Most-cited Business and Management papers of 2018, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Business and Management research papers published in 2018, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Towards a theory of ecosystems
   Michael G. Jacobides, Carmelo Cennamo et al. · 2018 · 3,517 citations · Free PDF
2. Do institutional investors drive corporate social responsibility? International evidence
   Alexander Dyck, Karl V. Lins et al. · 2018 · 2,616 citations
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Risk: Theory and Empirical Evidence
   Rui A. Albuquerque, Yrjo J Koskinen et al. · 2018 · 2,281 citations · Free PDF
4. Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion and stability
   Peterson K Ozili · 2018 · 2,117 citations
5. On the Fintech Revolution: Interpreting the Forces of Innovation, Disruption, and Transformation in Financial Services
   Peter Gomber, Robert J. Kauffman et al. · 2018 · 2,110 citations
6. The impact of digital technology and Industry 4.0 on the ripple effect and supply chain risk analytics
   Dmitry Ivanov, Alexandre B. Dolgui et al. · 2018 · 2,031 citations
7. Fintech, regulatory arbitrage, and the rise of shadow banks
   Greg Buchak, Gregor Matvos et al. · 2018 · 1,844 citations
8. Servant Leadership: A systematic review and call for future research
   Nathan Eva, Mulyadi Robin et al. · 2018 · 1,840 citations · Free PDF
9. Sustainable business model innovation: A review
   Martin Geissdoerfer, Doroteya Vladimirova et al. · 2018 · 1,635 citations
10. Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey
    Amir Amel‐Zadeh, George Serafeim · 2018 · 1,620 citations
11. A systematic review on drivers, barriers, and practices towards circular economy: a supply chain perspective
    Kannan Govindan, Mia Hasanagic · 2018 · 1,523 citations
12. The platformization of cultural production: Theorizing the contingent cultural commodity
    David B. Nieborg, Thomas Poell · 2018 · 1,507 citations
13. Business models and supply chains for the circular economy
    Martin Geissdoerfer, Sandra Naomi Morioka et al. · 2018 · 1,335 citations
14. Quo Vadis, Dynamic Capabilities? A Content-Analytic Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Research
    Oliver S. Schilke, Songcui Hu et al. · 2018 · 1,207 citations
15. Digitalization and its influence on business model innovation
    Michael Rachinger, Romana Rauter et al. · 2018 · 1,091 citations
16. Do environmental, social, and governance activities improve corporate financial performance?
    Jun Xie, Wataru Nozawa et al. · 2018 · 1,071 citations
17. Promoting employee's proenvironmental behavior through green human resource management practices
    Bilal Bin Saeed, Bilal Afsar et al. · 2018 · 1,035 citations
18. Supply chain risk management and artificial intelligence: state of the art and future research directions
    George Baryannis, Sahar Validi et al. · 2018 · 1,016 citations
19. Social Entrepreneurship Research: Past Achievements and Future Promises
    Tina Saebi, Nicolai J. Foss et al. · 2018 · 984 citations
20. Anticompetitive Effects of Common Ownership
    José Azar, Martin C. Schmalz et al. · 2018 · 981 citations
21. Creating Strategic Business Value from Big Data Analytics: A Research Framework
    Varun Grover, Roger H.L. Chiang et al. · 2018 · 957 citations
22. Digital technology, digital capability and organizational performance
    Sabai Khin, Theresa C.F. Ho · 2018 · 947 citations
23. Is sustainability reporting (ESG) associated with performance? Evidence from the European banking sector
    Amina Mohammed Buallay · 2018 · 940 citations
24. Exploring Industry 4.0 technologies to enable circular economy practices in a manufacturing context
    Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Viviam Alencastro et al. · 2018 · 903 citations
25. Airbnb and the rent gap: Gentrification through the sharing economy
    David Wachsmuth, Alexander Weisler · 2018 · 887 citations

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