International Collaboration and European Contributions to International Business Research

This study measures and ranks the performance of nations and academic institutions based on a 45-year analysis of international business (IB) publications, including 5853 academic authors from 1542 affiliated institutions. Examining authors' academic origin and university of affiliation, and with a focus on the European nations that participated in the production of IB research, we make several novel contributions to the field: (1) identifying a unique internationalization process of IB research that consists of three distinct stages driven by international collaboration, (2) highlighting the role of international collaborations in overcoming publication barriers at the regional and country level, and (3) highlighting the role of both scale and scope of international collaborations in achieving a top-ranked position in the production of IB research.

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This study measures and ranks the performance of nations and academic institutions in the field of International Business based on a 45-year analysis of IB publications. It identifies a unique internationalization process of IB research, highlights the role of international collaborations in overcoming publication barriers, and emphasizes the importance of scale and scope of international collaborations in achieving a top-ranked position in IB research production.