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D-Index
39
Citations
11537
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
719

Farok J. Contractor publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Farok J. Contractor sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 123 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Farok J. Contractor D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Farok J. Contractor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Farok J. Contractor is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans the domains of Business, Management and Accounting, as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broader fields, their work focuses notably on subfields such as Strategy and Management, Accounting, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics, and Management Information Systems.

The scientist's research topics cover multiple areas including:

  • International Business and FDI
  • Global trade and economics
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Global Trade and Competitiveness
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management

Recent publications by Farok J. Contractor include:

  • "The world economy will need even more globalization in the post-pandemic 2021 decade," 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "How FDI Inflows to Emerging Markets Are Influenced by Country Regulatory Factors: An Exploratory Study," 2021, Journal of International Management
  • "A Decline in US Manufacturing Because of Globalization and China? Don't Believe This Fake News," 2021, Management and Organization Review

They have also contributed to collaborative works where coauthors include Rakesh B. Sambharya, Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman, Ramesh Dangol, Abdul Rasheed, and Jeongho Choi.

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Journal of International Management
  • Review of International Business and Strategy

Best Publications

  • A three-stage theory of international expansion: the link between multinationality and performance in the service sector

    Farok J Contractor;Sumit K Kundu;Chin-Chun Hsu

  • Cooperative Strategies in International Business

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  • Modal Choice in a World of Alliances: Analyzing Organizational Forms in the International Hotel Sector

    Farok J. Contractor;Sumit K. Kundu

  • Reconceptualizing the Firm in a World of Outsourcing and Offshoring: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High‐Value Company Functions

    Farok J. Contractor;Vikas Kumar;Sumit K. Kundu;Torben Pedersen

  • Nature of the relationship between international expansion and performance: The case of emerging market firms

    Farok J. Contractor;Vikas Kumar;Sumit K. Kundu

  • The growth of alliances in the knowledge-based economy

    Farok Contractor;Peter Lorange

  • Is international business good for companies? The evolutionary or multi-stage theory of internationalization vs. the transaction cost perspective

    Farok J. Contractor

  • Cooperative strategies and alliances

    Farok J. Contractor;Peter Lorange

  • International technology licensing: Compensation, costs, and negotiation

    Farok J. Contractor

  • Franchising Versus Company-Run Operations: Modal Choice in the Global Hotel Sector

    Farok J. Contractor;Sumit K. Kundu

  • Choosing Between Direct Investment and Licensing: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Tests

    Farok J. Contractor

  • Institutional, cultural and industry related determinants of ownership choices in emerging market FDI acquisitions

    Farok J. Contractor;Somnath Lahiri;B. Elango;Sumit K. Kundu

  • How knowledge attributes influence alliance governance choices: A theory development note

    Farok J Contractor;Wonchan Ra

  • Ownership Patterns of U.S. Joint Ventures Abroad and the Liberalization of Foreign Government Regulations in the 1980s: Evidence from the Benchmark Surveys

    Farok J. Contractor

  • How do country regulations and business environment impact foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows

    Farok J. Contractor;Ramesh Dangol;N. Nuruzzaman;S. Raghunath

  • "Punching above their weight" The sources of competitive advantage for emerging market multinationals

    Farok J. Contractor

  • Viewing global strategy through a microfoundations lens

    Farok Contractor;Nicolai J. Foss;Sumit Kundu;Somnath Lahiri

  • Licensing in International Strategy: A Guide for Planning and Negotiations

    Farok J. Contractor

  • International Technology Transfer: Major Issues and Policy Responses

    Farok J. Contractor;Tagi Sagafi-Nejad

  • The influence of human capital investment on the exports of services and goods: An analysis of the top 25 services outsourcing countries

    Farok J. Contractor;Susan M. Mudambi

  • Cooperative strategies in international business : joint ventures and technology partnerships between firms

    Farok J. Contractor;Peter Lorange

  • The world economy will need even more globalization in the post-pandemic 2021 decade.

    Farok J. Contractor

  • Why Should Firms Cooperate? The Strategy and Economics Basis for Cooperative Ventures

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Frequent Co-Authors

Sumit K. Kundu
Sumit K. Kundu Florida International University
V Kumar
V Kumar Brock University
Torben Pedersen
Torben Pedersen Copenhagen Business School
Alain Verbeke
Alain Verbeke University of Calgary
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Jeffrey J. Reuer Purdue University West Lafayette
Ajai S. Gaur
Ajai S. Gaur Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chang Hoon Oh
Chang Hoon Oh University of Kansas
Nicolai Juul Foss
Nicolai Juul Foss Copenhagen Business School
Shawn M. Carraher
Shawn M. Carraher Harvard University
Dana Minbaeva
Dana Minbaeva King's College London

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