- Younis, H., & Elbanna, S. 2021. How do SMEs decide on international market entry? An empirical examination in the Middle East. Journal of International Management: 100902.
- Elbanna, S. 2021. Policy and practical implications for workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Personnel Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print).
- Elsharnouby, T. H., & Elbanna, S. 2021. Change or perish: Examining the role of human capital and dynamic marketing capabilities in the hospitality sector. Tourism Management, 82(February). (Impact factor: 7.432; ABS: 4; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Shepherd, N. G., Mooi, E. A., Elbanna, S., & Rudd, J. M. 2021. Deciding fast: Examining the relationship between strategic decision speed and decision quality across multiple environmental contexts. European Management Review, 18(2): 119-140. (Impact factor: 533; ABS: 3; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Fatima, T., & Elbanna, S. (2020). Balanced scorecard in the hospitality and tourism industry: Past, present and future. International Journal of Hospitality Management. (Impact factor: 6.701; ABS: 3; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Al Katheeri, B., & Colak, M. 2020. The harder firms practice strategic management, the better they are. Strategic Change, 29(5): 561-569.. (ABS: 2; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S., Abdelzaher, D. M., & Ramadan, N. 2020. Management research in the Arab World: What is now and what is next? Journal of International Management, 26(2): 1-21. (Impact factor: 3.821; ABS:3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Hsieh, L., & Child, J. 2020. Contextualizing internationalization decision-making research in SMEs: Towards an integration of existing studies. European Management Review, 17(2): 573–591. (Impact factor: 533; ABS: 3; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q1).
- Elbanna, S., Thanos, I. C., & Jansen, R. J. G. 2020. A literature review of the strategic decision-making context: A synthesis of previous mixed findings and an agenda for the way forward. M@n@gement, 23(2): 42-60. (ABS:1; ABDC: B)
- Shepherd, N. G., Hodgkinson, G. P., Mooi, D. E., Elbanna, S., & Rudd, J. M. 2020. Political behavior does not (always) undermine strategic decision-making: Theory and evidence. Long Range Planning. (Impact factor: 4.041; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., & Abdel-Maksoud, A. 2020. Organizational resources and performance: The case of an oil-rich country. Public Performance and Management Review: 1-27. (Impact factor: 510; ABS: 1; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Moussa, T., Allam, A., Elbanna, S., & Bani-Mustafa, A. 2020. Can board environmental orientation improve U.S. firms’ carbon performance? The mediating role of carbon strategy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29
- Nakos, G., Dimitratos, P., & Elbanna, S. 2019. The mediating role of alliances in the international market orientation-performance relationship of SMEs. International Business Review, 28(3): 603-612. (Impact factor: 953; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Hsieh, L., Child, J., Narooz, R., Elbanna, S., Karmowska, J., Marinova, S., Puthusserry, P., Tsai, T., & Zhang, Y. 2019. A multidimensional perspective of SME internationalization speed: The influence of entrepreneurial characteristics. International Business Review, 28(2): 268-283. (Impact factor: 953; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Obeidat, S. M., Al Bakri, A. A., & Elbanna, S. 2018. Leveraging “green” human resource practices to enable environmental and organizational performance: Evidence from the Qatari Oil and Gas industry. Journal of Business Ethics. (Financial Times (FT) Top 50 list; Impact factor: 141; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2018. The constructive aspect of political behavior in strategic decision-making: The role of diversity. European Management Journal, 36(5): 616-626. (Impact factor: 2.369; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., & Elsharnouby, T. 2018. Revisiting the relationship between formal planning process and planning effectiveness: Do organizational capabilities and decision-making style matter? International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 30(2): 1016-1034. (Impact factor: 667; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Abu Farha, A., & Elbanna, S. 2018. Do different marketing practices pre-suppose different frames of reference? An exploratory study. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 33(3): 337-352. (Impact factor: 497; ABS: 2; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Eid, R., & Elbanna, S. 2018. A triangulation study to assess the perceived city image in a non-western context: The case of Al-Ain in the UAE. Tourism planning and Development, 15(2): 118-133. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Child, J., Hsieh, L., Elbanna, S., Karmowska, J., Marinova, S., Puthusserry, P., Tsai, T. Narooz, R., & Zhang, L. 2017. SME international business models: The role of context and experience. Journal of World Business. 52(5): 664–679. (Impact factor: 194; ABS: 4; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Zacca, R., Dayan, M. and Elbanna, S. (2017). The influence of conflict and intuition on explorative new products and performance in SMEs, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 24(4): 950-970. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 2; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Pollanen, R., Abdel-Maksoud, A., Elbanna, S., & Mahama, H. 2017. Relationships between strategic performance measures, strategic decision making, and organizational performance: Empirical evidence from Canadian public organizations. Public Management Review, 19(5): 725-746 (Impact factor: 221; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Kapoutsis, I., & Mellahi, K. 2017. Creativity and propitiousness in strategic decision making: The role of positive politics and macro-economic uncertainty. Management Decision, 55(10): 2218-2236. (Impact factor: 2.723; ABS:2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., & Fadol, Y. 2016. An analysis of the comprehensive implementation of strategic plans in emerging economies: The United Arab Emirates as a case study. European Management Review, 13(2): 75-89. (Impact factor: 533; ABS: 3; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Abdel-Maksoud, A., Kamel, H., & Elbanna, S. 2016. Investigating relationships between stakeholders’ pressure, eco-control systems and hotel performance. