Critical Perspectives on International Business

Aims & Scope

critical perspectives on international business (CPOIB) publishes high quality research that critically engages with the broad field of international business including but not restricted to, issues of globalization, international business strategies, corporate social responsibility as well as power relations both within multinational firms and between multinational firms and civil society actors.

The journal promotes dialogue and new thinking and encourages authors to creatively and critically questioning the hegemony of transnational corporations, managerial orthodoxy and the dominant academic discourse.

With the aim of impacting on business education and management practice, CPOIB welcomes empirical, theoretical and conceptual work that addresses the effects contemporary international business activity has on the individual, specific communities, the environment as well as on the economy and society as a whole.

The journal covers multiple areas (but is not limited to): • Business ethics and corporate social responsibility • Critical management and post-colonial studies • Emerging market and development studies • Entrepreneurship and innovation • Environmental studies • Gender, equality and diversity matters • Global value chain analysis • International economics, management, relations and business strategy • International and comparative political economy and sociology • International law • Organization studies • Public policy • Research methodologies and teaching of critical approaches • Technology, e-commerce and social media.

View Aims & Scope

---

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7799

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	273

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.722

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	38

---

---

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

---

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

---

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Global value chains, rising power firms and economic and social upgrading

  Citation: 154

  Authors: Joonkoo, Gary

• Introduction to the special issue on “Critical reflections on management and organizations: a postcolonial perspective”

  Citation: 116

  Authors: Subhabrata, Anshuman

• Manifesto for a post‐colonial international business and management studies

  Citation: 104

  Authors: R.I., Gavin

• Who is to blame?

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Ian

• Becoming “world-class”? Reputation-building in a university merger

  Citation: 93

  Authors: Hanna-Mari, Janne

• International business and management studies as an orientalist discourse

  Citation: 92

  Authors: Robert

• Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disclosures

  Citation: 91

  Authors: Samy, Suzanna

• A critical perspective on corporate social responsibility

  Citation: 90

  Authors: Subhabrata

• Subsidiary power in multinational corporations: the subtle role of micro-political bargaining power

  Citation: 86

  Authors: Christoph, Jens

• Institutional environment, innovation capacity and firm performance in Russia

  Citation: 85

  Authors: Doren, Banjo

---