Most-cited Business and Management papers of 2021, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Business and Management research papers published in 2021, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. Mandatory CSR and sustainability reporting: economic analysis and literature review
   Hans Bonde Christensen, Luzi Hail et al. · 2021 · 1,924 citations · Free PDF
2. Artificial intelligence capability: Conceptualization, measurement calibration, and empirical study on its impact on organizational creativity and firm performance
   Patrick Mikalef, Manjul Gupta · 2021 · 1,635 citations
3. Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of The Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings
   Dane M. Christensen, George Serafeim et al. · 2021 · 1,582 citations · Free PDF
4. Principles for a sustainable circular economy
   Anne P.M. Velenturf, Phil Purnell · 2021 · 1,333 citations
5. Digital Transformation: An Overview of the Current State of the Art of Research
   Sascha Kraus, Paul Jones et al. · 2021 · 1,274 citations
6. Digital transformation in business and management research: An overview of the current status quo
   Sascha Kraus, Susanne Durst et al. · 2021 · 1,094 citations
7. Artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced technologies and human resource management: a systematic review
   Demetris Vrontis, Michael Christofi et al. · 2021 · 1,079 citations
8. Critiques of the circular economy
   Hervé Corvellec, Alison F. Stowell et al. · 2021 · 976 citations
9. Strategic Information Systems Planning Success: An Investigation of the Construct and Its Measurement
   Albert H. Segars, Varun Grover · 2021 · 809 citations · Free PDF
10. ESG Rating Disagreement and Stock Returns
    Rajna Gibson Brandon, Philipp Krueger et al. · 2021 · 791 citations
11. Toward an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Research Program
    Bernd Wurth, Erik Stam et al. · 2021 · 781 citations · Free PDF
12. Unpacking the Difference Between Digital Transformation and IT-Enabled Organizational Transformation
    Lauri Wessel, Abayomi Baiyere et al. · 2021 · 774 citations
13. Consumer behavior and environmental sustainability in tourism and hospitality: a review of theories, concepts, and latest research
    Heesup Han · 2021 · 761 citations
14. Stakeholder Theory and the Resource-Based View of the Firm
    R. Edward Freeman, Sergiy D. Dmytriyev et al. · 2021 · 746 citations
15. ESG: Research Progress and Future Prospects
    Tingting Li, Kai Wang et al. · 2021 · 739 citations · Free PDF
16. Two perspectives on supply chain resilience
    Andreas Wieland, Christian Felix Durach · 2021 · 735 citations
17. Stakeholder pressure, green innovation, and performance in small and medium‐sized enterprises: The role of green dynamic capabilities
    Sanjay Kumar Singh, Manlio Del Giudice et al. · 2021 · 668 citations
18. Shareholder activism and firms' voluntary disclosure of climate change risks
    Caroline Flammer, Michael W. Toffel et al. · 2021 · 657 citations
19. Corporate ESG reporting quantity, quality and performance: Where to now for environmental policy and practice?
    Susanne Arvidsson, John Dumay · 2021 · 639 citations
20. The nutrition transition to a stage of high obesity and noncommunicable disease prevalence dominated by ultra‐processed foods is not inevitable
    Barry M. Popkin, Shu Wen Ng · 2021 · 638 citations · Free PDF
21. Consumer-lending discrimination in the FinTech Era
    Robert P. Bartlett, Adair Morse et al. · 2021 · 629 citations
22. SWOT analysis applications: An integrative literature review
    Mostafa Ali Benzaghta, Abdulaziz Elwalda et al. · 2021 · 614 citations
23. Integrating sustainability and resilience in the supply chain: A systematic literature review and a research agenda
    Marta Negri, Enrico Cagno et al. · 2021 · 612 citations
24. Inside the ESG ratings: (Dis)agreement and performance
    Monica Billio, Michele Costola et al. · 2021 · 608 citations
25. Industry 4.0 and the circular economy: A literature review and recommendations for future research
    Usama Awan, Robert P. Sroufe et al. · 2021 · 605 citations

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