Lawrence S. Welch

8.5k citations

76 papers · 5.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 38

Strategy and Management top 0.1%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management top 0.5%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance top 0.5%
Communication top 0.5%
Accounting top 1%

Co-authors: Denice E. Welch Reijo Luostarinen Rebecca Piekkari Gabriel R.G. Benito Finn Wiedersheim‐Paul Bent Petersen Rebecca Marschan Catherine Welch
Topics: International Business and FDI (41 papers)Innovation and Knowledge Management (33 papers)Global trade and economics (14 papers)
Cited by: Strategy and Management Communication General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Journals: Journal of Management Journal of Business Research Journal of International Business Studies
Partner nations: Australia Norway Denmark

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Lawrence S. Welch

72 papers receiving 4.6k citations

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Internationalization: Evolution of a Concept

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Inertia and Managerial Intentionality: Extending the Uppsala Model 2017 ·Management International Review ·Douglas Dow,Peter W. Liesch,Lawrence S. Welch	34
2	Language in International Business: The Multilingual Reality of Global Business Expansion 2015 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Rebecca Piekkari,Denice E. Welch,Lawrence S. Welch	51
3	Information behaviour and internationalization 2014 ·International Journal of Technology Management ·Lawrence S. Welch	2
4	Inertia and the change of state in the Uppsala internationalization process model 2013 ·Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland) ·Douglas Dow,Peter W. Liesch,Lawrence S. Welch	0
5	Mode Combinations and International Operations: Theoretical Issues and an Empirical Investigation 2011 ·CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School) ·Gabriel R.G. Benito,Bent Petersen,Lawrence S. Welch	1
6	Managing the Internalisation Process 2010 ·Management International Review ·Bent Petersen,Lawrence S. Welch,Gabriel R.G. Benito	26
7	Fairness in Agent Based Simulation Frameworks 2010 ·Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering ·Lawrence S. Welch,Stephen Ekwaro-Osire	2
8	Managing the Internalisation Process - A Theoretical Perspective 2008 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·(unknown),Lawrence S. Welch,Gabriel R.G. Benito	15
9	Dancing With Giants: Acquisition and Survival of the Family Firm 2006 ·Family Business Review ·Adam Steen,Lawrence S. Welch	39
10	The internet and foreign expansion by firms 2003 ·IEEE Engineering Management Review ·Bent Petersen,Lawrence S. Welch,Peter W. Liesch	1
11	THE INTERNET AND FOREIGN MARKET EXPANSION BY FIRMS 2002 ·Management International Review ·Bent Petersen,Lawrence S. Welch,Peter W. Liesch	102
12	Foreign operation mode combinations and internationalization 2002 ·Journal of Business Research ·Bent Petersen,Lawrence S. Welch	65
13	Evolving Strands of Research on Firm Internationalization: An Australian-Nordic Perspective 2002 ·International Studies of Management and Organization ·Peter W. Liesch,Lawrence S. Welch,Denice E. Welch,Sara L. McGaughey,Bent Petersen,Peter Lamb	46
14	The Persistent Impact of Language on Global Operations 2001 ·Prometheus ·Denice E. Welch,Lawrence S. Welch,Rebecca Piekkari	76
15	Creating Meaningful Switching Options in International Operations 2000 ·Long Range Planning ·Bent Petersen,Denice E. Welch,Lawrence S. Welch	49
16	Internationalization of SMEs: Inward-Outward Patterns and Government Policy 1996 ·Management International Review ·(unknown),Reijo Luostarinen,Lawrence S. Welch	116
17	SMEs and Inward-Outward Internationalization Patterns 1996 ·Management International Review ·(unknown),Reijo Luostarinen,Lawrence S. Welch	6
18	Control in less-hierarchical multinationals: The role of personal networks and informal communication 1996 ·International Business Review ·Rebecca Marschan,(unknown),Lawrence S. Welch	53
19	An Exploration of the Information Behavior of Norwegian Exporters 1993 ·International Journal of Information Management ·Gabriel R.G. Benito,Carl Arthur Solberg,Lawrence S. Welch	14
20	THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING OF TECHNOLOGY: AN INTERACTION PERSPECTIVE 1985 ·International Marketing Review ·Lawrence S. Welch	24

About Lawrence S. Welch

Lawrence S. Welch is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Communication and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, having authored 76 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include International Business and FDI (41 papers), Innovation and Knowledge Management (33 papers) and Global trade and economics (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Strategy and Management (3.9k citations), Communication (973 citations) and General Economics, Econometrics and Finance (1.0k citations). Lawrence S. Welch has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, Norway and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include Denice E. Welch, Reijo Luostarinen, Rebecca Piekkari, Gabriel R.G. Benito, Finn Wiedersheim‐Paul, Bent Petersen, Rebecca Marschan, Catherine Welch, Peter W. Liesch and Ian Wilkinson. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research and Journal of International Business Studies.

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