About the Journal of International Business Studies Decade Award
The practice of issuing an annual Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) Decade Award was initiated at the 1996 Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB). The Executive Board of the AIB endorses the award.
The award is designed to recognise the most influential paper published in the Journal of International Business Studies volume one decade prior and is presented at the AIB Annual Conference. One measure of influence is the degree to which candidate articles have been cited in the ten years following their publication. In order to be considered for this award, a paper must be included among the five most cited papers published in the JIBS Volume of that year.
Eligible articles are reviewed by an official Selection Committee consisting of current members of the JIBS Editorial Board, the Editor-in-Chief, and the current and previous Conference Program Chairs, and AIB’s President. Winners are officially recognized at the AIB Annual Conference. For more detailed information, consult the JIBS Decade Award Bylaws.
A special session is held at the Annual Conference, during which the winner makes a retrospective presentation of their work, as well as some comments on where the field has progressed and where it should go next.
2025 JIBS Decade Award winner
Please join us in congratulating Ute Stephan, Lorraine Uhlaner, and Christopher Stride as the winners of the 2025 JIBS Decade Award for their article "Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Institutional Voids, Institutional Support, and Institutional Configurations".
The JIBS Decade Award, sponsored by JIBS’ publisher, is designed to recognize the most influential article published in JIBS 10 years ago.
Read the full announcement HERE.
Access the winning article in full HERE.
Past Winners
The following is a list of all the JIBS Decade Award winning articles, listed by year of original publication.*
2014
A dynamic capabilities-based entrepreneurial theory of the multinational enterprise
TEECE D
2013
Global cities and multinational enterprise location strategy
GOERZEN A, ASMUSSEN CG, NIELSEN BB
2012
What drives corporate social performance? The role of nation-level institutions
IOANNOU I, SERAFEIM G
2011
Theorising from case studies: Towards a pluralist future for international business research
WELCH C, PIEKKARI R, Plakoyiannaki E, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki E
2010
Unraveling the effects of cultural diversity in teams: A meta-analysis of research on multicultural work groups
STAHL G, MAZNEVSKI M, VOIGT A, JONSEN K
2009
The Uppsala internationalization process model revisited: From liability of foreignness to liability of outsidership
JOHANSON J, VAHLNE J-E
2008
Comparing capitalisms: Understanding institutional diversity and its implications for international business
JACKSON G, DEEG, R
2007
The determinants of Chinese outward foreign direct investment
BUCKLEY P J, CLEGG L J, CROSS A R, LIU X, VOSS H, ZHENG P
2006
A quarter century of Culture's Consequences: a review of empirical research incorporating Hofstede's cultural values framework
KIRKMAN B L, LOWE K B, GIBSON C B
2005
Probing theoretically into Central and Eastern Europe: transactions, resources, and institutions
MEYER K E AND PENG M W
2004
Innovation, organizational capabilities, and the born-global firm
KNIGHT G AND CAVUSGIL S T
2003
MNC knowledge transfer, subsidiary absorptive capacity, and HRM
MINBAEVA D, PEDERSON T, BJÖRKMAN I, FEY C F and PARK H J
2002
Institutional, cultural and transaction cost influences on entry mode choice and performance
BROUTHERS, K
2001
2000
The Determinants of Trust in Supplier-Automaker Relationships in the U.S., Japan and Korea
DYER J, CHU W
1999
Knowledge Transfer in International Acquisitions
BRESMAN H, BIRKINSHAW J, NOBEL R
1998
Location and the Multinational Enterprise: A Neglected Factor?
DUNNING JH
1997
The Impact of National Culture and Economic Ideology on Managerial Work Values: A study of the United States, Russia, Japan, and China
RALSTON DA, HOLT DH, TERPSTRA RH & KAI-CHENG, YU
1996
Knowledge Acquisition from Foreign Parents in International Joint Ventures: An Empirical Examination in the Hungarian Context
LYLES MA, SALK JE
1995
Revisiting Multinational Firms' Tolerance for Joint Ventures: A trust-based approach
MADHOK A
1994
Toward a Theory of International New Ventures
OVIATT BM, MCDOUGALL PP
1993
Knowledge of the Firm and the Evolutionary Theory of the Multinational Corporation
KOGUT B, ZANDER U
1992
Choice of Foreign Market Entry Mode: Impact of Ownership, Location and Internalization Factors
AGARWAL S, RAMASWAMI SN
1991
Interfirm Diversity, Organizational Learning, and Longevity in Global Strategic Alliances
PARKHE A
1990
Firm Ownership Preferences and Host Government Restrictions: An Integrated Approach
CASSERES BG
1989
Control and Performance of International Joint Ventures
GERINGER JM, HEBERT L
1988 Co-Winners
The Eclectic Paradigm of International Production: A Restatement and Some Possible Extensions
DUNNING JH
The Effect of National Culture on the Choice of Entry Mode
KOGUT B, SINGH H
1987
Equity Joint Ventures and the Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
BEAMISH PW, BANKS JC
1986
Modes of Foreign Entry: A Transaction Cost Analysis and Propositions
ANDERSON E, GATIGNON, H
1985
Key Characteristics in the Choice of International Technology Transfer Mode
DAVIDSON WH, MCFETRIDGE DG
1984
Bargaining Power, Ownership, and Profitability of Transnational Corporations in Developing Countries
LECRAW D
1983
The Cultural Relativity of Organizational Practices and Theories
HOFSTEDE G
1982
Country-of-Origin Effects on Product Evaluations
BILKEY WJ, NES E
1981
The Decision-Maker and Export Entry and Expansion
REID SD
1980
Towards an Eclectic Theory of International Production: Some Empirical Tests
DUNNING JH
1979
Political Risk: A Review and Reconsideration
KOBRIN SJ
1978
An Attempted Integration of the Literature on the Export Behavior of Firms
BILKEY WJ
1977
The Internationalization Process of the Firm – A Model of Knowledge Development and Increasing Foreign Market Commitments
JOHANSON J, VAHLNE J
1976
Risk Reduction by International Diversification
RUGMAN AM
1975
The Random Behavior of Flexible Exchange Rates: Implications for Forecasting
GIDDY IH, DUFEY G
1974
The Export Decision Process: An Empirical Inquiry
SIMPSON CL, KUJAWA D
1973
Product and Promotion Adaptation by European Firms in the U.S.
WARD JJ
1972
Environmental Determinants of Overseas Market Entry Strategies
GOODNOW JD, HANSZ JE
1971
Bias Phenomena Attendant to the Marketing of Foreign Goods in the U.S.
SCHOOLER R
1970
Recent Foreign Direct Manufacturing Investment in the United States
DANIELS JD
*The JIBS Decade Award winning articles from the 1986 volume to the present were selected 10 years after the original publication date of the article. The award winners for the 1970 through 1985 volumes were selected by the JIBS Editors as part of the JIBS 40th Anniversary celebrations in 2009.
