Journal of Business Economics

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Business Economics (JBE) aims at encouraging theoretical and applied research in the field of business economics and business administration, promoting the exchange of ideas between science and practice.

In addition to original theoretical and empirical work, excellent state of the art contributions will also be considered.

The Journal of Business Economics was founded by renowned professors of business economics in 1924 in Germany under the name Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB) and has since established itself as one of the leading academic journals for business and management.

The double-blind refereed journal is edited by 12 Department Editors, and its Editorial Board members are from Europe, Japan, and the USA.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 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.

• Digital Finance and FinTech: current research and future research directions

  Citation: 779

  Authors: Peter, Jascha-Alexander, Michael

• Impact of ESG factors on firm risk in Europe

  Citation: 314

  Authors: Remmer, Anne-Kathrin, Inga

• What makes industry–university collaboration succeed? A systematic review of the literature

  Citation: 233

  Authors: Robert, Roland

• Financial literacy, financial advice, and financial behavior

  Citation: 225

  Authors: Oscar A., Andreas

• Business model innovativeness: designing a formative measure for business model innovation

  Citation: 147

  Authors: Patrick, Sabrina

• Research streams on digital transformation from a holistic business perspective: a systematic literature review and citation network analysis

  Citation: 119

  Authors: J. Piet, Kirsten, Sven, Stefanie, Kristin

• Building composite indicators using multicriteria methods: a review

  Citation: 100

  Authors: Samira, Trinidad, Francisco

• Determinants of voluntary assurance on sustainability reports: an empirical analysis

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Klaus, Alexander

• Wisdom of the crowd and capabilities of a few: internal success factors of crowdsourcing for innovation

  Citation: 88

  Authors: Dirk, Patrick, David, Frank

• Information technology as daily stressor: pinning down the causes of burnout

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Christian, Sven, Andreas