Staff profile

Rudolf R. Sinkovics (Dr.rer.soc.oec, WU-Vienna, Austria) is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Durham University, United Kingdom, and Visiting Professor at LUT University, Finland. He previously worked at University of Glasgow (UK), University of Auckland (New Zealand), University of Manchester (UK), and WU-Vienna (Austria). His research covers issues of inter-organizational governance, and the role of advanced technologies, focusing on responsible business. He is included in the Stanford/Elsevier list, highlighting the top 2% of the most cited scientists across the globe in terms of citation impact. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief for Critical Perspectives on International Business and serves on several editorial boards. rudolf.sinkovics@durham.ac.uk, https://www.sinkovics.com/rudolf 

• International Business, Global strategy, Global value chains, Responsible business

Chapter in book

• Gunaratne, D., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). The promise of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainability of developing country apparel manufacturers. In A. Goerzen (Ed.), Research Handbook on International Corporate Social Responsibility (391-407). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207040.00034
• Velt, H., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). A bibliometric study of authentic leadership. In R. V. Turcan, J. E. Reilly, K. M. Jørgensen, Y. Taran, & A. I. Bujac (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership (41-90). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-013-920231002
• Andrews, K., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). Tensions on the road toward just transitions in the Latin American coffee value chain. In R. van Tulder, E. Giuliani, & I. Álvarez (Eds.), International Business and Sustainable Development Goals: Volume 17 (309-323). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220230000017016
• Fath, B., Fiedler, A., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2022). The Paradox of Distance – New Zealand Businesses During Covid-19. In R. van Tulder, A. Verbeke, L. Piscitello, & J. Puck (Eds.), International Business in Times of Crisis: Tribute Volume to Geoffrey Jones (431-447). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220220000016023
• Husted, K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Concluding management issues, associated learnings and social resilience. In K. Husted, & R. R. Sinkovics (Eds.), Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis (189-199). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096.00025
• Fiedler, A., Fath, B., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Exporting from a remote, open economy during Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities for SMEs. In K. Husted, & R. R. Sinkovics (Eds.), Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis (71-82). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096.00014
• Hoque, S. F., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Learning on your own: bricolage and the quest for relevance in the squeezed Bangladeshi garment supply chain. In M. B. Rana, & M. M. C. Allen (Eds.), Upgrading the Global Garment Industry (162-185). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907650.00014
• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie–Acheampong, J. (2019). An overview of social responsibility dimensions in international business. In L. C. Leonidou, C. S. Katsikeas, S. Samiee, & C. N. Leonidou (Eds.), Socially Responsible International Business (29-72). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114127.00009
• Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2019). International business and global value chains. In S. Ponte, G. Gereffi, & G. Raj-Reichert (Eds.), Handbook on Global Value Chains (417-431). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788113779.00035
• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Hoque, S. F., & Alford, M. (2018). The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration. In G. Cook, J. Johns, F. McDonald, J. Beaverstock, & N. Pandit (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315667379-16
• Ott, U. F., Sinkovics, R. R., & Hoque, S. F. (2018). Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research. In C. Cassell, A. L. Cunliffe, & G. Grandy (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods: Methods and Challenges (414-430). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526430236
• Henseler, J., Ringle, C. M., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2009). The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing. In R. R. Sinkovics, & P. N. Ghauri (Eds.), New Challenges to International Marketing (277-319). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-7979%282009%290000020014

Edited book

• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Boussebaa, M., & Fletcher, M. (Eds.). (2024). International Business and SDG 8 - Exploring the Relationship between IB and Society. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46802-5
• Batas, S., Kuivalainen, O., & Sinkovics, R. R. (Eds.). (2022). Megatrends in International Business: Examining the Influence of Trends on Doing Business Internationally. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95527-4
• Husted, K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (Eds.). (2021). Management perspectives on the Covid-19 crisis: Lessons from New Zealand. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096

