Skip to Main Content
Article navigation
Volume 3, Issue 2
1 February 1993
Competitiveness Review Cover Image for Volume 3, Issue 2
Review Article| February 01 1993

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: IT'S THE POLITY, STUPID!

Jean J. Boddewyn
Jean J. Boddewyn
Professor of International Business at the Baruch College of the City University of New York. He is presently serving as President of the Academy of International Business (1993–1994). He is a Fellow of the Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, and International Academy of Management. This article is based on a speech presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northeast Chapter of the Academy of International Business (Scranton, PA, June 2, 1993).
Search for other works by this author on:
This Site
PubMed
Google Scholar
Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2051-3143
Print ISSN: 1059-5422
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Competitiveness Review (1993) 3 (2): 22–27.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060172

This title is obviously a variation on the major theme of Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992. His emphasis on the state of the U.S. economy underscored the fact that, at times, certain topics have achieved or deserve greater salience. And so, my theme is that the study and teaching of international business must place greater emphasis on political institutions, developments andbehaviors.

This content is only available via PDF.
© MCB UP Limited
1993
You do not currently have access to this content.
Don't already have an account? Register

Purchased this content as a guest? Enter your email address to restore access.

Please enter valid email address.
Email address must be 94 characters or fewer.
Pay-Per-View Access
$39.00
Rental
This article is also available for rental through DeepDyve. Read this now at DeepDyve
144 Views
3 Crossref
View Metrics
Sustainability as a signal: ESG engagement as a market-facing capability for SME competitiveness
District effects and sustainability: web-based text mining evidence on sustainability signaling in the Italian textile industry
From awareness to action: modelling sustainable marketing challenges in emerging food markets
Advancing Sustainable Development Goal 8 in ASEAN: how institutions shape the payoff of national intellectual capital for green growth

Suggested Reading

Stupid is as stupid does? The influence of anthropomorphic stupidity on consumers’ product purchase intention
Journal of Product & Brand Management (April,2025)
Collective stupidity: influences on decision-making in knowledge-based companies
Management Decision (January,2022)
A qualitative analysis and a conceptual model for organizational stupidity
Journal of Organizational Change Management (February,2022)
Explaining the measurement and evaluation stasis: A thought experiment and a note on functional stupidity
Journal of Communication Management (July,2019)
Simple basics: little things that make us look stupid
The Bottom Line (December,2004)

Related Chapters

The Theorized Society and Political Action: Effects of Expanded Higher Education on the Polity
The Impact of Comparative Education Research on Institutional Theory
Introduction: Exploiting IT in Public Administration: Towards the Information Polity?
Comparative Public Administration
REMOTE JUSTICE: TUNING IN TO SMALL CLAIMS, RACE, AND THE REINVIGORATION OF CIVIC JUDGMENT
Punishment, Politics and Culture

Recommended for you

These recommendations are informed by your reading behaviors and indicated interests.

Cited By

Google Scholar
CrossRef (3)
This Feature Is Available To Subscribers Only

or Create an Account

Close Modal
Close Modal