...Fernando Vianna; Vanessa Martines Cepellos; Rafael Alcadipani Purpose This paper aims to examine how surveillance capitalism reshapes the relationship between the bright and dark sides of international business ( IB ). The authors argue that the dark side of organizing should not always...

... 05 2026 18 06 2026 19 06 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mexico Strategic management International business The contemporary industrial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation driven...

...Mariasole Bannò Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) editorial’s approach to gender inequality and to argue for a radical rethinking of international business research through an intersectional anti-capitalist feminist...

...Rudolf R. Sinkovics; Louise Curran; Heidy Montero-Teran; Stefan Zagelmeyer Purpose This viewpoint paper examines how the return of the Trump administration is reshaping international business, sustainability governance and global institutions. Organised as a structured bricolage of three...

..., as well as for international business scholarship. Design/methodology/approach The study undertakes a qualitative content analysis of two central US policy documents: the 2025 National Security Strategy and the U.S. Department of State Agency Strategic Plan for 2026–2030. Using a five-part diagnostic...

...John Manuel Luiz Purpose This paper aims to critically interrogate the category of “emerging markets” in international business scholarship. Although widely used in research, policy and investment discourse, the term remains inconsistently defined and frequently reduced to a narrow set of economic...

... International economic order Trade F14: Empirical studies of trade F23: Multinational firms International business O19: International linkages to development Role of international organizations This research was conducted in the context of a postdoctoral fellowship granted by the National...

...Aušrinė Šilenskytė; Miguel Cordova; Daria Panina; Cyntia Vilasboas Calixto Casnici; Brent Burmester Purpose The purpose of this paper is to define the scope and outline directions for research on critical perspectives in international business ( IB ) education. Design/methodology/approach...

...-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. CEO Leadership International business International organizations Cross-cultural Managerial discretion...

... of international business ( IB ) education. This paper aims to propose a critical perspectives (CPs) framework and a set of actions directed at defending liberal IB education. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on action-oriented examples of CP and specifically the idea of coexisting multiple...

...Katerina Boncheva; Hanna Gajewska-De Mattos; David A. Griffith; Giuseppe Pirrone; Aušrinė Šilenskytė; Alexander Tonn Purpose By using the 3Cs framework (i.e. context, connection and complexity), this paper aims to examine the state of doctoral education in the field of international business ( IB...

...Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki; Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki Purpose This paper aims to address key challenges in conducting qualitative research within international business ( IB ), focusing on the role of theory, authenticity, theorizing and quality criteria. Design/methodology/approach...

...Lovasoa Ramboarisata; Celine Berrier-Lucas Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the debate about language hegemony in international business (IB) and management studies by inviting scholars to extend their inquiries into megalanguages other than English. Decentering from English may allow...

... havens and inequality/injustice and what insights International Business (IB) could draw from these perspectives; (2) the potential policy roles of the OECD versus the UN in addressing the challenges posed by profit-shifting and tax competition; and (3) the benefits of integrating a philosophical...

...Dana L. Ott; Miriam Moeller; Alexei Koveshnikov Purpose The purpose of this viewpoint is to provide critical insights into the role of neurodiversity within the domain of International Business (IB) research. Neurodiversity is positioned as an opportunity for IB researchers to explore how...

... a literature review on sustainability in business and international business education and proposing future opportunities for researchers and practitioners. Design/methodology/approach The authors take a systematic, qualitative analysis approach to evaluate multidisciplinary literatures on sustainability...

... on Bourdieu, the study first examines the diffusion and contestation of DEI into international business (IB). It then proposes a Bourdieu-inspired agenda to advance the transposition of SJ principles into IB. Design/methodology/approach The study interpretively reconstructs the process of DEI’s ideational...

... challenges and recent developments in mainstream international business, the viewpoint emphasizes the need to move beyond a one-sided focus on the positive contributions of MNCs to grand challenges. Findings The special issue contributions reveal that even established MNCs are actively engaged...

..., global managers devise different strategies to different types of crisis (man-made vs natural) (Oh and Oetzel, 2023 ; Nielsen et al., 2023). They argued for the need to reassess our approach to teaching IB because “international business today is far more complex than envisioned by early...

...Martin David Owens; Elizabeth Johnson Purpose The paper aims to understand how state and non-state domestic terrorism impacts MNEs in foreign markets. Despite the burgeoning literature on terrorism within international business (IB), most research has focused on international terrorism...