Publications & Research Output

✅ Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Alinasab, J. & Hunt, R. (2025). Real Options Reasoning and the Internationalization of Small Firms: A Review and Agenda for Future Research. Management International Review (ABDC: A, CABS: 3, IF: 7.5)
  2. Alinasab, J., Khvatova, T., Caputo, F., & Mirahmadi, M. R. (2025). Foreign Market Entry Decisions Framework: Cognitive and Rational Perspectives in Small Firms. International Marketing Review (ABDC: A, CABS: 3, IF: 5.91)
  3. Alinasab, J., Mather, D., Parackal, M., & Briamonte, M. A. (2025). Effectuation in Action: How Pre-Commitments Drive International Performance. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal (ABDC: A, CABS: 3, IF: 6.2)
  4. Alinasab, J. (2025). Hard Luck and Entrepreneurial Opportunity: A Philosophical Exploration of Adversity-Driven Innovation. Economics, Finance and Management Review, 1(21), 43–63. (Emerging Journal)
  5. Alinasab, J., Mirahmadi, S. M. R., Ghorbani, H., & Caputo, F. (2022). Discovering Knowledge and Cognitive-Based Drivers for SMEs’ Internationalization. Journal of the Knowledge Economy (ABDC: C, CABS: 2, IF: 3.26)
  6. Alinasab, J., Mirahmadi, S. M. R., Ghorbani, H., & Caputo, F. (2022). Managing SMEs’ Internationalization Process: A Delphi Approach for Identifying Antecedent Factors. International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting, 14(1). (ABDC: B, CABS: 2, IF: 1.4)
  7. Alinasab, J., Ghorbani, H., & Hafezi, S. (2018). How Customer Knowledge Management Affects the Outcomes of Organizational Marketing Strategy. Journal of Organizational Behavior Research, 3(2), 1–14. (ABDC: C, IF: 0.104)

🔄 Under Review / Revise & Resubmit

  1. Alinasab, J., Siahtiri, V., & O’Cass, A. SME decision-making logics and internationalization: An Integrative Review of Real Options and Control-Oriented Logic Literature. Journal of World Business (JWB). (ABDC: A*, CABS: 4, IF: 8.8)
  2. Siahtiri, V., Alinasab, J., & O’Cass, A. (2025). Affordable Loss Meets Staging Logic: How Complementary Heuristics Drive Small Firms’ Internationalization. Journal of Business Research (ABDC: A, CABS: 3, IF: 8.1)
  3. Alinasab, J., Mather, D., & Caputo, F. (2025). Small Steps, Smart Controls: Navigating Irreversibility in Small Firms’ Internationalization. Journal of International Management (ABDC: A, CABS: 3, IF: 4.9)
  4. Alinasab, J., Hunt, R., Caputo, F., & Lettieri, M. (2025). A Pragmatist View of Small Firms’ Foreign Market Entry. R&R at Business Process Management Journal (ABDC: B, CABS: 3, IF: 7.5)
  5. Alinasab, J. & Caputo, F. Leveraging AI for More Flexible, Adaptable, and Successful Internationalization Strategies. International Business Review (IBR). (ABDC: A, CABS: 4, IF: 6.3)
  6. Jahanshahi, A. A., …, & Alinasab, J. (2025). Personality Pathways to Purpose and Social Entrepreneurship. R&R at Journal: Personality and Individual Differences (SJR: Q1, IF: 2.4)
  7. Alinasab, J. Orchestrating Entrepreneurial Heuristics:  A Systematic Narrative Review of Complementarity, Sequencing, and Conflict. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research. (SJR: Q1, IF: 1.4)

📘 Conference Proceedings

  • Jahanshahi, A. A., …… & Alinasab, J. (2025). Does Your Life Have Meaning? Social Entrepreneurial Intentions Through Dark and Light Triad Traits. Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2025, No. 1, p. 14001. (Top-tier conference proceedings)
  • Alinasab, J. (2023). Small Firms’ Options for Foreign Market Entry. In Proceedings of the ANZMAC Doctoral Colloquium.
  • Alinasab, J. (2022). International Market Entry: What is the Prioritization of Strategies for Entering International Markets for SMEs? In Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Management, Industrial Engineering, Accounting and Economics, Vienna, Austria.
  • Alinasab, J., Hafezi, S., Ghorbani, H., (2018). Experiential Marketing in B2B (Industrial) Marketing: Prioritizing Effective Factors Using Fuzzy AHP Method. In Proceedings of the 6th Newly Constituted National Conference on Management and Engineering Industries (Emphasizing Entrepreneurship in Industries).

🧪 Work in Progress

  1. Hunt, A. Yan, J. Alinasab, J. A Critical Review of Real Options Reasoning in Management and Entrepreneurship: From Financial Innovation to Strategic Framework. Preparing for Journal of Business Venturing (JBV). (ABDC: A*)
  2. Alinasab, J. & Nobari, N. Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Drive Innovation in Family Businesses: Pathways to Sustainable Growth. Preparing for Journal of Family Business Management. (SJR: Q1)
  3. Alinasab, J. Artificial Intelligence and the Transformation of Entrepreneurial Cognition: A Systematic Review of Judgment, Heuristic Use, and Opportunity Recognition. Preparing for International Business Review (IBR). (ABDC: A)