Regaining the Edge for International Business Research

Buckley, Peter J.; Lessard, Donald R.

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“…If international business theory lags behind the best of social science theorising, then it is not succeeding (Buckley 2002, Buckley andLessard 2005). Identifying lags behind this feasible frontier is the first task of international business research, pushing beyond it is the major goal.…”

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The contribution of internalisation theory to international business: New realities and unanswered questions

Buckley

2016

Journal of World Business

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Journal of World Business Special Issue -50 th Anniversary I would like to thank Björn Ambos, an anonymous referee and Jonathan Doh for comments on earlier versions. AbstractThis paper sets out the importance of internalisation theory to international business research and practice. It examines the context against which the theory has been developed, the environmental conditions in which the multinational enterprise has evolved and the phenomena that the theory has explained. It also examines the challenge to the theory of "unanswered questions". These include governance, location theory, dynamics, networked multinationals, innovation, entrepreneurship and the role of risk and uncertainty.

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The contribution of internalisation theory to international business: New realities and unanswered questions

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2016

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“…To adequately capture this inherent complexity, there have been repeated calls for IB scholars to conduct research that combines ideas and methods from two or more disciplines (e.g., Buckley & Lessard, 2005;Daniels, 1991;Dunning, 1989). It goes without saying that IB encourages multidisciplinary research, which involves bringing together scholars from different base disciplines to study phenomena of common interest, but from their own perspectives.…”

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Advancing interdisciplinary research: Insights from the JIBS special issue

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Birkinshaw

Lessard³

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J Int Bus Stud

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Twenty-five years ago, Dunning articulated a vision for greater interdisciplinary grounding in international business (IB) research. Motivated by his foresight, this special issue aims to encourage research that explicitly combines ideas from different disciplines, with a view to creating new integrative theories with greater explanatory power than those based on a single discipline. Five articles selected from a pool of 60 submissions are presented in the special issue, each with its own distinctive interdisciplinary contribution to expanding our knowledge about an important IB phenomenon. In editing the special issue, the editors developed a new understanding of the opportunities and challenges in conducting interdisciplinary research. These insights are reported in the current editorial essay. We conclude by discussing four approaches to interdisciplinary inquiry observed across the five accepted papers: (1) addressing a new phenomenon, (2) asking a fresh question, (3) finding a better answer and (4) contributing to a base discipline.

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“…The international business (IB) literature has for some time emphasised the importance of adopting multi-dimensional or multi-level analysis (Buckley & Lessard, 2005). More recently, Jormanainen and Koveshnikov (2012), after critically assessed research into the internationalisation of emerging market firms (EMFs) published in fourteen top international management journals between 2000-2010, issued a similar guideline suggesting that "the development of multi-level models accounting for country, industry and firm-specific factors may shed some light on the observed plurality and allow for making more informed comparison of EMFs following different internationalization paths" (p. 719).…”

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Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

Wei¹,

Zheng²,

Liu³

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International Business Review

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This research examines the factors determining whether or not exporting firms expand to outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) as part of their internationalisation strategy, using a recent survey of Chinese private-owned enterprises. We carry out a multidimensional analysis to investigate the impact of firm productivity, internal resources and the external environment on OFDI decisions, including both the decision to undertake OFDI and the volume of OFDI flows. It is found that productivity, technology-based capability, export experience, industry entry barriers, subnational institutions and intermediary institutional support affect firms' OFDI decisions. The findings have important policy and managerial implications.Key words: OFDI, Chinese private-owned enterprises, productivity, heterogeneity theory, the integrated 'strategic tripod' framework. 1 We are grateful for the valuable comments and suggestions of three referees. 2 We thank one of the referees for suggesting the term 'entry mode transformation'.

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Regaining the Edge for International Business Research

Cited by 64 publications

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The contribution of internalisation theory to international business: New realities and unanswered questions

The contribution of internalisation theory to international business: New realities and unanswered questions

Advancing interdisciplinary research: Insights from the JIBS special issue

Expanding to outward foreign direct investment or not? A multi-dimensional analysis of entry mode transformation of Chinese private exporting firms

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