Business and International Management papers
Pofolia’s corpus holds 53 papers from Business and International Management (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.
At a glance
- Most cited: Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research (2016, 1,940 citations).
- The 20 papers listed have 12,925 citations between them.
- 14 of the 15 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
- 7 have a free full text (open access).
- Most frequent journals: Journal of Management Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Business Ethics Quarterly.
- Published between 2012 and 2020.
Most cited
Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals
Understanding and Tackling Societal Grand Challenges through Management Research
Academy of Management Journal · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 116.16 · 1,940 citations
This special forum proposes a framework to guide management research in addressing global 'grand challenges' and outlines factors influencing collective goal attainment.
Digital Sustainability and Entrepreneurship: How Digital Innovations Are Helping Tackle Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 76.37 · 921 citations · Open access
Entrepreneurial organizations are leveraging digital innovations, termed 'digital sustainability activities,' to address climate change and sustainable development challenges.
Innovation for Inclusive Growth: Towards a Theoretical Framework and a Research Agenda
Journal of Management Studies · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 80.28 · 883 citations
This paper introduces 'inclusive innovation' as a theoretical concept and research area, defining it as innovation that benefits disenfranchised populations and addresses inequalities in its development and outcomes.
Managing Social-Business Tensions: A Review and Research Agenda for Social Enterprise
Business Ethics Quarterly · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 68.57 · 883 citations · Open access
This review systematically categorizes and analyzes the inherent tensions between social missions and business ventures within social enterprises, offering a framework for understanding and managing these conflicts.
Towards a circular economy
2013 · FWCI 25.80 · 823 citations
Researchers have developed novel approaches to simultaneously reduce waste and increase resource inputs in developing countries, aiming for a circular economy.
Business Models for Sustainability
Organization & Environment · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 102.65 · 729 citations
This paper proposes a theoretical framework, informed by evolutionary economics, to analyze the dynamic co-evolution of business models for both sustainable niche pioneers and conventional mass market players.
Transformative social innovation and (dis)empowerment
Technological Forecasting and Social Change · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 40.81 · 589 citations
This article introduces a conceptual framework to analyze how social innovations drive societal change and empower actors, challenging the assumption that they always lead to empowerment.
A guide to SDG interactions: from science to implementation
2017 · 572 citations
This report introduces a seven-point scale to quantify how Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reinforce or conflict with each other, providing a blueprint for implementation.
Dancing the Supply Chain: Toward Transformative Supply Chain Management
Journal of Supply Chain Management · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 53.03 · 555 citations
This article proposes a new framework for supply chain management (SCM) by reinterpreting supply chains as social-ecological systems, moving beyond traditional reductionist and static views.
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Research: Taking Stock and looking ahead
Business Strategy and the Environment · 2017 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 34.01 · 555 citations
This review establishes a conceptual foundation for sustainable entrepreneurship, defining it as a distinct subdomain within entrepreneurship research that addresses environmental and social issues.
Impact at the ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’: The Role of Social Capital in Capability Development and Community Empowerment
Journal of Management Studies · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 63.67 · 548 citations
This paper proposes a new framework for 'Bottom of the Pyramid' (BoP) business ventures, redefining poverty as a lack of capabilities and emphasizing the role of social capital in developing these capabilities within poor communities.
What is frugal innovation? Three defining criteria
Journal of Frugal Innovation · 2016 · FWCI 28.86 · 479 citations · Open access
Frugal innovation is now defined by three distinct criteria: substantial cost reduction, focus on core functionalities, and optimized performance level. This provides clarity beyond its initial association with emerging markets.
Ecosystems: broadening the locus of value creation
Journal of Organization Design · 2018 · Q2 · FWCI 45.84 · 469 citations · Open access
This article introduces business ecosystems as a novel theoretical perspective that shifts value creation beyond traditional linear models.
The Routledge Companion to Alternative Organization
2014 · FWCI 32.34 · 463 citations
This abstract announces the publication of "The Routledge Companion to Alternative Organization," a comprehensive collection of essays exploring diverse organizational forms beyond traditional corporate structures.
Dynamic Capabilities and Organizational Performance: A Meta‐Analytic Evaluation and Extension
Journal of Management Studies · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 46.82 · 438 citations
A meta-analysis of prior studies confirms that dynamic capabilities positively relate to performance (r = 0.296), but finds no evidence that this link is stronger in technologically dynamic industries. It also shows higher-order capabilities are more impactful than lower-order ones.
