* NCA is the main method; ** NCA in combination with a regression-based method; *** NCA in combination with QCA

Publications using NCA:

  • Acquah, I. S. K., Issau, K., Dei Mensah, R., & Vanderpuye, F. (2023). When stakeholder orientations matter: Modelling employee orientation, shareholder orientation and supply chain orientation as necessary and sufficient conditions for firm performance. Heliyon. ***
  • Bolívar, L. M., Roldán, J. L., Castro-Abancéns, I., & Casanueva, C. (2022). Speed of international expansion: The mediating role of network resources mobilisation. Management International Review 62(5), 541–568.**
  • Cheng, W., & Jiang, Y. (in press). Falling in the same predicament again? A network embeddedness perspective of organizational failure recidivism in special treatment firms. Management Decision, (published online in 2022) **
  • Ciacci, A., Balzano, M., & Marzi, G. (2024). Optimising business models through digital alignment and strategic flexibility: Evidence from the manufacturing industry. Journal of Management & Organization, 1–21. **
  • Gyensare, M. A., Miri, D., Zahoor, N., & Alajaty, M. (2024). Aspiring to go abroad: How and when international entrepreneurial aspiration fuel emerging markets entrepreneurial ventures’ internationalisation speed. Journal of International Management, 30(2), 101130. **
  • Hermans, M., Borda, A., Newburry, W., Cordova Chea, C. O., Finchelstein, D., Gonzalez-Perez, M. A., ... & Velez-Ocampo, J. (2023). Becoming a Multilatina: strategic capabilities as necessary conditions for the internationalization of Latin American firms. European Business Review. **
  • Jasimee, K. H. A., & Blanco-Encomienda, F. J. (2023). A SEM-NCA approach towards the impact of participative budgeting on budgetary slack and managerial performance: The mediating role of leadership style and leader-member exchange. arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.09993. **
  • Kardell, P., Hoffmann, J., & Meisner, T. (2022). The influence of trust and knowledge sharing on the relationship between diversity and virtual team effectiveness: an empirical study using PLS-SEM and necessary condition analysis. European Journal of International Management, published online-first: 10.1504/EJIM.2022.10052238. **
  • Kopplin, C. S., Gantert, T. M., & Maier, J. V. (2022). Acceptance of matchmaking tools in coworking spaces: An extended perspective. Review of Managerial Science, 16, 1911–1943. **
  • Li, J., Du, Y., Sun, N., & Xie, Z. (2023). Ecosystems of doing business and living standards: a configurational analysis based on Chinese cities. Chinese Management Studies. ***
  • Li, Y., Fan, D., Kumar, V., & Ananthram, S. (2023). Configuring International Growth of emerging market multinational enterprises: A compositional springboarding view in the context of India. Journal of Management Studies. ***
  • Lu, Q., Yang, Y., & Yu, M. (2022). Can SMEs’ quality management promote supply chain financing performance? An explanation based on signalling theory. International Journal of Emerging Markets. (pubished online in 2022). ***
  • Morse, J. E., & Engle, R. L. (2020). Social Globalization: The Roles of Human Freedom, Education and Culture. The Journal of Applied Business and Economics, 22(6), 18-28. *
  • Oliveira, J. M., & Gomes, C. F. (2024). Leveraging digital transformation on the path to sustainable development: The role of excellence models. Business Process Management Journal 30(4), 1340-1366. ** 
  • Peng, B., Zhao, Y., Elahi, E., & Wan, A. (2022). Pathway and key factor identification of third-party market cooperation of China's overseas energy investment projects. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 183, 121931.***
  • Richter, N. F., Martin, J., Hansen, S. V., Taras, V., & Alon, I. (2021). Motivational configurations of cultural intelligence, social integration, and performance in global virtual teams. Journal of Business Research, 129, 351-367. **
  • Richter, N. F., & Hauff, S. (2022). Necessary conditions in international business research–advancing the field with a new perspective on causality and data analysis. Journal of World Business, 57(5), 101310. **
  • Richter, N. F., Schlaegel, C., Bakel, M. V., & Engle, R. L. (2020). The expanded model of cultural intelligence and its explanatory power in the context of expatriation intention. European Journal of International Management, 14(2), 381-419. **
  • Richter, N. F., Hauff, S., Ringle, C. M., Sarstedt, M., Kolev, A. E., & Schubring, S. (2023). How to apply necessary condition analysis in PLS-SEM. In H. Latan, J. F. Hair, & R. Noonan (Eds.), Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: Basic Concepts, Methodological Issues and Applications: Springer. **
  • Tao, Y., Ke, H., & Zhang, Z. (2023). Hybrid strategy and firm performance: a time-series qualitative comparative analysis of the Chinese ICT sector. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 36(4), 561-584. ***
  • Vargas Zeledon, A. A. (2023). Knowledge management requirements for information systems in small ventures: A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Small Business International Review ***
  • Zhou, Y., Kumar, S., & Furuoka, F. (2024). Enhancing customer value co-creation and stickiness in social commerce: integrating PLS-SEM and NCA for deeper insights into customer-to-customer dynamics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1-15. **

Publications suggesting NCA for future research:

  • Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Cascio, W. F. (2020). Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(9), 1593-1608.
  • Fainshmidt, S., Witt, M. A., Aguilera, R. V., & Verbeke, A. (2020). The contributions of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to international business. Journal of International Business Studies, 51, 455–466. 
  • Richter, N. F., Hauff, S., Gudergan, S. P., & Ringle, C. M. (2022). The Use of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling and Complementary Methods in International Management Research. Management International Review, 62, 449-470.
  • Schmuck, A., Lagerström, K., & Sallis, J. (2022). Turning the Tables: The Relationship Between Performance and Multinationality. Management International Review, 1-24.
  • Zahoor N, Khan Z, Shenkar O (2023) International vertical alliances within the international business field: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Journal of World Business, 58:101385.