Most-cited Business and Management papers of 2023, with free PDFs

The 25 most-cited Business and Management research papers published in 2023, ranked by citations in OpenAlex, with their original abstracts and free PDFs where available.

1. An assessment of the scientific merits of action research
   Gerald I. Susman, Roger D. Evered · 2023 · 1,577 citations
2. Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions
   Julian Kirchherr, Nan-Hua Nadja Yang et al. · 2023 · 1,289 citations
3. Human resource management in the age of generative artificial intelligence: Perspectives and research directions on ChatGPT
   Pawan S Budhwar, Soumyadeb Chowdhury et al. · 2023 · 896 citations
4. Climate Risk Disclosure and Institutional Investors
   Emirhan Ilhan, Philipp Krueger et al. · 2023 · 780 citations
5. A multilevel review of artificial intelligence in organizations: Implications for organizational behavior research and practice
   Sarah Bankins, Anna Carmella Ocampo et al. · 2023 · 760 citations
6. When and How Artificial Intelligence Augments Employee Creativity
   Nan Jia, Xueming Luo et al. · 2023 · 751 citations
7. Shaping the Metaverse into Reality: A Holistic Multidisciplinary Understanding of Opportunities, Challenges, and Avenues for Future Investigation
   Alex A. Koohang, Jeretta Horn Nord et al. · 2023 · 577 citations
8. Role of Digital Transformation for Achieving Sustainability: Mediated Role of Stakeholders, Key Capabilities, and Technology
   Rafael Martínez-Peláez, Alberto M. Ochoa-Brust et al. · 2023 · 552 citations · Free PDF
9. Stakeholder theory
   Ritika Mahajan, Weng Marc Lim et al. · 2023 · 536 citations
10. Dynamic digital capabilities and supply chain resilience: The role of government effectiveness
    Rameshwar Dubey, David Bryde et al. · 2023 · 472 citations · Free PDF
11. The GenAI is out of the bottle: generative artificial intelligence from a business model innovation perspective
    Dominik Kurt Kanbach, Louisa Heiduk et al. · 2023 · 458 citations · Free PDF
12. ESG shareholder engagement and downside risk
    Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Ioannis Oikonomou et al. · 2023 · 457 citations
13. Are Carbon Emissions Associated with Stock Returns?
    Jitendra Aswani, Aneesh Raghunandan et al. · 2023 · 432 citations · Free PDF
14. The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Workers’ Skills: Upskilling and Reskilling in Organisations
    Sofia Morandini, Federico Fraboni et al. · 2023 · 427 citations
15. Digitalization transformation and ESG performance: Evidence from China
    Yuzhong Lu, Cheng Xu et al. · 2023 · 418 citations
16. Artificial intelligence enabling circular business model innovation in digital servitization: Conceptualizing dynamic capabilities, AI capacities, business models and effects
    David Sjödin, Vinit Parida et al. · 2023 · 410 citations
17. The effect of digital transformation on real economy enterprises’ total factor productivity
    Yiran Cheng, Xiaorui Zhou et al. · 2023 · 409 citations
18. Executive Compensation Tied to ESG Performance: International Evidence
    Shira Cohen, Igor Kadach et al. · 2023 · 404 citations
19. Investigating the Influence of Artificial Intelligence on Business Value in the Digital Era of Strategy: A Literature Review
    Nikolaos-Alexandros Perifanis, Fotis Kitsios · 2023 · 400 citations · Free PDF
20. The Metaverse: A new digital frontier for consumer behavior
    Rhonda Hadi, Shiri Melumad et al. · 2023 · 395 citations
21. Exploring the effect of digital transformation on Firms’ innovation performance
    Silin Li, Luwen Gao et al. · 2023 · 386 citations
22. Worker and workplace Artificial Intelligence (AI) coexistence: Emerging themes and research agenda
    Araz Zirar, Syed Imran Ali et al. · 2023 · 381 citations
23. Pentingnya Media Pembelajaran dalam Proses Belajar Mengajar
    Amelia Putri Wulandari, Annisa Anastasia Salsabila et al. · 2023 · 375 citations
24. Artificial intelligence in innovation management: A review of innovation capabilities and a taxonomy of AI applications
    Fábio Gama, Stefano Magistretti · 2023 · 370 citations
25. DETERMINANTS OF AUDIT QUALITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
    Rahmawaty Rahmawaty, Darwanis Darwanis et al. · 2023 · 365 citations

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