OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Business Review is 16. 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
A bibliometric analysis of family firm internationalization research: Current themes, theoretical roots, and ways forward	65
Nurturing International Business research through Global Value Chains literature: A review and discussion of future research opportunities	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
Host country risk and foreign ownership strategy: Meta-analysis and theory on the moderating role of home country institutions	45
Process in family business internationalisation: The state of the art and ways forward	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
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
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
Home country institutional impediments and international expansion of developing country SMEs	33
Exploratory and exploitative OFDI from emerging markets: Impacts on firm performance	32
Unpacking the effect of strategic ambidexterity on performance: A cross-country comparison of MMNEs developing product-service innovation	32
Cognitive foundations of firm internationalization: A systematic review and agenda for future research	31
Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature	30
Rapid internationalization and exit of exporters: The role of digital platforms	30
Using the Gioia Methodology in international business and entrepreneurship research	30
Antecedents to differentiation strategy in the exporting SME	29
Micro-foundations of organizational design and sustainability: The mediating role of learning ambidexterity	28
Learning by exporting under fast, short-term changes: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements	28
Where does ESG pay? The role of national culture in moderating the relationship between ESG performance and financial performance	28
The stock market performance of exploration-oriented and exploitation-oriented cross-border mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from emerging market enterprises	27
Emerging market multinationals’ firm-specific advantages, institutional distance, and foreign acquisition location choice	27
A comparative analysis of location and non-location-bounded strategic asset seeking in emerging and developed market MNEs: An application of new internalization theory	26
Foreign location decisions through an institutional lens: A systematic review and future research agenda	26
The Growth Impact of Chinese Direct Investment on Host Developing Countries	25
Enhancing or inhibiting: The impact of investment in political ties on the link between firm innovation and productivity	25
The multinationality and performance relationship: Revisiting the literature and exploring the implications	25
International market exit by firms: Misalignment of strategy with the foreign market risk environment	24
Does foreign direct investment promote institutional development in Africa?	24
A co-evolution perspective of EMNE internationalization and institutions: An integrative framework of 5Cs	24
The international market selection of Chinese SMEs: How institutional influence overrides psychic distance	24
MNE-NGO partnerships for sustainability and social responsibility in the global fast-fashion industry: A loose-coupling perspective	24
Harmonization of firm CSR policies across national contexts: Evidence from Brazil & Sweden	24
Innovation performance: The effect of knowledge-based dynamic capabilities in cross-country innovation ecosystems	23
Intra and inter-country comparative effects of symbolic motivations on luxury purchase intentions in emerging markets	23
Liability of emergingness and EMNEs’ cross-border acquisition completion: A legitimacy perspective	23
Global value chain linkages: An integrative review of the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in developing countries	22
Predictive and effectual decision-making in high-tech international new ventures – A matter of sequential ambidexterity	22
The transformation of national patents for high-technology exports: Moderating effects of national cultures	21
On the internationalization of Turkish hospital chains: A dynamic capabilities perspective	21
International business education: What we know and what we have yet to develop	21
Managing international joint ventures to improve performance: The role of structural and social mechanisms	21
The efficacy of marketing skills and market responsiveness in marketing performance of emerging market exporting firms in advanced markets: The moderating role of competitive intensity	21
A South-South perspective on emerging economy companies and institutional coevolution: An empirical study of Chinese multinationals in Africa	21

Innovation and export performance of emerging market enterprises: The roles of state and foreign ownership in China	21
Pro-market institutions and outward FDI of emerging market firms: An institutional arbitrage logic	21
Strategic ambidexterity and its performance implications for emerging economies multinationals	21
Strategic ambidexterity and innovation in Chinese multinational vs. indigenous firms: The role of managerial capability	20
International business, innovation and ambidexterity: A micro-foundational perspective	20
Thirty years of International Business Review and International Business Research	19
Strategic decision-making processes, international environmental munificence and the accelerated internationalization of SMEs	19
Risk management, legitimacy, and the overseas subsidiary performance of emerging market MNEs	19
Coping with complexity by making trust an important dimension in governance and coordination	19
The effect of inward FDI on outward FDI over time in China: A contingent and dynamic perspective	19
Transfer of corporate governance practices into weak emerging market environments by foreign institutional investors	18
Exploring expatriate adjustment through identity perspective	18
A vulnerable victim or a tacit participant? Extending the field of multinationals and corruption research	18
Effects of board characteristics on post-acquisition performance: A study of cross-border acquisitions by firms in the manufacturing sector	18
Unpacking the impact of innovation ambidexterity on export performance: Microfoundations and infrastructure investment	17
Entrepreneurial orientation, export channel selection, and export performance of SMEs	17
A longitudinal micro-foundational investigation into ambidextrous practices in an international alliance context–A case of a biopharma EMNE	17
Would you work abroad? The effect of English proficiency on Chinese employees’ willingness to accept international assignments	17
Digitally immersive, international entrepreneurial experiences	17
Coevolution of home country support and internationalization of emerging market firms	17
MNEs and the practice of international business diplomacy	17
Co-evolution of emerging economy MNEs and institutions: A literature review	17
Exploring reverse knowledge transfer and asset augmentation strategy by developed country MNEs: Case study evidence from the Indian pharmaceutical industry	16
Experience as a catalyst of export destinations: The ambidextrous connection between international experience and past entrepreneurial experience	16
Interplay between dual dimensions of knowledge sharing within globalized chaebols: The moderating effects of organization size and global environmental munificence	16
The effects of competition policy, regulatory quality and trust on inward FDI in host countries	16
Informal interorganizational business relationships and customer loyalty: Comparing Guanxi, Yongo, and Wasta	16
Strategic agility of SMEs in emerging economies: Antecedents, consequences and boundary conditions	16
Nationality biases in peer evaluations: The country-of-origin effect in global virtual teams	16
Focused and ambidextrous catch-up strategies of emerging economy multinationals	16