Measuring Geopolitics

Gilbert Kofi  Adarkwah; Christopher Albert Sabel; Flladina Zilja

doi:10.5465/AMPROC.2025.14195abstract

Measuring Geopolitics

Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Christopher Albert Sabel, Flladina Zilja

Department of International Economics, Government and Business

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the main databases used to measure geopolitics: United Nations (UN) General Assembly voting patterns, newspaper articles' sentiment, and sanctions. Despite their popularity, such operationalizations have neither been critically discussed nor juxtaposed in the international business and management literature. We discuss the explanatory power of the most used operationalizations based on UN voting and juxtapose them with other measures to discuss ways forward in capturing geopolitical relationships, and their faceted impact on firms and governments in the 21st century.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Number of pages	1
Place of Publication	Valhalla, NY
Publisher	Academy of Management
Publication date	Jun 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.14195abstract
Publication status	Published - Jun 2025
Event	The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025 - Bella Center, København, Denmark Duration: 25 Jul 2025 → 29 Jul 2025 Conference number: 85 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/2025-copenhagen-denmark

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Conference	The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025
Number	85
Location	Bella Center
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	København
Period	25/07/2025 → 29/07/2025
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/2025-copenhagen-denmark

Series	Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
ISSN	0065-0668

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Adarkwah, GK, Sabel, CA & Zilja, F 2025, Measuring Geopolitics. in S Taneja (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. Academy of Management, Valhalla, NY, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2025, København, Denmark, 25/07/2025. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.14195abstract

Measuring Geopolitics. / Adarkwah, Gilbert Kofi ; Sabel, Christopher Albert; Zilja, Flladina.
Proceedings of the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Valhalla, NY: Academy of Management, 2025. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings).

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