# 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](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2756283300) · 8,396 citations
2. [Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2625774310) · 5,652 citations
3. [Social Capital, Trust, and Firm Performance: The Value of Corporate Social Responsibility during the Financial Crisis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2785606188) · 3,845 citations · Free PDF
4. [Business models and dynamic capabilities](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2738241474) · 3,586 citations
5. [Digital Innovation Management: Reinventing Innovation Management Research in a Digital World](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2610102381) · 2,966 citations · Free PDF
6. [Technological Innovation, Resource Allocation, and Growth*](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3122666126) · 2,582 citations
7. [The Rise of the Sharing Economy: Estimating the Impact of Airbnb on the Hotel Industry](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3123937330) · 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](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2769483102) · 1,886 citations
9. [Digital affordances, spatial affordances, and the genesis of entrepreneurial ecosystems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2739126509) · 1,733 citations
10. [The Digital Platform: A Research Agenda](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2605821496) · 1,673 citations · Free PDF
11. [Circular economy as an essentially contested concept](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2778700599) · 1,563 citations
12. [The effect of mandatory CSR disclosure on firm profitability and social externalities: Evidence from China](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2770116749) · 1,484 citations
13. [Psychological Capital: An Evidence-Based Positive Approach](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2341058101) · 1,474 citations
14. [A Critical Assessment of Business Model Research](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2561205308) · 1,421 citations
15. [Circular economy – From review of theories and practices to development of implementation tools](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2769398801) · 1,405 citations
16. [Digital transformation by SME entrepreneurs: A capability perspective](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2685118618) · 1,402 citations
17. [Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2549080287) · 1,357 citations
18. [Human resource management and employee well‐being: towards a new analytic framework](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2588008928) · 1,347 citations
19. [Towards a consensus on the circular economy](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2778032099) · 1,284 citations
20. [SWOT ANALYSIS: A THEORETICAL REVIEW](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2746471721) · 1,276 citations
21. [Toward a process theory of entrepreneurial ecosystems](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2753562230) · 1,157 citations
22. [The Future of Retailing](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2578287714) · 1,127 citations
23. [Putting the sharing economy into perspective](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2582517486) · 1,095 citations
24. [Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Algorithms (STARA): Employees’ perceptions of our future workplace](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2580712957) · 1,084 citations · Free PDF
25. [Green human resource management practices: scale development and validity](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2600402146) · 1,083 citations

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