Application of theories to services
| Theory group | Reference to the theory in the international business literature | First article identified in this literature review/citationsa | Sector | Article type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life-Cycle Theory | Vernon (1966) | Boddewyn, Halbrich and Perry (1986), 693 citations | Services in General | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Agency Theoryb | - | Fladmoelindquist and Jacque (1995), 525 citations | Services in General | Empirical |
| Process Model Theories | Johanson and Wiedershein-Paul (1975); Johanson and Vahlne (1977) | Erramilli (1991) 1.479 citations | Services in General | Empirical |
| Internalization Theory | Buckley and Casson (1976); Teece (1976); Rugman (1981); Hennart (1982) | Terpsta and Yu (1988), 272 citations | Advertising | Empirical |
| Eclectic Paradigm | Dunning (1979) | Dunning and McQueen (1981), 337 citations | Hotels | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Strategic Management Theories | Porter (1986) | Edvardsson, Edvinsson and Nystrom (1993), 160 citations | Knowledge Intensive Services | Empirical |
| Resource-Based View | Kogut and Zander (1993); Teece, Pisano and Shuen (1997); Madhok (1998) | Glaister and Thwaites (1994), 10 citations | Financial Services | Empirical |
| Network Theory | Johanson and Mattsson (1988); Bartlett and Ghoshal (1989); Ghoshal and Bartlett (1990); Forsgren and Johanson (1992); Gupta and Govindarajan (2000); Forsgren, Holm and Johanson (2005) | Hellman (1994), 155 citations | Financial Services | Empirical |
| International Entrepreneurship Theories | McDougall, Shane and Oviatt (1994); Knight and Cavusgil (1996); Oviatt and McDougall (1997); Rialp, Rialp and Knight (2005) | Westhead, Wright, Ucbasaran and Martin (2001), 179 citations | Manufacturing vs. Services | Empirical |
| Institutional Theory | Kostova and Zaheer (1999) | Stromquist (2007), 611 citations | Higher Education (Education) | Empirical |
| Regional Theory | Ghemawat (2003); Rugman and Verbeke (2005) | Rugman and Verbeke (2008), 288 citations | Manufacturing vs. Services | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Emerging Market Multinational Enterprise Theories | Mathews (2006); Luo and Tung (2007) | Ström and Ernkvist (2012), 20 citations | Online Game Industry | Empirical |
| Theory group | Reference to the theory in the international business literature | First article identified in this literature review/citations | Sector | Article type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life-Cycle Theory | Vernon (1966) | Boddewyn, Halbrich and Perry (1986), 693 citations | Services in General | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Agency Theory | - | Fladmoelindquist and Jacque (1995), 525 citations | Services in General | Empirical |
| Process Model Theories | Johanson and Wiedershein-Paul (1975); Johanson and Vahlne (1977) | Erramilli (1991) 1.479 citations | Services in General | Empirical |
| Internalization Theory | Buckley and Casson (1976); Teece (1976); Rugman (1981); Hennart (1982) | Terpsta and Yu (1988), 272 citations | Advertising | Empirical |
| Eclectic Paradigm | Dunning (1979) | Dunning and McQueen (1981), 337 citations | Hotels | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Strategic Management Theories | Porter (1986) | Edvardsson, Edvinsson and Nystrom (1993), 160 citations | Knowledge Intensive Services | Empirical |
| Resource-Based View | Kogut and Zander (1993); Teece, Pisano and Shuen (1997); Madhok (1998) | Glaister and Thwaites (1994), 10 citations | Financial Services | Empirical |
| Network Theory | Johanson and Mattsson (1988); Bartlett and Ghoshal (1989); Ghoshal and Bartlett (1990); Forsgren and Johanson (1992); Gupta and Govindarajan (2000); Forsgren, Holm and Johanson (2005) | Hellman (1994), 155 citations | Financial Services | Empirical |
| International Entrepreneurship Theories | McDougall, Shane and Oviatt (1994); Knight and Cavusgil (1996); Oviatt and McDougall (1997); Rialp, Rialp and Knight (2005) | Westhead, Wright, Ucbasaran and Martin (2001), 179 citations | Manufacturing vs. Services | Empirical |
| Institutional Theory | Kostova and Zaheer (1999) | Stromquist (2007), 611 citations | Higher Education (Education) | Empirical |
| Regional Theory | Ghemawat (2003); Rugman and Verbeke (2005) | Rugman and Verbeke (2008), 288 citations | Manufacturing vs. Services | Theoretical-Conceptual |
| Emerging Market Multinational Enterprise Theories | Mathews (2006); Luo and Tung (2007) | Ström and Ernkvist (2012), 20 citations | Online Game Industry | Empirical |
Note(s):
As of October 2024
Due to space constraints, the articles included in this table are not referenced in the references section. All references can be found in the supplementary material.
Seminal papers in the area of international business have not been included for Agency Theory. Although it has been widely used in this area, to our knowledge, no conceptualization of the theory for international business has yet been developed, so this section has been left blank
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