# Most-cited Business and Management papers of 2020, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Business and Management research papers published in 2020, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. [A Systematic Review of the Literature on Digital Transformation: Insights and Implications for Strategy and Organizational Change](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3088283486) · 2,493 citations
2. [Viability of intertwined supply networks: extending the supply chain resilience angles towards survivability. A position paper motivated by COVID-19 outbreak](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3015960835) · 2,103 citations
3. [Responsible investing: The ESG-efficient frontier](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3125969230) · 2,009 citations
4. [A digital supply chain twin for managing the disruption risks and resilience in the era of Industry 4.0](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3026226282) · 1,788 citations
5. [Viable supply chain model: integrating agility, resilience and sustainability perspectives—lessons from and thinking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3026347338) · 1,349 citations · Free PDF
6. [Concepts and forms of greenwashing: a systematic review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3029489574) · 1,343 citations · Free PDF
7. [Food supply chains during the COVID‐19 pandemic](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3016428958) · 1,314 citations
8. [Financial literacy: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3044902155) · 1,144 citations
9. [Startups in times of crisis – A rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3019313322) · 1,116 citations
10. [Digital Sustainability and Entrepreneurship: How Digital Innovations Are Helping Tackle Climate Change and Sustainable Development](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3002251739) · 1,042 citations
11. [Measuring Corporate Culture Using Machine Learning](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3124978547) · 1,026 citations
12. [Digital transformation: a review, synthesis and opportunities for future research](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3017377412) · 1,022 citations · Free PDF
13. [Impacts of epidemic outbreaks on supply chains: mapping a research agenda amid the COVID-19 pandemic through a structured literature review](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3036495543) · 1,006 citations · Free PDF
14. [Organizational Resilience: A Valuable Construct for Management Research?](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3081169735) · 990 citations
15. [Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake*](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3112933685) · 968 citations
16. [Management and Prevention Strategies for Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Their Risk Factors](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3110281866) · 946 citations · Free PDF
17. [Customer experience: fundamental premises and implications for research](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2999534076) · 936 citations
18. [Nonrivalry and the Economics of Data](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W2910976764) · 917 citations
19. [Impact of COVID-19 on logistics systems and disruptions in food supply chain](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3046156393) · 910 citations
20. [Effective supply chain management](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W203110341) · 900 citations
21. [Research opportunities for a more resilient post-COVID-19 supply chain – closing the gap between research findings and industry practice](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3033639166) · 852 citations
22. [Digital transformation in healthcare: Analyzing the current state-of-research](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3093530709) · 852 citations
23. [The smart circular economy: A digital-enabled circular strategies framework for manufacturing companies](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3081472290) · 826 citations
24. [The economics of COVID-19: initial empirical evidence on how family firms in five European countries cope with the corona crisis](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3023838302) · 825 citations
25. [Corporate Governance in China: A Survey](https://nerdi.pages.dev/paper/W3018401043) · 823 citations

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