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Mats Forsgren

Mats Forsgren

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
36
Citations
11062
World Ranking
2026
National Ranking
33

Mats Forsgren 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 Mats Forsgren sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 134 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mats Forsgren 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 Mats Forsgren sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 156 scientists 31 D-Index: 159 scientists 32 D-Index: 171 scientists 33 D-Index: 161 scientists 34 D-Index: 135 scientists 35 D-Index: 124 scientists 36 D-Index: 114 scientists 37 D-Index: 111 scientists 38 D-Index: 103 scientists 39 D-Index: 89 scientists 40 D-Index: 81 scientists 41 D-Index: 97 scientists 42 D-Index: 80 scientists 43 D-Index: 69 scientists 44 D-Index: 68 scientists 45 D-Index: 63 scientists 46 D-Index: 54 scientists 47 D-Index: 69 scientists 48 D-Index: 50 scientists 49 D-Index: 58 scientists 50 D-Index: 54 scientists 51 D-Index: 62 scientists 52 D-Index: 54 scientists 53 D-Index: 43 scientists 54 D-Index: 49 scientists 55 D-Index: 35 scientists 56 D-Index: 40 scientists 57 D-Index: 44 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 29 scientists 60 D-Index: 48 scientists 61 D-Index: 32 scientists 62 D-Index: 30 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 22 scientists 65 D-Index: 19 scientists 66 D-Index: 20 scientists 67 D-Index: 18 scientists 68 D-Index: 17 scientists 69 D-Index: 21 scientists 70 D-Index: 20 scientists 71 D-Index: 19 scientists 72 D-Index: 14 scientists 73 D-Index: 10 scientists 74 D-Index: 16 scientists 75 D-Index: 24 scientists 76 D-Index: 13 scientists 77 D-Index: 19 scientists 78 D-Index: 8 scientists 79 D-Index: 6 scientists 80 D-Index: 4 scientists 81 D-Index: 12 scientists 82 D-Index: 7 scientists 83 D-Index: 7 scientists 84 D-Index: 6 scientists 85 D-Index: 10 scientists 86 D-Index: 4 scientists 87 D-Index: 11 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mats Forsgren is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and specializes in the field of Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans multiple subfields including Strategy and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Accounting, Public Administration, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their research topics primarily focus on International Business and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Innovation and Knowledge Management, Family Business Performance and Succession, Corporate Finance and Governance, Labor Movements and Unions, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy, as well as Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Frequently publishing in well-known academic journals, Mats Forsgren's work appears notably in:

  • Critical Perspectives on International Business
  • Journal of International Business Studies
  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • Moderna Språk

Selected recent papers authored by Mats Forsgren include:

  • "Controlling without owning - owning without controlling: A critical note on two extensions of internalization theory," 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "The MNE as the "crown of creation"?: a commentary on mainstream theories of multinational enterprises," 2022, Critical Perspectives on International Business
  • "Complementing the Uppsala model? A commentary on Treviño and Doh's paper "Internationalization of the firm: A discourse-based view"," 2021, Journal of International Business Studies
  • "The source of MNE superiority from within or from outside? - A response to "the importance of being transnational"," 2023, Critical Perspectives on International Business

Mats Forsgren often collaborates with other researchers, notably frequently co-authoring with Ulf Holm, Mo Yamin, Ulf Andersson, Rudolf R. Sinkovics, and Noemi Sinkovics.

Best Publications

  • The strategic impact of external networks: Subsidiary performance and competence development in the multinational corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • THE CONCEPT OF LEARNING IN THE UPPSALA INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESS MODEL: A CRITICAL REVIEW

    Mats Forsgren

  • Balancing subsidiary influence in the federative MNC: a business network view

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • In Search of Centre of Excellence: Network Embeddedness and Subsidiary Roles in Multinational Corporations

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren

  • Subsidiary embeddedness and control in the multinational corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren

  • Theories of the Multinational Firm: A Multidimensional Creature in the Global Economy

    Mats Forsgren

  • Subsidiary Embeddedness and Competence Development in MNCs A Multi-Level Analysis

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

  • Managing subsidiary knowledge creation: The effect of control mechanisms on subsidiary local embeddedness

    Ulf Andersson;Ingmar Björkman;Mats Forsgren

  • Managing Networks in International Business

    Mats Forsgren;Jan Johanson

  • Nordic International Business Research. A Review of Its Development

    Ingmar Björkman;Mats Forsgren

  • Managing the Embedded Multinational

    Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm;Jan Johanson

  • Subsidiary performance in multinational corporations: the importance of technology embeddedness

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Torben Pedersen

  • Managing Internationalization in Business Networks

    Mats Forsgren;Jan Johanson

  • DIVISION HEADQUARTERS GO ABROAD - A STEP IN THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION*

    Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm;Jan Johanson

  • Managing the international multi-centre firm: Case studies from Sweden

    Mats Forsgren

  • Ignorant and impatient internationalization?: The Uppsala model and internationalization patterns for Internet‐related firms

    Mats Forsgren;Peter Hagström

  • Internationalization of the Second Degree : The Emergence of the European-Based Centres in Swedish Firms

    Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm;Jan Johanson

  • A note on the revisited Uppsala internationalization process model – the implications of business networks and entrepreneurship

    Mats Forsgren

  • Rationality vs Ignorance: The Role of MNE Headquarters in Subsidiaries’ Innovation Processes

    Francesco Ciabuschi;Mats Forsgren;Oscar Martín Martín;Oscar Martín Martín

  • Hymer’s Analysis of the Multinational Organization: Power Retention and the Demise of the Federative MNE

    Mohammad Yamin;Mats Forsgren

  • The Strategic Impact of External Networks: Subsidiary Performance and Competence Development in the Multinational Corporation

    Ulf Andersson;Mats Forsgren;Ulf Holm

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Johanson
Jan Johanson Uppsala University
Ulf Andersson
Ulf Andersson Mälardalen University
Torben Pedersen
Torben Pedersen Copenhagen Business School
Ingmar Björkman
Ingmar Björkman Hanken School of Economics
Håkan Håkansson
Håkan Håkansson BI Norwegian Business School
Pontus Braunerhjelm
Pontus Braunerhjelm Royal Institute of Technology
Rudolf R. Sinkovics
Rudolf R. Sinkovics Durham University
Julian Birkinshaw
Julian Birkinshaw London Business School
Nicolai Juul Foss
Nicolai Juul Foss Copenhagen Business School

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