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 59: 95-104. (Impact factor: 6.701; ABS: 3; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Andrews, R., & Pollanen, R. 2016. Strategic planning and implementation success in public service organizations: Evidence from Canada. Public Management Review, 18(7): 1017-1042. (Impact factor: 221; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2016. Managers’ autonomy, strategic control, organizational politics and strategic planning effectiveness: An empirical investigation into missing links in the hotel sector. Tourism Management, (S2): 210-220. (Impact factor: 7.432; ABS: 4; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., & Fadol, Y. 2016. The role of context in intuitive decision-making. Journal of Management & Organization, 22(5): 642–661. (Impact factor: 1.935; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Abdel-Maksoud, A., Elbanna, S., Mahama, H., & Pollanen, R. 2015. The use of performance information in strategic decision making in public organizations. International Journal of Public Sector Management, 28(7): 528-549. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 1; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Eid, R., & Kamel, H. 2015. Measuring hotel performance using the balanced scorecard: A theoretical construct development and its empirical validation. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 51: 105–114. (Impact factor: 6.701; ABS: 3; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Fadol, Y., Berham, B., & Elbanna, S. 2015. The mediating role of the extensiveness of strategic planning on the relationship between slack resources and organizational performance. Management Decision, 53(5): 1023-1044. (Impact factor: 723; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2015. Intuition in project management and missing links: Analyzing the predicating effects of environment and the mediating role of reflexivity. International Journal of Project Management, 33(6): 1236–1248. (Impact factor: 6.620; ABS: 2, ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., Di Benedetto, C. A., & Gherib, J. 2015. Do environment and intuition matter in the relationship between decision politics and success? Journal of Management & Organization, 21(01): 60-81. (Impact factor: 1.935; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S. Thanos, I. C. & Colak, M. 2014. An exploratory study of the determinants of the quality of strategic decision implementation in Turkish industrial firms. Journal of General Management, 40(2): 27-46. (ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q3)
- Elbanna, S., Thanos, I., C, & Papadakis, V. 2014. Understanding how the contextual variables influence political behavior in strategic decision-making: A constructive replication. Journal of Strategy and Management, 7(3): 226-250. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 1; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S., Child, J., & Dayan, M. 2013. A model of antecedents and consequences of intuition in strategic decision-making: Evidence from Egypt. Long Range Planning, 46(1-2): 149-176. (Impact factor: 4.041; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2013. Processes and impacts of strategic management: Evidence from the public sector in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Public Administration, 36(6): 1-14. (ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Dayan , M., Elbanna, S., & Benedetto, C. A. D. 2012. Antecedents and consequences of political behavior in new product development teams. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 59(3): 470-482. (Impact factor: 867 ; ABS: 3; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2012. Slack, planning, and organizational performance: Evidence from the Arab Middle East. European Management Review, 9(2): 99-115. (Impact factor: 533; ABS: 3; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Kamel, H., & Elbanna, S. 2012. Investigating the phenomenon of earnings management in the Egyptian stock market. Corporate Governance, 12(3): 337-352. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., & Gherib, J. 2012. Miller’s environmental uncertainty scale: An extension to the Arab world. International Journal of Commerce and Management, currently published as: Review of International Business and Strategy, 22(1): 7-25. (ABS: 1; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S., Ali, A., & Dayan, M. 2011. Conflict in strategic decision making: Do the setting and environment matter? International Journal of Conflict Management, 3: 278-299. (Impact factor: 1.360; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Dayan, M., & Elbanna, S. 2011. Antecedents of team intuition and its impact on the success of new product development projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(S1): 159-174. (Impact factor: 5.000; ABS: 4; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2010. Strategic planning in United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Commerce and Management, currently published as: Review of International Business and Strategy, 20(1): 26-40. (ABS: 1; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Kamel, H., and Elbanna, S. 2010. Assessing the perceptions of the quality of reported earnings in Egypt. Managerial Auditing Journal, 25(1): 32-52. (Impact factor: 1.870; ABS: 2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S. and Naguib, R. 2009. How much does performance matter in strategic decision-making? International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 58(5): 437-459. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 1; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2009. Determinants of strategic planning effectiveness: Extension of earlier work. Journal of Strategy and Management, 2(2): 175-187. (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 1; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S. 2009. The impact of affective conflict on firm performance. Management Research News, currently published as: Management Research Review, 32(9). (Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Citation Index; ABS: 1; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S. 2008. Planning and participation as determinants of strategic planning effectiveness: Evidence from the Arabic context. Management Decision, 46(5): 779-796. (Impact factor: 2.723; ABS:2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S., and Younies, H. 2008. The relationships between the characteristics of the strategy process: Evidence from Egypt. Management Decision, 46(4): 626-639. (Impact factor: 2.723; ABS:2; ABDC: B; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2007. The nature and practice of strategic planning in Egypt. Strategic Change, 16(5): 227-243. (ABS: 2; ABDC: C; Scopus Quartile: Q2)
- Elbanna, S and Child J. 2007. The influence of decision, environmental and firm characteristics on the rationality of strategic decision-making. Journal of Management Studies, 44(4): 561-591. (Received award as Paper of the Year 2007). (Impact factor: 4.888; ABS: 4; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S and Child J. 2007. Influences on strategic decision effectiveness: Development and test of an integrative model. Strategic Management Journal, 28: 431-453. (Impact factor: 5.471; ABS: 4*; ABDC: A*; Scopus Quartile: Q1)
- Elbanna, S. 2006. Strategic decision making: Process perspectives. International Journal of Management Reviews, 8(1), 1-20. (Impact factor: 8.631; ABS: 3; ABDC: A; Scopus Quartile: Q1)