Journal Article

• Jones, G. G., Lopes, T. D. S., Pananond, P., Tulder, R. V., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (in press). Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business. Critical Perspectives on International Business,
• Jean, R.-J. B., Kim, D., Sinkovics, R. R., & Cavusgil, E. (2024). The effect of business model innovation on SMEs’ international performance: The contingent roles of foreign institutional voids and entrepreneurial orientation. Journal of Business Research, 175, Article 114449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114449
• Sinkovics, R. R., Gunaratne, D., & Sinkovics, N. (2023). Game-changer business models for sustainable development. Transnational corporations, 30(3), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.18356/2076099x-30-3-8
• Fiedler, A., Fath, B., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). On-ramp or speed bump? How boards influence the internationalisation of international new ventures. International Small Business Journal, 41(6), 590-622. https://doi.org/10.1177/02662426231172450
• Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). Ethnocentrism in Austria – Historical data. Data in Brief, 49, Article 109326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109326
• Ringle, C. M., Sarstedt, M., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). A perspective on using partial least squares structural equation modelling in data articles. Data in Brief, 48, Article 109074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109074
• Bouncken, R. B., Fredrich, V., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). Digitalization of cross-border R&D alliances: Configurational insights and cognitive digitalization biases. Global Strategy Journal, 13(2), 281-314. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1469
• Ahi, A. A., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). E-commerce policy and the global economy: A path to more inclusive development?. Management International Review, 63(1), 27-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-022-00490-1
• Zahoor, N., Khan, Z., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2022). The Role of Emotions in Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions: A Systematic Review of the Inter-Disciplinary Literature and Future Research Agenda. Journal of International Management, 28(4), Article 100958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2022.100958
• Sinkovics, N., Kim, J., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2022). Business-Civil Society Collaborations in South Korea: A Multi-Stage Pattern Matching Study. Management International Review, 62(4), 471-516. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-022-00476-z
• Ahi, A. A., Sinkovics, N., Shildibekov, Y., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mehandjiev, N. (2022). Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature. International Business Review, 31(4), Article 101967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101967
• Molina-Castillo, F.-J., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Sustainable Business Model Innovation: Review, Analysis and Impact on Society. Sustainability, 13(16), Article 8906. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168906
• Sinkovics, N., Gunaratne, D., Sinkovics, R. R., & Molina-Castillo, F.-J. (2021). Sustainable Business Model Innovation: An Umbrella Review. Sustainability, 13(13), Article 7266. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137266
• Sinkovics, N., Liu, C.-L., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mudambi, R. (2021). The dark side of trust in global value chains: Taiwan’s electronics and IT hardware industries. Journal of World Business, 56(4), Article 101195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101195
• Dörrenbächer, C., Sinkovics, R. R., Becker-Ritterspach, F., Boussebaa, M., Curran, L., de Jonge, A., & Khan, Z. (2021). The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(2), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-02-2021-0021
• Fath, B., Fiedler, A., Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Sullivan-Taylor, B. (2021). International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during COVID-19. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(2), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0061
• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021). Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains. Journal of International Business Policy, 4(1), 80-101. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00089-z
• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021). The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs. Multinational Business Review, 29(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-07-2020-0154
• Liu, C.-L. E., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2020). Achieving relational governance effectiveness: An examination of B2B management practices in Taiwan. Industrial Marketing Management, 90, 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.08.004
• Sinkovics, R. R., & Sinkovics, N. (2020). The Internet and international marketing – from trigger technology to platforms and new markets. International Marketing Review, 37(3), Article 437-446. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-07-2019-0185
• Sinkovics, R. R., Forsgren, M., Sinkovics, N., & Holmström Lind, C. (2020). Social value creation in International Business – Introduction to the special issue. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-03-2020-104
• Kurt, Y., Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Yamin, M. (2020). The role of spirituality in Islamic business networks: The case of internationalizing Turkish SMEs. Journal of World Business, 55(1), Article 101034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101034
• Zagelmeyer, S., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2019). MNEs, human rights and the SDGs – the moderating role of business and human rights governance. Transnational corporations, 26(3), 33-62. https://doi.org/10.18356/f8a180a3-en
• Sinkovics, N., Choksy, U. S., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mudambi, R. (2019). Knowledge connectivity in an adverse context – global value chains and Pakistani offshore service providers. Management International Review, 59(1), 131-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0372-0
• Sinkovics, N., Hoque, S. F., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Supplier strategies and routines for capability development: implications for upgrading. Journal of International Management, 24(4), 348-368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2018.04.005
• Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Zagelmeyer, S. (2018). Antecedents and Innovation Performance Implications of MNC Political Ties in the Chinese Automotive Supply Chain. Management International Review, 58(6), 995-1026. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0370-2
• Sinkovics, R. R., Kurt, Y., & Sinkovics, N. (2018). The effect of matching on perceived export barriers and performance in an era of globalization discontents: Empirical evidence from UK SMEs. International Business Review, 27(5), 1065-1079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.007
