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4860
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Witold J. Henisz publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Witold J. Henisz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 107 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Witold J. Henisz D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Witold J. Henisz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Witold J. Henisz is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a focus on Strategy and Management, Sociology and Political Science, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Economics and Econometrics.

Henisz's scholarly output includes work published in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Strategy Science
  • Academy of Management Review

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with topics related to corporate social responsibility, conflict risk, organizational purpose, and stakeholder relations. Notable recent publications are:

  • "Webs of Influence: Secondary Stakeholder Actions and Cross-National Corporate Social Performance," 2020, Organization Science
  • "Business and Peace: The Impact of Firm-Stakeholder Relational Strategies on Conflict Risk," 2021, Academy of Management Review
  • "The Value of Organizational Purpose," 2023, Strategy Science
  • "Shareholder Activism Research: A System-Level View," 2023, Academy of Management Annals
  • "Firm-Stakeholder Dialogue and the Media: The Evolution of Stakeholder Evaluations in Different Informational Environments," 2023, Academy of Management Journal

Their work frequently addresses themes such as Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Environmental Sustainability in Business, Management and Organizational Studies, Corporate Finance and Governance, Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Henisz has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Anne Spencer Jamison, Edward D. Mansfield, Brian Ganson, Kevin Chuah, and Tony L. He. These collaborations have contributed to clusters of research activities and coauthored publications in their main fields of study.

Best Publications

  • The Institutional Environment for Economic Growth

    Witold J. Henisz

  • The institutional environment for multinational investment

    WJ Henisz

  • Uncertainty, Imitation, and Plant Location: Japanese Multinational Corporations, 1990‐1996:

    Witold J. Henisz;Andrew Delios

  • The institutional environment for infrastructure investment

    Witold J. Henisz

  • Japanese Firms' Investment Strategies in Emerging Economies

    Andrew Delios;Witold I. Henisz

  • Political hazards, experience, and sequential entry strategies: The international expansion of Japanese firms, 1980-1998

    Andrew Delios;Witold J. Henisz

  • The Worldwide Diffusion of Market-Oriented Infrastructure Reform, 1977-1999

    Witold J. Henisz;Bennet A. Zelner;Mauro F. Guillén

  • Spinning gold: The financial returns to stakeholder engagement

    Witold J. Henisz;Sinziana Dorobantu;Lite J. Nartey

  • Legitimacy, Interest Group Pressures, and Change in Emergent Institutions: The Case of Foreign Investors and Host Country Governments

    Witold J. Henisz;Bennet A. Zelner

  • The Institutional Environment for Telecommunications Investment

    Witold J. Henisz;Bennet A. Zelner

  • Comparative Economic Organization—Within and Between Countries

    Witold J. Henisz;Oliver E. Williamson

  • Political Institutions and Policy Volatility

    Witold Jerzy Henisz

  • Policy uncertainty and the sequence of entry by Japanese firms, 1980–1998

    A Delios;W J Henisz

  • The power of the Buckley and Casson thesis: the ability to manage institutional idiosyncrasies

    Witold J Henisz

  • Political Institutions and Electric Utility Investment: A Cross-Nation Analysis

    Mario E. Bergara;Witold J. Henisz;Pablo T. Spiller

  • Votes and Vetoes: The Political Determinants of Commercial Openness

    Witold J. Henisz;Edward D. Mansfield

  • Firm- and Country-Level Trade-offs and Contingencies in the Evaluation of Foreign Investment: The Semiconductor Industry, 1994--2002

    Witold J. Henisz;Jeffrey T. Macher

  • Toward a unified theory of project governance: economic, sociological and psychological supports for relational contracting

    Witold J. Henisz;Raymond E. Levitt;W. Richard Scott

  • Institutions and international business

    Witold Henisz;Anand Swaminathan

  • Three Waves of BITs: The Global Diffusion of Foreign Investment Policy

    Srividya Jandhyala;Witold J. Henisz;Edward D. Mansfield

  • Legitimacy, Interest Group Pressures and Institutional Change: The Case of Foreign Investors and Host Country Governments

    Witold J. Henisz;Bennet A. Zelner

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Delios
Andrew Delios National University of Singapore
Edward D. Mansfield
Edward D. Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Levitt
Raymond E. Levitt Stanford University
Mauro F. Guillén
Mauro F. Guillén University of Pennsylvania
W. Richard Scott
W. Richard Scott Stanford University
Ruth V. Aguilera
Ruth V. Aguilera Northeastern University
Anita M. McGahan
Anita M. McGahan University of Toronto
Oliver E. Williamson
Oliver E. Williamson University of California, Berkeley
Anand Swaminathan
Anand Swaminathan Emory University
Mary Ann Von Glinow
Mary Ann Von Glinow Florida International University

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