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Table 1

Comparative analysis of prior review studies and the contribution of the present review

Basis of comparison	Comparative analysis and contribution
Prior review	According to Pfajfar et al. (2024), two previous reviews on IMCs were conducted by Morgan et al. (2018) and Tan and Sousa (2015), however, neither explicitly focused on studies adopting the dynamic capability view (DCV) Pfajfar et al. (2024) extended prior systematic reviews by highlighting the importance of the DCV, which was previously used to interpret causal relationships (Tan and Sousa, 2015) and to classify IMCs (Morgan et al., 2018)
Focal construct	IMCs applying DCV
Theoretical lens	To conduct a literature review mapping current studies on IMCs that employed DCV A multi-level analytical approach was adopted, combining inductive and deductive coding, and following the logic of antecedents-phenomena consequences
Review framework	Synthesis of 20 rigorously selected previous empirical studies on IMCs applying DCV Using a two-stage inclusion and exclusion criteria Antecedents-consequences framework to propose emerging nomological net for focal capabilities
Main contribution	Providing a significantly improved conceptualization of IMCs, research agenda for IMCs research, multi-level antecedents using AMDO framework and recommendations for future research based on theory–context–method (TCM) framework
Remaining gap	Building on Pfajfar et al. (2024), the present review extends prior work by integrating the mechanism into the AMDO perspective with the TCM framework What is the relationship between AMO and TCM, and what present insight into how theories are applied to establish the relation between antecedents and outcomes Unboxing mechanism and boundary condition of the impact of focal capabilities on international performance
Present review extends	This study extends AMO by adding mechanism(s) and discussing IMCs as a process perspective This study included different theoretical perspectives, such as resource-dependence theory, transaction cost theory and resource versatility to uncover IMCs Future research directions aligned with TCM are presented Increased the sample (n = 43) from the previous study by Pfajfar et al. (2024) (n = 20)

Basis of comparison	Comparative analysis and contribution
Prior review	According to Pfajfar et al. (2024), two previous reviews on IMCs were conducted by Morgan et al. (2018) and Tan and Sousa (2015), however, neither explicitly focused on studies adopting the dynamic capability view (DCV) Pfajfar et al. (2024) extended prior systematic reviews by highlighting the importance of the DCV, which was previously used to interpret causal relationships (Tan and Sousa, 2015) and to classify IMCs (Morgan et al., 2018)
Focal construct	IMCs applying DCV
Theoretical lens	To conduct a literature review mapping current studies on IMCs that employed DCV A multi-level analytical approach was adopted, combining inductive and deductive coding, and following the logic of antecedents-phenomena consequences
Review framework	Synthesis of 20 rigorously selected previous empirical studies on IMCs applying DCV Using a two-stage inclusion and exclusion criteria Antecedents-consequences framework to propose emerging nomological net for focal capabilities
Main contribution	Providing a significantly improved conceptualization of IMCs, research agenda for IMCs research, multi-level antecedents using AMDO framework and recommendations for future research based on theory–context–method (TCM) framework
Remaining gap	Building on Pfajfar et al. (2024), the present review extends prior work by integrating the mechanism into the AMDO perspective with the TCM framework What is the relationship between AMO and TCM, and what present insight into how theories are applied to establish the relation between antecedents and outcomes Unboxing mechanism and boundary condition of the impact of focal capabilities on international performance
Present review extends	This study extends AMO by adding mechanism(s) and discussing IMCs as a process perspective This study included different theoretical perspectives, such as resource-dependence theory, transaction cost theory and resource versatility to uncover IMCs Future research directions aligned with TCM are presented Increased the sample (n = 43) from the previous study by Pfajfar et al. (2024) (n = 20)

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