Key papers in Business and International Management

Pofolia’s corpus holds 55 papers from the Business and International Management subfield (2012–2026). The list below starts with the most cited.

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”.

• 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.

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• Business Models for Sustainability

  Organization & Environment · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · 1,095 citations · Open access

  This abstract is a description of Elsevier's Scopus database and does not contain research findings.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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Recently added

• Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

  Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues · 2026 · 188 citations

  This is an introductory statement for a new peer-reviewed journal, 'Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues', highlighting its contemporary approach to sustainability through an entrepreneurship lens.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Management Research that Makes a Difference: Broadening the Meaning of Impact

  Journal of Management Studies · 2020 · Q1 · SJR 5.00 · 340 citations · Open access

  This editorial proposes broadening the definition of research impact beyond traditional scholarly metrics to include practical, societal, policy, and educational dimensions, offering concrete strategies for management scholars to address societal challenges.

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• 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.

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