In an era where global trade has developed along with the massive number and expansion of knowledge, the necessity of exchanging knowledge and international business has continuously increased. This is in light of international business organizations' intellectual capital, which propels them into global competition and provides them with a competitive advantage if utilized properly. The purpose of this research is to examine and assess two topics, namely, knowledge sharing and international

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... ness, as well as their location in research studies, importance, definitions and histories of those terms, and research interests for each one of these two dimensions. The review focused on the topic of knowledge sharing in international business organizations, with analysis and discussion of the most important research, studies, and trends along three axes: knowledge sharing, international business organizations, and earlier studies. The study concluded that knowledge sharing is an essential aspect of knowledge management since it connects the previous processes of acquiring knowledge capital to the subsequent processes of application and practice, which is especially important for international business organizations that need to benefit from knowledge in a variety of ways. In addition to the scarcity of studies that coupled knowledge sharing and international business, there is a great scope for developing models and applications in this field of study. We were unable to find studies that combined the two themes through research, but they were implicitly addressed within the research to highlight the importance of knowledge sharing in international business, and this is what motivates more research in this field due to the shortcoming of studies on the subject. It seemed to be that the essential element to organizational innovation is knowledge development and sharing.