Contributing institutions and authors in international business research : a quality-based assessment

Nianhang XU, Winnie P. H. POON, K. C. CHAN

Research output: Journal PublicationsJournal Article (refereed)peer-review

23 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We use a quality-based approach to assess contributing institutions and authors in international business (IB) research. Specifically, we use Google Scholar citations of individual articles to weigh the number of IB research articles in core IB and other non-IB elite journals. Our approach mitigates concerns about the quality difference among articles across different journals and within individual journals. We find evidence to suggest that IB research in the European and Asia-Pacific regions exhibits an upward trend over the 1995-2011 period. With respect to institutional research quality, we document that an IB program with faculty members working with their peers in foreign countries and the presence of a doctoral program can enhance an institution's research quality. Prolific authors are very mobile and typically have global experience.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)735-755
Number of pages21
JournalManagement International Review
Volume54
Issue number5
Early online date7 Jun 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2014

Funding

Nianhang Xu acknowledges the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71172180), the Foundation for the Author of National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of the People’s Republic of China (Grant No. 201085), and the Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (141080).

Keywords

  • Citations
  • International business
  • Ranking

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