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![Demetris Vrontis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/1575856.jpg)
Strategic Management
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
International Business
HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,369
17,299
0.810
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Harry Sapienza](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
International
Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,724
10,412
0.276
![Marina Dabic](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/5013559.jpg)
transfer technology
innovation
entrepreneurship
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,135
10,301
0.849
![David Ahlstrom](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/297584.jpg)
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
International business
Economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,244
10,254
0.483
![Weichun Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/49/857325.jpg)
Leadership
Ethics
International Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,418
6,801
0.507
![Kaisu Puumalainen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c3/1656408.jpg)
innovation
entrepreneurship
sustainability
international business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,164
5,493
0.492
![Toyah Miller](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Innovation and Change
Social Entrepreneurship
Governance
International Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,152
5,370
0.587
![Nathaniel Boso](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/95614.jpg)
International Entrepreneurship
International marketing
Supply Chain Strategy
Sub-Saharan Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,304
4,273
0.806
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Christopher Schlaegel|Christopher Schlägel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/1755941.jpg)
International business
evidence-based management
cultural intelligence
international entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,838
3,961
0.678
![Olli Kuivalainen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/1656419.jpg)
International Marketing
International Business
International Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Strategy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,623
3,698
0.558
![Sami Saarenketo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/1656414.jpg)
International Marketing
International Entrepreneurship
International Business
Born Globals
International New Ventures
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,378
3,600
0.488
![Dionysis Skarmeas](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Marketing
International Marketing
Green Marketing & CSR
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,199
3,505
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Arun Kumaraswamy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ca/1354989.jpg)
management of innovation
technology catch-up
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
3,158
0.385
![Rod B McNaughton](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8f/416.jpg)
International Entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
3,091
0.341
![Yonggui Wang (王永贵)](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
marketing
strategy and innovation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,249
2,684
0.370
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Ahmad Arslan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/1658986.jpg)
Agility & Resilience
Entrepreneurship
International Business
Sustainability
Work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,930
2,658
0.907
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Kevin Au](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,046
2,623
0.326
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Shawn M Carraher](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a2/1677260.jpg)
Global Entrepreneurship
Human Resources
Strategy
Organizational Behavior
International Business
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,287
2,522
0.131
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Oystein Moen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/26/1852222.jpg)
International entrepreneurship
innovation processes
renewable energy
new technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,027
2,422
0.345
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Eriikka Paavilainen Mäntymäki](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/1659228.jpg)
Internationalization process of firms
SME internationalisation
entrepreneurship
international
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,882
2,373
0.611
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Xiaming Liu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Foreign direct investment
multinational enterprises
international trade
innovation
spillover
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,031
2,206
0.275
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Niina Nummela](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7a/1659197.jpg)
international entrepreneurship
cross-border M&As
research methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,704
2,149
0.457
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Peter Wb Phillips](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/64/647612.jpg)
Innovation Policy
Biotechnology
International Political Economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
1,963
0.378
![Tanja Leppäaho Kontinen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ab/1656443.jpg)
internationalization process of firms
family firms
SMEs
networking
international entrepreneurship
business history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,795
0.590
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![David W Dave Williams](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1639866.jpg)
entrepreneurship
cognition
international entrepreneurship
opportunity evaluation
decision making
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,279
1,710
0.750
Demetris Vrontis
University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
![Cyprus](/flags/cy.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,369
17,299
0.810
Strategic Management
Marketing
Entrepreneurship
International Business
HRM
Harry Sapienza
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,724
10,412
0.276
Entrepreneurship
Strategy
International
Innovation
Marina Dabic
University of Zagreb
Zagreb, Croatia
![Croatia](/flags/hr.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,135
10,301
0.849
transfer technology
innovation
entrepreneurship
international business
David Ahlstrom
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,244
10,254
0.483
Entrepreneurship
Innovation
International business
Economic history
Weichun Zhu
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,418
6,801
0.507
Leadership
Ethics
International Management
Kaisu Puumalainen
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,164
5,493
0.492
innovation
entrepreneurship
sustainability
international business
Toyah Miller
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,152
5,370
0.587
Innovation and Change
Social Entrepreneurship
Governance
International Strategy
Nathaniel Boso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,304
4,273
0.806
International Entrepreneurship
International marketing
Supply Chain Strategy
Sub-Saharan Africa
Christopher Schlaegel|Christopher Schlägel
University of Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,838
3,961
0.678
International business
evidence-based management
cultural intelligence
international entrepreneurship
Olli Kuivalainen
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,623
3,698
0.558
International Marketing
International Business
International Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Strategy
Sami Saarenketo
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,378
3,600
0.488
International Marketing
International Entrepreneurship
International Business
Born Globals
International New Ventures
Dionysis Skarmeas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,199
3,505
0.565
Marketing
International Marketing
Green Marketing & CSR
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Arun Kumaraswamy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,203
3,158
0.385
management of innovation
technology catch-up
Rod B McNaughton
University of Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,068
3,091
0.341
International Entrepreneurship
Yonggui Wang (王永贵)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,249
2,684
0.370
marketing
strategy and innovation
Ahmad Arslan
University of Oulu
Oulu, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,930
2,658
0.907
Agility & Resilience
Entrepreneurship
International Business
Sustainability
Work
Kevin Au
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
![Hong Kong](/flags/hk.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,046
2,623
0.326
international management
entrepreneurship
family business
Shawn M Carraher
University of Texas Dallas
Richardson, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,287
2,522
0.131
Global Entrepreneurship
Human Resources
Strategy
Organizational Behavior
International Business
Oystein Moen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,027
2,422
0.345
International entrepreneurship
innovation processes
renewable energy
new technology
Eriikka Paavilainen Mäntymäki
University of Turku
Turku, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,882
2,373
0.611
Internationalization process of firms
SME internationalisation
entrepreneurship
international
Xiaming Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,031
2,206
0.275
Foreign direct investment
multinational enterprises
international trade
innovation
spillover
Niina Nummela
University of Turku
Turku, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,704
2,149
0.457
international entrepreneurship
cross-border M&As
research methods
Peter Wb Phillips
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,199
1,963
0.378
Innovation Policy
Biotechnology
International Political Economy
Tanja Leppäaho Kontinen
Lappeenranta University of Technology
Lappeenranta, Finland
![Finland](/flags/fi.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,795
0.590
internationalization process of firms
family firms
SMEs
networking
international entrepreneurship
business history
David W Dave Williams
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,279
1,710
0.750
entrepreneurship
cognition
international entrepreneurship
opportunity evaluation
decision making