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title: "Competitive advantage research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-04)"
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# 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 42 | 47 | 37 | 54 | 62 | 58 | 53 | 65 | 79 | 42 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 6 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 10 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 5 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 6 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 4 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 6 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 43 |
| 2 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 3 | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Industrial Marketing Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/industrial-marketing-management.md) | 16 |
| 6 | [Journal of Innovation & Knowledge](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-innovation-knowledge.md) | 16 |
| 7 | [Future Business Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/future-business-journal.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 14 |
| 9 | [Finance research letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/finance-research-letters.md) | 14 |
| 10 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 13 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 2 | [Renmin University of China](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/renmin-university-of-china.md) | 8 |
| 3 | [Copenhagen Business School](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/copenhagen-business-school.md) | 6 |
| 4 | Excelia Business School | 6 |
| 5 | [Lebanese American University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lebanese-american-university.md) | 6 |
| 6 | [Temple University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/temple-university.md) | 6 |
| 7 | University of Calgary | 6 |
| 8 | [University of Manchester](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-manchester.md) | 6 |
| 9 | [Dalian University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/dalian-university-of-technology.md) | 5 |
| 10 | HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management | 5 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [dynamic capabilities](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/dynamic-capabilities.md) | 69 |
| 2 | [resource-based view](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/resource-based-view.md) | 63 |
| 3 | [small and medium-sized enterprises](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/small-and-medium-sized-enterprises.md) | 41 |
| 4 | [firm performance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/firm-performance.md) | 35 |
| 5 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 28 |
| 6 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 25 |
| 7 | [mediating effect](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/mediating-effect.md) | 23 |
| 8 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 20 |
| 9 | [emerging markets](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/emerging-markets.md) | 20 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,280 | 12.1 | [Green innovation and organizational performance: The influence of big data and the moderating role of management commitment and HR practices](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.12.016) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2018-01-03 | Abdul-Nasser El-Kassar, Sanjay Kumar Singh |
| 2 | 1,101 | 12.3 | [Exploring the relationship between big data analytics capability and competitive performance: The mediating roles of dynamic and operational capabilities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.05.004) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 2019-05-29 | Patrick Mikalef, John Krogstie, Ilias O. Pappas et al. |
| 3 | 888 | 8.0 | [Big data analytics capabilities: a systematic literature review and research agenda](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-017-0362-y) | [Information Systems and e-Business Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-systems-and-e-business-management.md) | 2017-07-15 | Patrick Mikalef, Ilias O. Pappas, John Krogstie et al. |
| 4 | 852 | 9.0 | [Dynamic capabilities, creativity and innovation capability and their impact on competitive advantage and firm performance: The moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2018.11.004) | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 2018-12-12 | Jorge Ferreira, Arnaldo Coelho, Luiz Moutinho |
| 5 | 831 | 10.0 | [The digital revolution in the travel and tourism industry](https://doi.org/10.1007/s40558-019-00160-3) | [Information Technology & Tourism](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-technology-tourism.md) | 2019-11-27 | Tonino Pencarelli |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “competitive advantage”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/competitive-advantage

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  title = {Papers on “competitive advantage”},
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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).