Ontology and IB: Re-Imagining the Multinational

Burmester, Brent

doi:10.1108/s1571-5027(2013)0000026013

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“…IB has pinned the MNE-as-firm, relentlessly maximising profit, at the centre of the discipline. However, we can also understand the MNE as an entity turning the rights of habitation or citizenship into competitive advantages, where those rights are negotiable, both domestically and internationally (Burmester, 2013). Possessing the dual abilities of geopolitical translocation and rights negotiation becomes fundamental to competitive advantage.…”

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Hide and seek: evasion and search as FDI motivation

Burmester

Scott‐Kennel

2019

CPOIB

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue for inclusion of evasive foreign direct investment (FDI) into search-based motivation typologies in international business. Design/methodology/approach Critically reassessing academic literature and using anecdotal evidence, the authors augment the theory of FDI motivation with the concept of evasion. Findings Evasive FDI is a firm-level response to denial-of-privilege by a state. Divergence of policy environments between home and host prompts relocation or international expansion of productive assets and often the affectation of ‘foreignness’ by the multinational enterprise (MNE). The role of responsibility evasion via FDI is understood in the research literature, mainly because of an emphasis on search-based motives and a failure to distinguish between escape and evasion. International business research is vulnerable to mis-identification of FDI motive which consequently distorts its strategic and policy implications. Originality/value The argument for inclusion of evasive FDI serves to augment the established, yet asymmetrically focussed typology of search FDI, demonstrating that evasion is conceptually and analytically distinguishable from search. Further, an augmented typology lends accuracy and insight to research into the reconfiguration strategies of MNEs and legitimation of the international business discipline itself, providing researchers with a more comprehensive account of FDI causation and offering new research paths.

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Hide and seek: evasion and search as FDI motivation

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2019

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What's happening to international business?

Michailova

Tienari

2014

Critical Perspectives on International Business

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Purpose – This paper aims to outline different views on international business (IB) as an academic discipline and looks into how IB scholars can cope with challenges to their disciplinary identity when stand-alone IB departments are merged with other departments such as management, marketing or strategy in business schools and universities. Design/methodology/approach – The article offers a critical reflection on the development and future of IB as a discipline. The two authors are an IB and a Management scholar, both of whom were engaged in recent departmental mergers at their respective business schools. While the authors do not analyze these particular mergers, their experiences are inevitably interwoven in the views they express. Findings – Mergers of stand-alone IB departments with other departments bring to light the nature of the IB discipline as a contested terrain. The article discusses how these structural changes challenge the disciplinary identity of IB scholars. It contributes, first, to discussions on the development of IB as a discipline and, second, to understanding identities and identification during major organizational change events in academia. Research limitations/implications – The authors suggest that the threat of marginalization of IB in the context of business schools and universities necessitates a move beyond the “big questions” debate to a critical self-examination and reflection on IB as a discipline and as a global scholarly community. Originality/value – The article offers a critical view on current processes and challenges related to IB as a discipline and an academic community.

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Ontology and IB: Re-Imagining the Multinational

Cited by 2 publications

References 35 publications

Hide and seek: evasion and search as FDI motivation

Hide and seek: evasion and search as FDI motivation

What's happening to international business?

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