OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Business Review is 34. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The art of writing literature review: What do we know and what do we need to know?	819
Corruption in international business: A review and research agenda	169
How do country regulations and business environment impact foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows?	122
Research on international business: The new realities	115
International new venture performance: Role of international entrepreneurial culture, ambidextrous innovation, and dynamic marketing capabilities	106
Culture and International business research: A review and research agenda	87
Micro-foundational ambidexterity and multinational enterprises: A systematic review and a conceptual framework	75
The determinants and performance of early internationalizing firms: A literature review and research agenda	72
Nurturing International Business research through Global Value Chains literature: A review and discussion of future research opportunities	65
A bibliometric analysis of family firm internationalization research: Current themes, theoretical roots, and ways forward	65
Is marketing agility important for emerging market firms in advanced markets?	58
Decades of research on foreign subsidiary divestment: What do we really know about its antecedents?	57
Corporate social innovation: A systematic literature review	56
International entrepreneurship and the internationalization phenomenon: taking stock, looking ahead	55
The integrated use of social media, digital, and traditional communication tools in the B2B sales process of international SMEs	52
Foreign direct investment, technological advancement, and absorptive capacity: A network analysis	52
COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry	51
How do cultural values influence entrepreneurial behavior of nations? A behavioral reasoning approach	51
New OLI advantages in digital globalization	51
Advancing knowledge on emerging markets: Past and future research in perspective	51
Internationalisation and risk: Literature review, integrative framework and research agenda	47
Multinational enterprises and corporate tax planning: A review of literature and suggestions for a future research agenda	46
Process in family business internationalisation: The state of the art and ways forward	45
Host country risk and foreign ownership strategy: Meta-analysis and theory on the moderating role of home country institutions	45
A multi-theory framework for understanding the reshoring decision	42

The micro-foundations of strategic ambidexterity: Chinese cross-border M&As, Mid-View thinking and integration management	42
Social network analysis in international business research: An assessment of the current state of play and future research directions	41
Post-entry internationalization speed of SMEs: The role of relational mechanisms and foreign market knowledge	39
Connecting big data management capabilities with employee ambidexterity in Chinese multinational enterprises through the mediation of big data value creation at the employee level	39
Microfoundations of network exploration and exploitation capabilities in international opportunity recognition	38
Digital power: Value chain upgrading in an age of digitization	37
Foreign direct investment and entrepreneurship: Does the role of institutions matter?	36
The indirect effect of online marketing capabilities on the international performance of e-commerce SMEs	35
Entrepreneurial leadership and MNE subsidiary performance: The moderating role of subsidiary context	34
Gender equality's impact on female directors’ efficacy: A multi-country study	34
A causal analysis of the role of institutions and organizational proficiencies on the innovation capability of Chinese SMEs	34
Global value chains and the environmental sustainability of emerging market firms: A systematic review of literature and research agenda	34
Servant leadership, CSR perceptions, moral meaningfulness and organizational identification- evidence from the Middle East	34
How and when does co-production facilitate eco-innovation in international buyer-supplier relationships? The role of environmental innovation ambidexterity and institutional pressures	34
The hunt for international legitimacy: Examining the relationship between internationalization, state ownership, location and CSR reporting of Russian firms	34