Most Cited JIBS Articles

To promote some of the finest research and scholarship published in JIBS, we have compiled a list of the 25 most cited articles that the Journal has published (see below for how this list has been compiled). These articles are now freely available to download.

  1. Times Cited: 709
    Title: INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS OF FIRM - MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASING FOREIGN MARKET COMMITMENTS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v8/n1/pdf/8490676a.pdf
    Author(s): JOHANSON J, VAHLNE JE
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 8 (1): 23-32 1977

  2. Times Cited: 592
    Title: THE EFFECT OF NATIONAL CULTURE ON THE CHOICE OF ENTRY MODE
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v19/n3/pdf/8490394a.pdf
    Author(s): KOGUT B, SINGH H
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 19 (3): 411-432 FAL 1988

  3. Times Cited: 378
    Title: KNOWLEDGE OF THE FIRM AND THE EVOLUTIONARY–THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL–CORPORATION
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v24/n4/pdf/8490248a.pdf
    Author(s): KOGUT B, ZANDER U
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 24 (4): 625-645 1993

  4. Times Cited: 311
    Title: THE ECLECTIC PARADIGM OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION – A RESTATEMENT AND SOME POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v19/n1/pdf/8490372a.pdf
    Author(s): DUNNING JH
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 19 (1): 1-31 SPR 1988

  5. Times Cited: 259
    Title: MODES OF FOREIGN ENTRY - A TRANSACTION COST-ANALYSIS AND PROPOSITIONS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v17/n3/pdf/8490432a.pdf
    Author(s): ANDERSON E, GATIGNON H
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 17 (3): 1-26 FAL 1986

  6. Times Cited: 217
    Title: THE CULTURAL RELATIVITY OF ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES AND THEORIES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v14/n2/pdf/8490867a.pdf
    Author(s): HOFSTEDE G
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 14 (2): 75-89 1983

  7. Times Cited: 213
    Title: TOWARD A THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL NEW VENTURES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v25/n1/pdf/8490193a.pdf
    Author(s): OVIATT BM, MCDOUGALL PP
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 25 (1): 45-64 1994

  8. Times Cited: 191
    Title: INTERFIRM DIVERSITY, ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING, AND LONGEVITY IN GLOBAL STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v22/n4/pdf/8490315a.pdf
    Author(s): PARKHE A
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 22 (4): 579-601 1991

  9. Times Cited: 177
    Title: TOWARD AN ECLECTIC THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION – SOME EMPIRICAL TESTS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v11/n1/pdf/8490593a.pdf
    Author(s): DUNNING JH
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 11 (1): 9-31 1980

  10. Times Cited: 174
    Title: MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v22/n2/pdf/8490302a.pdf
    Author(s): GERINGER JM, HEBERT L
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 22 (2): 249-263 1991

  11. Times Cited: 164
    Title: CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE OF INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v20/n2/pdf/8490359a.pdf
    Author(s): GERINGER JM, HEBERT L
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 20 (2): 235-254 SUM 1989

  12. Times Cited: 164
    Title: EXPORT BEHAVIOR OF SMALLER-SIZED WISCONSIN MANUFACTURING FIRMS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v8/n1/pdf/8490783a.pdf
    Author(s): BILKEY WJ, TESAR G
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 8 (1): 93-98 1977

  13. Times Cited: 149
    Title: REAPPRAISING THE ECLECTIC PARADIGM IN AN AGE OF ALLIANCE CAPITALISM
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v26/n3/pdf/8490183a.pdf
    Author(s): DUNNING JH
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 26 (3): 461-491 1995

  14. Times Cited: 149
    Title: CHOICE OF FOREIGN-MARKET ENTRY MODE – IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP, LOCATION AND INTERNALIZATION FACTORS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v23/n1/pdf/8490257a.pdf
    Author(s): AGARWAL S, RAMASWAMI SN
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 23 (1): 1-27 1992

  15. Times Cited: 144
    Title: GLOBAL STRATEGY AND MULTINATIONALS ENTRY MODE CHOICE
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v23/n1/pdf/8490258a.pdf
    Author(s): KIM WC, HWANG P
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 23 (1): 29-53 1992

  16. Times Cited: 140
    Title: LOCATION AND THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE: A NEGLECTED FACTOR?
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v29/n1/pdf/8490024a.pdf
    Author(s): DUNNING JH
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 29(1): 45-66 1998

  17. Times Cited: 138
    Title: COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECTS ON PRODUCT EVALUATIONS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v13/n1/pdf/8490539a.pdf
    Author(s): BILKEY WJ, NES E
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 13 (1): 89-99 1982

  18. Times Cited: 129
    Title: KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FROM FOREIGN PARENTS IN INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES: AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION IN THE HUNGARIAN CONTEXT
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v27/n5/pdf/8490155a.pdf
    Author(s): LYLES MA, SALK JE
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 27(5): 877-903 1996

  19. Times Cited: 128
    Title: ON THE INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS OF FIRMS - A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v24/n2/pdf/8490230a.pdf
    Author(s): ANDERSEN O
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 24 (2): Pages: 209-231 1993

  20. Times Cited: 122
    Title: INFLUENCES ON HUMAN-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT-PRACTICES IN MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v25/n2/pdf/8490199a.pdf
    Author(s): ROSENZWEIG PM, NOHRIA N
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 25(2): 229-251 1994

  21. Times Cited: 121
    Title: WORK ROLE TRANSITIONS – A STUDY OF AMERICAN EXPATRIATE MANAGERS IN JAPAN
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v19/n2/pdf/8490383a.pdf
    Author(s): BLACK JS
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 19 (2): 277-294 SUM 1988

  22. Times Cited: 120
    Title: LARGE FIRMS IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE WORLDS TECHNOLOGY – AN IMPORTANT CASE OF NON-GLOBALIZATION
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v22/n1/pdf/8490289a.pdf
    Author(s): PATEL P, PAVITT K
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 22 (1): 1-21 1991

  23. Times Cited: 119
    Title: EQUITY JOINT VENTURES AND THE THEORY OF THE MULTINATIONAL–ENTERPRISE
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v18/n2/pdf/8490403a.pdf
    Author(s): BEAMISH PW, BANKS JC
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 18 (2): 1-16 SUM 1987

  24. Times Cited: 117
    Title: CULTURAL DISTANCE REVISITED: TOWARDS A MORE RIGOROUS CONCEPTUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v32/n3/pdf/8490982a.pdf
    Author(s): SHENKAR O
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 32(3): 519-535 2001

  25. Times Cited: 117
    Title: MEASURING THE DEGREE OF INTERNATIONALIZATION OF A FIRM
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/jibs/journal/v25/n2/pdf/8490203a.pdf
    Author(s): SULLIVAN D
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 25(2): 325-342 1994

  26. Times Cited: 117
    Title: ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIRM SIZE AND EXPORT INTENSITY
    http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/journal/v23/n4/pdf/8490280a.pdf
    Author(s): BONACCORSI A
    Source: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES 23(4): 605-635 1992


On March 9, 2009, Deanna Johnston, JIBS Editorial Assistant, used Web of Science – Social Sciences Citation Index – to search “Journal of International Business Studies” (publication name option). All years were searched and then sorted by times cited. Each paper was then examined for self citations and those citations removed to verify the paper would still be in the top 25. The list was then rearranged to reflect the top 25 according to the adjusted citation count number.