Reanchoring the Ontology of International Business

Norder, Kurt; Sullivan, Daniel P.; Emich, Kyle J.; Sawhney, Aman

doi:10.5465/amp.2019.0106

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“…The highly diverse nature of IB research and its local-seeking global theories (Norder et al, 2020) makes the challenge of using idiosyncratic samples or contexts particularly salient. For example, Teagarden, Von Glinow, and Mellahi (2018) noted that much of IB research is about contextualizing business.…”

Section: Solutions For Challenge #2: Idiosyncratic Samples or Contextsmentioning

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Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions

2020

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We combine after-action review and needs-assessment frameworks to describe the four most pervasive contemporary methodological challenges faced by international business (IB) researchers, as identified by authors of Journal of International Business Studies articles: Psychometrically deficient measures (mentioned in 73% of articles), idiosyncratic samples or contexts (mentioned in 62.2% of articles), less-than-ideal research designs (mentioned in 62.2% of articles), and insufficient evidence about causal relations (mentioned in 8.1% of articles). Then, we offer solutions to address these challenges: demonstrating why and how the conceptualization of a construct is accurate given a particular context, specifying whether constructs are reflective or formative, taking advantage of the existence of multiple indicators to measure multi-dimensional constructs, using particular samples and contexts as vehicles for theorizing and further theory development, seeking out particular samples or contexts where hypotheses are more or less likely to be supported empirically, using Big Data techniques to take advantage of untapped sources of information and to reanalyze currently available data, implementing quasi-experiments, and conducting necessary-condition analysis. Our article aims to advance IB theory by tackling the most typical methodological challenges and is intended for researchers, reviewers and editors, research consumers, and instructors who are training the next generation of scholars.

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Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions

2020

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Integrated Generalized Structured Component Analysis: On the Use of Model Fit Criteria in International Management Research

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Rethinking internationalization processes: toward a circular framework

Domínguez Romero,

Durst,

Navarro Garcia

2023

Rev Manag Sci

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Why should models and theories that have set images and boundaries of the internationalization process in the past remain constant over time within International Business research? Despite a recent emphasis on its nonlinear nature, many still view internationalization as a forward-moving process, overlooking its dynamic nature involving enter, re-enter, and exit decisions during the process. To discuss this issue, this paper rethinks the existing International Business literature to retain its explanatory power as an essential discipline by developing a circular framework to capture firms' non-linear internationalization process. The authors propose a circular framework with the decision-making process as the unit of analysis and four statuses: Enter, De-Internationalization, Re-Internationalization, and Operation Internationalized. The decision-making process guides firms through the statuses simultaneously or individually, in the same or a diverse temporal dimension. With this circular framework, the authors wish to contribute to future International Business research; research that can keep up with the “real” world.

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Reanchoring the Ontology of International Business

Cited by 6 publications

References 26 publications

Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions

Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions

Integrated Generalized Structured Component Analysis: On the Use of Model Fit Criteria in International Management Research

Rethinking internationalization processes: toward a circular framework

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