Most-cited Business and Management papers of 2017, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Business and Management research papers published in 2017, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Conceptualizing the circular economy: An analysis of 114 definitions
   Julian Kirchherr, Denise Reike et al. · 2017 · 8,396 citations
2. Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences
   Stevan E. Hobfoll, Jonathon R. B. Halbesleben et al. · 2017 · 5,652 citations
3. Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance: The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility during the Financial Crisis
   Karl V. Lins, Henri Servaes et al. · 2017 · 3,845 citations · Free PDF
4. Business models and dynamic capabilities
   David J. Teece · 2017 · 3,586 citations
5. Digital Innovation Management: Reinventing Innovation Management Research in a Digital World
   Satish Nambisan, Kalle Lyytinen et al. · 2017 · 2,966 citations · Free PDF
6. Technological Innovation, Resource Allocation, and Growth*
   Leonid Kogan, Dimitris Papanikolaou et al. · 2017 · 2,582 citations
7. The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Hotel Industry
   Georgios Zervas, Davide Proserpio et al. · 2017 · 2,153 citations
8. The circular economy: New or Refurbished as CE 3.0? — Exploring Controversies in the Conceptualization of the Circular Economy through a Focus on History and Resource Value Retention Options
   Denise Reike, Walter J.V. Vermeulen et al. · 2017 · 1,886 citations
9. Digital affordances, spatial affordances, and the genesis of entrepreneurial ecosystems
   Erkko Autio, Satish Nambisan et al. · 2017 · 1,733 citations
10. The Digital Platform: A Research Agenda
    Mark de Reuver, Carsten Sørensen et al. · 2017 · 1,673 citations · Free PDF
11. Circular economy as an essentially contested concept
    Jouni Korhonen, Cali Nuur et al. · 2017 · 1,563 citations
12. The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm profitability and social externalities: Evidence from China
    Yi‐Chun Chen, Mingyi Hung et al. · 2017 · 1,484 citations
13. Psychological Capital: An Evidence-Based Positive Approach
    Fred Luthans, Carolyn M. Youssef‐Morgan · 2017 · 1,474 citations
14. A Critical Assessment of Business Model Research
    Lorenzo Massa, Christopher L. Tucci et al. · 2017 · 1,421 citations
15. Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools
    Yuliya Kalmykova, Madumita Sadagopan et al. · 2017 · 1,405 citations
16. Digital transformation by SME entrepreneurs: A capability perspective
    Liang Li, Fang Pei Su et al. · 2017 · 1,402 citations
17. Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models
    Steve Evans, Doroteya Vladimirova et al. · 2017 · 1,357 citations
18. Human resource management and employee well‐being: towards a new analytic framework
    David E. Guest · 2017 · 1,347 citations
19. Towards a consensus on the circular economy
    Vanessa Prieto‐Sandoval, Carmen Jaca et al. · 2017 · 1,284 citations
20. SWOT ANALYSIS: A THEORETICAL REVIEW
    Emet GÜREL · 2017 · 1,276 citations
21. Toward a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems
    Ben Spigel, Richard Harrison · 2017 · 1,157 citations
22. The Future of Retailing
    Dhruv Grewal, Anne L. Roggeveen et al. · 2017 · 1,127 citations
23. Putting the sharing economy into perspective
    Koen Frenken, Juliet B. Schor · 2017 · 1,095 citations
24. Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA): Employees’ perceptions of our future workplace
    David Royal Brougham, Jarrod M Haar · 2017 · 1,084 citations · Free PDF
25. Green human resource management practices: scale development and validity
    Guiyao Tang, Yang Chen et al. · 2017 · 1,083 citations

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