Open Access Article

Title: International corporate governance: a science mapping approach

Authors: Jaime Guerrero-Villegas; Leticia Pérez-Calero; Mónica Santana; Mar Bornay-Barrachina

Addresses: Department of Management, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain ' Department of Management and Marketing, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Andalusia, Spain ' Department of Management and Marketing, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Andalusia, Spain ' Department of Management, University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain

Abstract: Studies on International Corporate Governance (ICG) have attracted attention among researchers and managers. The aim of this study was to investigate the major themes and the evolution observed in the scientific production of the ICG discipline. The bibliometric software tool SciMAT was used to perform a conceptual science mapping analysis based on co-word bibliographic networks. This review examined 262 scientific articles listed on the Web of Science from the year 1974 to 2019. It was revealed that, in the field of ICG, themes and theories have significantly evolved. Thus, while, under Agency Theory, risk-taking was the predominant theme in the initial stages, recent research is rather focused on the importance of the human and social aspects of both the board and top management teams, under theories such as Upper Echelons and Dependence Theory. The results presented in this study will enable authors to identify new lines of research.

Keywords: international corporate governance; international business; corporate governance bibliometric review; science mapping.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2024.137340

European Journal of International Management, 2024 Vol.22 No.4, pp.616 - 646

Received: 17 Mar 2021
Accepted: 27 Oct 2021
Published online: 13 Mar 2024 *

 

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