Innovation for Inclusive Business: Intrapreneurial Bricolage in Multinational Corporations
Journal of Management Studies · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 39.45 · 437 citations
Multinational corporations can innovate pro-poor business models, but internal management structures often hinder this. This study introduces 'intrapreneurial bricolage,' where middle managers creatively use scarce resources to overcome these obstacles.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid: A Recipe for Inclusive Growth or Social Exclusion?
Journal of Management Studies · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · FWCI 42.21 · 431 citations · Open access
Entrepreneurship policies in underdeveloped regions can lead to social exclusion and crime if they solely focus on economic indicators and operate within weak institutional frameworks. Policies that balance economic and social perspectives are more likely to foster productive entrepreneurial outcomes.
Sustainable Business Models: A Review
Sustainability · 2019 · Q1 · FWCI 59.58 · 408 citations · Open access
This review identifies and classifies 14 categories of sustainable business models, finding their popularity and success rates have increased, particularly with the adoption of advanced technologies.
Mission-oriented innovation systems
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 45.02 · 406 citations · Open access
A new framework, Mission-oriented Innovation Systems (MIS), is introduced to understand and enhance the impact of challenge-based innovation policies aimed at societal transformation.
Business Model Innovation
Oxford University Press eBooks · 2013 · FWCI 25.73 · 396 citations
This chapter synthesizes literature on Business Model Innovation (BMI), organizing tools and perspectives into a meta-framework for designing, reconfiguring, and innovating business models, particularly in sustainability contexts.
Recently added
Capability-driven international scale-up: the moderating role of co-creation and technology
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00
R&D investment and process innovation boost SME international scale-up intentions, while market competition hinders them in deprived regions; co-creation and technology adoption strengthen internationalization performance.
Research Progress of Deep Learning-Based Artificial Intelligence Technology in Pest and Disease Detection and Control
Agriculture · 2025 · Q1 · FWCI 47.37 · 42 citations · Open access
Deep learning-based image recognition significantly improves pest identification accuracy and response times in agriculture, integrating with drones, spectral imaging, and IoT sensors.
Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Journal of Economic Literature · 2022 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 49.18 · 320 citations
Agri-food value chains (AVCs) have undergone rapid growth and structural change in developing countries, becoming major employers, sources of value addition, and hubs for technology transfer and foreign investment, yet have been historically overlooked in economic development research.
The Digital Transformation of Business Model Innovation: A Structured Literature Review
Frontiers in Psychology · 2021 · Q1 · FWCI 35.75 · 293 citations · Open access
Digital transformation has significantly impacted value creation, delivery, and capture across industries, leading to new business models like frugal innovation and circular economy models.
Dancing the Supply Chain: Toward Transformative Supply Chain Management
Journal of Supply Chain Management · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 53.03 · 555 citations
This article proposes a new framework for supply chain management (SCM) by reinterpreting supply chains as social-ecological systems, moving beyond traditional reductionist and static views.
The Link between the Consumer and the Innovations in Food Product Development
Foods · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 33.00 · 272 citations · Open access
Directly involving consumers in new food product development (NPD) positively impacts success and company financial performance.
Algorithmic Colonization of Africa
SCRIPTed A Journal of Law Technology & Society · 2020 · FWCI 18.86 · 270 citations · Open access
Western tech monopolies are imposing AI solutions on Africa, mirroring historical colonialism by prioritizing corporate agendas over local needs, leading to dependency and stifling local innovation.
Overcoming Barriers to Technology Adoption When Fostering Entrepreneurship Among the Poor: The Role of Technology and Digital Literacy
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 20.51 · 291 citations
A conceptual framework links technology and digital literacy to technology adoption and venture success for poverty entrepreneurs, addressing a gap in existing literature.
Journals in this field
The journals that publish most of this field’s papers. Quartile (Q1–Q4), SJR and h-index are from SCImago Journal Rank; “in this field” is how many of the journal’s pooled papers belong here. What is a Q1 journal? · What is the h-index?
| Journal | Quartile | SJR | h-index | In this field | Summaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journal of Management Studies | Q1 | 5.00 | 246 | 6 | 9 |
| Academy of Management Journal | Q1 | 10.00 | 410 | 2 | 14 |
| Sustainability (Switzerland) | Q1 | — | 242 | 2 | 28 |
| Journal of Economic Literature | Q1 | 16.00 | 199 | 1 | 7 |
| Journal of Consumer Research | Q1 | 11.00 | 248 | 1 | 6 |
| Journal of Management | Q1 | 8.00 | 315 | 1 | 10 |
| MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems | Q1 | 4.00 | 294 | 1 | 6 |
| Technological Forecasting and Social Change | Q1 | 3.00 | 241 | 1 | 5 |
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