	45
The impact of institutional ownership structure on corporate ESG performance: empirical evidence for the European capital market	44

The burgeoning role of literature review articles in management research: an introduction and outlook	41
Correction to: The role of humility in Chief Executive Officers: a review	39
Institutional and individual determinants of entrepreneurial intentions: evidence from developing and transition economies	39
Correction: Individual learning ambidexterity behavior and individual job performance in services: the role of organizational structure	37
Consumer responses to human-AI collaboration at organizational frontlines: strategies to escape algorithm aversion in content creation	36
Competencies for the artificial intelligence age: visualisation of the state of the art and future perspectives	35
Driving coopetition strategy to service innovation: the moderating role of coopetition recognition	34
Managerial overconfidence: promoter of or obstacle to organizational resilience?	34
Above and beyond meat: the role of consumers’ dietary behavior for the purchase of plant-based food substitutes	34
Wielding a double-edged sword? JV investment geographic diversity and parent's innovation	33
Integrating uncertainty and governance into a capital structure puzzle: can risk-taking and rule-taking explain zero-leverage firms?	33
Strategies of German Bundesliga and English Premier League clubs for the COVID-19 crisis: the case of international broadcasting fans	32
Carrots or sticks? Inferring motives of corporate CSR Engagement from empirical data	31
The intellectual structure of gender equality research in the business economics literature	30
Multi-stakeholder marketing: mapping the field	30
Correction: Mind the gap: the effect of cultural distance on mergers and acquisitions—evidence from glassdoor reviews	30
Correction: ‘Burned out’ millennials! Can job crafting promote employee well-being in the SMEs?	30
How does the ball get onto the pitch? Equipment logistics management in sport organizations	29
Are brand preferences inherent, constructed, or a mixture of both? A memory-based dual-process model	29
Game on: curbing impulse buying and returns in apparel e-tailers	29
Breaking barriers: assessing the influence of female directors on financial performance beyond the boardroom	29
Do sustainable institutional investors contribute to firms’ environmental performance? Empirical evidence from Europe	29
Predictive vs. non-predictive entrepreneurial strategies: What’s the difference, anyway?	28
Leader self-deprecating humor and employee creativity at workplace: a longitudinal study	28
Transformative social innovation in developing and emerging ecosystems: a configurational examination	28
Measuring the impact of tax loss carryforwards on capital structure choice: the accuracy of earnings-based proxies	27
Pathways to survive in abrupt adversities: a configurational approach to understanding the resilience of new venture teams	27
Integrating portfolio decisions into sales and operations planning: a literature review and novel framework for holistic decision-making	27
Logistics business model evolution: digital platforms and connected and autonomous vehicles as disruptors	27
Literature reviews as independent studies: guidelines for academic practice	27
Forecasting EUA futures volatility with geopolitical risk: evidence from GARCH-MIDAS models	26
Corporate social (ir)responsibility towards employees and financial performance: using time to solve the chicken-egg problem	26
Not all stakeholders are created equal: executive vertical pay disparity and firms’ choice of internal and external CSR	26
Art of innovating in the arts: definitions, determinants, and mode of innovation in creative industries, a systematic review	23
Motivational factors of pro-environmental behaviors among information technology professionals	23
Formal HRM in family SMEs: the role of family-centered goals and family governance	22
Partner selection strategies of SMEs for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals	22
The business model and its impact on job creation	22
The impact of accounting practices on financial sustainability: A study of external block-holders and institutional ownership	22
Mapping the greenwashing research landscape: a theoretical and field analysis	21
Saying yes to mess: disorganization as an antecedent to dynamic capabilities	20
Wise leaders fostering employees’ speaking up behaviors: developing and validating a measure of leader-expressed practical wisdom	20
Entrepreneurship in the context of permanent crisis: the role of community support	20
Necessary condition analysis (NCA): review of research topics and guidelines for good practice	19
Critical HR capabilities in agile organisations a cross-case analysis in swiss SMEs	19
Adoption of AI-based order picking in warehouse: benefits, challenges, and critical success factors	19
Heuristic pricing rules not requiring knowledge of the price response function	19
Does corporate social performance improve bank efficiency? Evidence from European banks	18
Socioemotional wealth and family firms performance: a framework and future pathways	18
The effect of internal corporate social responsibility practices on firm performance: the mediating role of employee intrapreneurial behaviour	18

Unpacking the complexities of crisis innovation: a comprehensive review of ecosystem-level responses to exogenous shocks	17
Correction to: Influence of alliance portfolio diversity on innovation performance: the role of internal capabilities of value creation	17
Corporate social responsibility, intellectual capital and financial performance: evidence from developed and developing Asian economies	17
Dynamic capabilities as a moderator: enhancing the international performance of SMEs with international entrepreneurial orientation	17
Agile-as-a-tool and agile-as-a-culture: a comprehensive review of agile approaches adopting contingency and configuration theories	16
Organizational citizenship behavior: understanding interaction effects of psychological ownership and agency systems	16
How the digital business ecosystem affects stakeholder satisfaction: its impact on business performance	16
Values and subjective well-being of European entrepreneurs: a configurational analysis across technological levels	16
Does human-oriented governance foster labor and human rights disclosure?	16
The coopetition management process: a science mapping analysis	16
Overcoming barriers to transformation in manufacturing firms. A path-dependence perspective of digital servitization	16
Overcommitted to show up in the board? The moderating effect of ownership	16
When do entrepreneurs form intermediary relationships? A study of start-ups that use venture capital law firms in fundraising	16
Correction to: A systematic review of collaborative digital platforms: structuring the domain and research agenda	15
Developing an integrated framework of healthcare leaders’ resilience	15
Exploring the link between family ownership and leverage: a mediating pathway through socioemotional wealth objectives	15
Individual learning ambidexterity behavior and individual job performance in services: the role of organizational structure	15
Human-related capabilities in big data analytics: a taxonomy of human factors with impact on firm performance	15
Financial literacy in SMEs: a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of an emerging research field	15
Analysis of economic growth through the context conditions that allow entrepreneurship	15
Thank you, Wolfgang	15
Breaking or making futures: How laws and regulations shape innovation in emerging innovation systems	15
Sport entrepreneurship: the role of innovation and creativity in sport management	14
Artificial intelligence (AI) for good? Enabling organizational change towards sustainability	14
Correction: Exploring strategic corporate sustainability management in family businesses: a systematic literature review	14
Motivations in the adoption and conversion of freemium services: insights for digital entrepreneurship	14
Green work-life synergy? Exploring pathways from green HRM to organizational environmental performance	14
Towards a process-oriented understanding of HR analytics: implementation and application	14
Artificial intelligence misconduct and ESG risk ratings	14
Policy uncertainty and corporate investment: public versus private firms	13
Followers beat content: social media and the managers in initial coin offerings (ICOs)	13
Measuring and managing service productivity: a meta-analysis	13
Asset tangibility, information asymmetries and intangibles as determinants of family firms leverage	13
Soft skills, do we know what we are talking about?	13
Obsessive–compulsive personality and creative performance: the moderating effect of manager coaching behavior	13
Exploring strategic corporate sustainability management in family businesses: A systematic literature review	13
Setting the development of digitalization: state-of-the-art and potential for future research in cooperatives	13
Foundations and areas of COVID-19 pandemic logistics and supply chain management research: the early and mid-pandemic view	13
Fostering an environment for social entrepreneurship: a comparative analysis across economic development levels	13
Navigating the storm: how managers’ decisions shape companies in crisis	13
Zombie firms and corporate financialization: evidence from China	13