Papers on “competitive advantage”
Research on “competitive advantage” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “competitive advantage” appeared in 1,076 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in management (539), marketing (106) and operations research (103).
- 149 of them were published in 2025, against 88 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Hong Kong Polytechnic University (8), Renmin University of China (8) and Copenhagen Business School (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Business Research (43), Technological Forecasting and Social Change (20) and Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity (18).
- The most-cited of them is “Green innovation and organizational performance: The influence of big data and the moderating role of management commitment and HR practices” (Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018), with 1,280 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 42 | 47 | 37 | 54 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 65 | 79 | 42 |
| Marketing | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Operations Research | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| Information Systems | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| Economics | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| Finance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| Accounting | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Higher Education and Research | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| AI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 88 | 103 | 90 | 93 | 116 | 115 | 107 | 132 | 149 | 83 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Journal of Business Research | 43 |
| 2 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 20 |
| 3 | Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity | 18 |
| 4 | Business Horizons | 16 |
| 5 | Industrial Marketing Management | 16 |
| 6 | Journal of Innovation & Knowledge | 16 |
| 7 | Future Business Journal | 15 |
| 8 | International Journal of Hospitality Management | 14 |
| 9 | Finance research letters | 14 |
| 10 | Technovation | 13 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 8 |
| 2 | Renmin University of China | 8 |
| 3 | Copenhagen Business School | 6 |
| 4 | Excelia Business School | 6 |
| 5 | Lebanese American University | 6 |
| 6 | Temple University | 6 |
| 7 | University of Calgary | 6 |
| 8 | University of Manchester | 6 |
| 9 | Dalian University of Technology | 5 |
| 10 | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management | 5 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 109 |
| 2 | United States | 84 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 76 |
| 4 | India | 40 |
| 5 | Australia | 39 |
| 6 | France | 32 |
| 7 | Italy | 28 |
| 8 | Spain | 27 |
| 9 | Germany | 23 |
| 10 | Taiwan | 18 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dynamic capabilities | 69 |
| 2 | resource-based view | 63 |
| 3 | small and medium-sized enterprises | 41 |
| 4 | firm performance | 35 |
| 5 | digital transformation | 28 |
| 6 | innovation | 25 |
| 7 | mediating effect | 23 |
| 8 | artificial intelligence | 20 |
| 9 | emerging markets | 20 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “competitive advantage”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/competitive-advantage
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