• Deng, Z., Jean, R.-J. B., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Rapid expansion of international new ventures across institutional distance. Journal of International Business Studies, 49(8), 1010-1032. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-017-0108-6
• Kim, D., Jean, R.-J., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2018). Drivers of virtual interfirm integration and its impact on performance in international customer-supplier relationships. Management International Review, 58(3), 495-522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0344-4
• Sinkovics, R. R., Kuivalainen, O., & Roath, A. S. (2018). Value co-creation in an outsourcing arrangement between manufacturers and third party logistics providers: resource commitment, innovation and collaboration. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 33(4), 563-573. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-03-2017-0082
• Zagelmeyer, S., Sinkovics, R. R., Sinkovics, N., & Kusstatscher, V. (2018). Exploring the link between management communication and emotions in mergers and acquisitions. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 35(1), 93-106. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1382
• Choksy, U. S., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2017). Exploring the relationship between upgrading and capturing profits from GVC participation for disadvantaged suppliers in developing countries. Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 34(4), 356-386. https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.1455
• Deng, Z., Jean, R.-J. B., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2017). Polarizing Effects of Early Exporting on Exit. Management International Review, 57(2), 243-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-016-0292-9
• Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Kim, D. (2017). Antecedents and Outcomes of Supplier Innovativeness in International Customer-Supplier Relationships: The Role of Knowledge Distance. Management International Review, 57(1), 121-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-016-0291-x
• Sinkovics, R. R., & Park, B.-I. (2017). Institutional Theory and MNEs’ Contributions to Social Safety Net in Local Markets: Subsidiary Perspective. International Business Journal, 28(1.2), https://doi.org/10.14365/ibj.2017.28.1.2
• Kurt, Y., Yamin, M., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Spirituality as an antecedent of trust and network commitment: The case of Anatolian tigers. European Management Journal, 34(6), 686-700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2016.06.011
• Lew, Y. K., Sinkovics, R. R., Yamin, M., & Khan, Z. (2016). Trans-specialization understanding in international technology alliances: the influence of cultural distance. Journal of International Business Studies, 47(5), 577-594. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2016.10
• Jean, R.-J. B., Chiou, J.-S., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Interpartner learning, dependence asymmetry and radical innovation in customer-supplier relationships. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 31(6), 732-742. https://doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-10-2012-0185
• Richter, N. F., Sinkovics, R. R., Ringle, C. M., & Schlägel, C. (2016). A critical look at the use of SEM in international business research. International Marketing Review, 33(3), 376-404. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-04-2014-0148
• Hoque, S. F., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: Implications for economic upgrading. European Journal of International Management, 10(3), 254-283. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2016.076292
• Sinkovics, N., Hoque, S. F., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2016). Rana Plaza collapse aftermath: Are CSR compliance and auditing pressures effective?. Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, 29(4), 617-649. https://doi.org/10.1108/AAAJ-07-2015-2141
• Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Hoque, S., & Czaban, L. (2015). A reconceptualization of social value creation as social constraint alleviation. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 11(3/4), 340-363. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-06-2014-0036
• Khan, Z., Lew, Y. K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2015). International joint ventures as boundary spanners: technological knowledge transfer in an emerging economy. Global Strategy Journal, 5(1), 48-68. https://doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1089
• Sinkovics, R. R., Yamin, M., Nadvi, K., & Zhang, Y. Z. (2014). Rising powers from emerging markets—The changing face of international business. International Business Review, 23(4), 675-679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.04.001
• Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Hiebaum, T. P. (2014). The effects of supplier involvement and knowledge protection on product innovation in customer–supplier relationships: A study of global automotive suppliers in China. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(1), 98-113. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12082
• Sinkovics, R. R., & Alfoldi, E. A. (2012). Progressive Focusing and Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research: The Enabling Role of Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS). Management International Review, 52(6), 817-845. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-012-0140-5
• Jean, R.-J. B., Kim, D., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2012). Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Supplier Innovation Generation in Customer–Supplier Relationships: The Role of Power-Dependence. Decision Sciences, 43(6), 1003-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00380.x
• Jean, R.-J. B., Sinkovics, R. R., & Cavusgil, S. T. (2010). Enhancing international customer-supplier relationships through IT resources: A study of Taiwanese electronics suppliers. Journal of International Business Studies, 41(7), 1218-1239. https://doi.org/10.1057/jibs.2010.4
• Sinkovics, R. R., Penz, E., & Ghauri, P. N. (2008). Enhancing the trustworthiness of qualitative research in international business. Management International Review, 48(6), 689-714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-008-0103-z
• Wu, F., Sinkovics, R. R., Cavusgil, S. T., & Roath, A. S. (2007). Overcoming export manufacturer's dilemma in international expansion. Journal of International Business Studies, 38(2), Article 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400263
• Yamin, M., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2006). Online internationalisation, psychic distance reduction and the virtuality trap. International Business Review, 15(4), 339-360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.03.002

Other (Digital/Visual Media)

• Sinkovics, R. R., & Salzberger, T. (2021). Technophobia dataset. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.14576037.v1