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Jean-François Hennart

Jean-François Hennart

Tilburg University
Netherlands

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
53
Citations
24397
World Ranking
801
National Ranking
28

Jean-François Hennart 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 Jean-François Hennart sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 144 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jean-François Hennart 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 Jean-François Hennart sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jean-François Hennart is affiliated with Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Their primary research domain lies within Business, Management and Accounting, with a significant focus on Strategy and Management, Accounting, Sociology and Political Science, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Management Information Systems.

The scientist's main topics of work include International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Corporate Finance and Governance, Innovation and Knowledge Management, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, as well as Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Jean-François Hennart has contributed numerous articles to academic journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Transaction Cost Theory: Past Progress, Current Challenges, and Suggestions for the Future," 2020, Academy of Management Annals
  • "What's so special about born globals, their entrepreneurs or their business model?", 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "Actionable and enduring implications of Oliver Williamson's transaction cost theory," 2022, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "How much is new in Brouthers et al.'s new foreign entry modes, and do they challenge the transaction cost theory of entry mode choice?", 2022, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "International business research: The real challenges are data and theory," 2022, Journal of International Business Studies

The journals where Jean-François Hennart most frequently publishes are:

  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • Academy of Management Annals
  • Review of International Business and Strategy
  • Global Strategy Journal
  • Journal of Global Mobility The Home of Expatriate Management Research

Collaboration is part of their research practice, with frequent coauthors including Antonio Majocchi, Birgit Hagen, Ilya Cuypers, Dylan Sutherland, and Brian S. Silverman.

Best Publications

  • A transaction costs theory of equity joint ventures

    Jean-Francois Hennart

  • A theory of multinational enterprise

    Jean-François Hennart

  • The transaction costs theory of joint ventures: an empirical study of Japanese subsidiaries in the united states

    Jean-François Hennart

  • Boundaries of the Firm: Insights From International Entry Mode Research

    Keith D. Brouthers;Jean-François Hennart

  • Greenfield vs. Acquisition: The Strategy of Japanese Investors in the United States

    Jean-François Hennart;Young-Ryeol Park

  • The choice between mergers/acquisitions and joint ventures : The case of Japanese investors in the United States

    Jean-Francois Hennart;Sabine Reddy

  • Explaining the swollen middle: Why most transactions are a mix of market and hierarchy

    Jean-Francois Hennart

  • Explaining the Swollen Middle: Why Most Transactions Are a Mix of Market and Hierarchy

    Jean-Francois Hennart

  • The Impact of Culture on the Strategy of Multinational Enterprises: Does National Origin Affect Ownership Decisions?

    Jean-françois Hennart;Jorma Larimo

  • Down with MNE-centric theories! Market entry and expansion as the bundling of MNE and local assets

    Jean-François Hennart

  • The theoretical rationale for a multinationality - performance relationship

    Jean-Francois Hennart

  • The theoretical rationale for a multinationality-performance relationship

    Jean-François Hennart

  • Emerging market multinationals and the theory of the multinational enterprise

    Jean-François Hennart

  • The Impact of Joint Venture Status on the Longevity of Japanese Stakes in U.S. Manufacturing Affiliates

    Jean-Francois Hennart;Dong-Jae Kim;Ming Zeng

  • Can the “New Forms of Investment” Substitute for the “Old Forms?” A Transaction Costs Perspective

    Jean-François Hennart

  • Conducting and Integrating Strategy Research at the International, Corporate, and Business Levels: Issues and Directions

    Gregory G. Dess;Anil Gupta;Jean Francois Hennart;Charles W L Hill

  • The Accidental Internationalists: A Theory of Born Globals

    Unknown

  • Cross-Cultural Differences and Joint Venture Longevity

    Jean-françois Hennart;Ming Zeng

  • Location, governance, and strategic determinants of Japanese manufacturing investment in the United States

    Unknown

  • The Infeasibility of Invariant Laws in Management Studies: a Reflective Dialogue in Defense of Case Studies

    Jean-Francois Hennart;Dong-Jae Kim;Ming Zeng;Tsuyoshi Numagami

  • Greenfield or Acquisition Entry: A Review of the Empirical Foreign Establishment Mode Literature

    Arjen Slangen;Jean-Francois Hennart

  • GREENFIELD OR ACQUISITION ENTRY: A REVIEW OF THE EMPIRICAL FOREIGN ESTABLISHMENT MODE LITERATURE

    Arjen H. L. Slangen;Jean-François Hennart

  • Theories of the multinational enterprise

    Jean‐François Hennart

  • A theory of foreign direct investment

    J.F.M.A. Hennart

  • Transaction Cost Theory: Past Progress, Current Challenges, and Suggestions for the Future

    Ilya R. P. Cuypers;Jean-François Hennart;Brian S. Silverman;Gokhan Ertug

  • The transaction cost theory of joint ventures : An empirical study of Japanese subsidiaries in the United States

    J.M.A. Hennart;A. Rugman

Frequent Co-Authors

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
Sjoerd Beugelsdijk University of South Carolina
Ilan Alon
Ilan Alon Ariel University
Alan M. Rugman
Alan M. Rugman University of Reading
John Cantwell
John Cantwell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Charles W. L. Hill
Charles W. L. Hill University of Washington
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik
Beata Smarzynska Javorcik University of Oxford
Keith D. Brouthers
Keith D. Brouthers King's College London
Gregory G. Dess
Gregory G. Dess The University of Texas at Dallas
Nathan M. Jensen
Nathan M. Jensen The University of Texas at Austin
Erin Anderson
Erin Anderson INSEAD

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