The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal

Liesch, Peter W.; Håkanson, Lars; McGaughey, Sara L.; Middleton, Stuart; Cretchley, Julia

doi:10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3

Cited by 96 publications

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“…The idea is that a word is defined by the context within which it occurs (Courtial, 1989;Smith & Humphreys, 2006) and words that co-occur reflect categories (i.e., concepts) with specific meaning (Leydesdorff & Hellsten, 2006;Osgood et al, 1957). The Leximancer algorithm has been used successfully in previous research to scientometrically describe and analyze text -for example, in corporate risk management (Martin & Rice, 2007), innovation (Randhawa et al, 2016), tourism (Scott & Smith, 2005), project governance (Biesenthal & Wilden, 2014), and behavioral research (Smith & Humphreys, 2006) -and in previous analyses of the history of journals based on the articles published therein -e.g., Liesch et al (2011) …”

Section: Textual Analysis/data Miningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Architecture of Dynamic Capability Research Identifying the Building Blocks of a Configurational Approach

Wilden

Devinney

Dowling

2016

The Academy of Management Annals

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The dynamic capability view (DCV) of the firm has become one of the leading frameworks aimed at identifying drivers of long-term firm survival and growth. Yet, despite considerable academic interest, there are many questions about what dynamic capabilities are, how they relate to other organizational operations, and how they relate to firm performance. In this art, we provide a unique and comprehensive examination of the DCV literature that goes beyond past reviews by combining text based analysis with surveys of, and interviews with, researchers in the field. With this approach, we are able to examine the evolution of the DCV in written literature and identify missing research themes. Based on this review, we argue that future research will benefit from integrating the DCV with configuration theory and recent microfoundational thinking. We encapsulate this discussion via an architectural model of the DCV (entitled 'House of Dynamic Capabilities') that combines microfoundations underlying DCs at the varying levels of analysis (individual, business unit, and organizational) while also accounting for important enablers of DCs and firm strategic orientation. We also show how this logic requires a completely different set of methodological approaches to those currently in use.

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Section: Textual Analysis/data Miningmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Architecture of Dynamic Capability Research Identifying the Building Blocks of a Configurational Approach

Wilden

Devinney

Dowling

2016

The Academy of Management Annals

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“…Recent research papers reveal that Leximancer is increasingly used as a semantic mapping tool in qualitative research designs (Cretchley, Gallois, Chenery & Smith, 2010;Dann, 2010;Liesch, Håkanson, McGaughey, Middleton & Cretchley, 2011Hansson, Carey & Kjartansson, 2010Campbell, Pitt, Parent & Berthon, 2011;Hewett, Watson, Gallois, Ward & Leggett, 2009;Cretchley, Rooney & Gallois, 2010;Rooney et al, 2010). Such increased popularity stems from Leximancer having been validated as an appropriate knowledge discovery, qualitative research tool (Smith & Humphreys, 2006 when, for the purpose of analysis it may not be the case (for example; risk, risks and risking).…”

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SME performance: the role of networking, innovation breadth, and business model design

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Because small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are pivotal to the health and vibrancy of economies, it is crucial for researchers to understand the factors that significantly underlie SME performance. Two of the most widely identified antecedents to SME performance are innovation and networking. However, despite widespread attention, the theoretical and empirical status of the relationships between innovation, networks and SME performance remain uncertain. Some researchers note that claims regarding a direct positive relationship between innovation and networks with performance fail to adequately account for the variables that mediate this relationship.In contrast, while much research has been undertaken into the performance benefits of innovation and networks, the exponential increase in the number of publications heralding the performance benefits of business model design and business model innovation received very scant empirical support, almost non-existent for SMEs. Business model design is seen as a powerful mechanism for unlocking and enhancing the value of business processes, including innovation.Empirical evidence presented in this thesis tangibly supports this assertion and thus creates a more solid foundation for future development of the business model view of the firm.The purpose of this thesis, comprising four studies, is to theorise and research the nature of the relationship between innovation breadth, networks and business model design with SME performance. The central research question of this thesis asks: How do innovation breadth, networks and business model design relate to SME performance?Study One systematically reviews a large sample of SME growth and performance literature to identify and interpret emergent concepts, themes, trends and gaps. Study One backgrounds the three empirical studies that that follow to argue, using Resource-Based Theory, that the resources required for developing competitive advantage are both physical and intangible; of the two, intangible resources have the greatest strategic potential. In other words, the thesis finds that SMEs lacking physical resources could develop more sustainable competitive advantage by relying more heavily on leveraging path dependent, socially complex, and causally ambiguous intangible resources. Social capital and technological competence, associated with networks and innovation, represent highly desired intangible resources. Business model design organises these resources to create value for the customer. Therefore, innovation across the elements of the business model when designing or reconfiguring the SME's business model acts as dynamic capabilities that enhance SME performance.iii The systematic literature review is followed by three empirical studies that use longitudinal and cross-sectional datasets of Australian SMEs. Study Two introduces the concept of innovation breadth, as the number of distinct types of innovation that firms use, or their innovation diversity, and examines the linearity and temporality of its re...

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“…In the field of international trade much research has been conducted using SNA, including studies on the international trade of copper ore (Congcong 2010a), international wheat trade (Congcong 2010b), a longitudinal analysis of globalization and regionalization in international trade (Kim and Shin 2002), the persistence of structural inequality (Mahutga 2006), the structure and dynamics of international commodity trade flows (Smith and White 1992), and the mapping of small arms trade (Kinsella 2004) to name just a few. In conjunction with these SNA studies have been scientometric investigations (Liesch et al 2011) and several co-authorship studies including a wide range of literature reviews, including international trade theory and policy (Sen 2010), the role of international trade and investment in business growth and development (Harris and Li 2005), free trade or protectionism (Ma and Lu 2011), and the relationship between foreign trade and economic growth (Chen 2009). This research marks an important step in attempting to fill the academic void that exists in the field of international trade FTA negotiation research using the SNA technique.…”

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International trade negotiation analysis: network and semantic knowledge infrastructure

Wood

Khan

2015

Scientometrics

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This study utilizes the social network analysis technique to analyze and better understand the semantic and knowledge networks that are associated with the field of international trade and more specifically international free trade agreements. This study builds on the research that currently exists in the field of international trade negotiation by using the SNA technique to construct, visualize, and investigate the International Trade networked knowledge infrastructure by analyzing 3074 publications, 1054 journal sources, 4047 authors, 1516 organizations, 87 countries and keywords associated with this field of research. The network and ego level properties-such as, degree centralities, density, components, structural holes, and degree distribution-suggest that the international trade co-authorship network analyzed is relatively fragmented. The knowledge and sematic networks exhibit power law distribution in which the incoming nodes and links prefer to attach to the nodes that are already well connected. The study also sheds light on the emerging and fading themes in the domain.

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The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal

Cited by 96 publications

References 65 publications

The Architecture of Dynamic Capability Research Identifying the Building Blocks of a Configurational Approach

The Architecture of Dynamic Capability Research Identifying the Building Blocks of a Configurational Approach

SME performance: the role of networking, innovation breadth, and business model design

International trade negotiation analysis: network and semantic knowledge infrastructure

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