Methodological approach
| Literature review approach | ||
|---|---|---|
| The international business landscape | Explanation and notable scholarly contributions | |
| Evolution of IB | IB has evolved from an area that discusses the firm to one that looks at trading relations between countries | Evolution begins with the firm followed by the MNE, TNE, globalisation, bilateral and multilateral trade (Table 1) (Agarwal and Ramaswami, 1992; Cyert and March, 1963; Czinkota et al., 2002; Dunning, 1980; Johanson and Vahlne, 1990; Penrose, 1959; Shenkar, 2004; Skully, 1976 etc.) |
| Firm-level paradigms | Extension paradigm – broadening of a firm’s activities across national borders | Buckley and Casson (1976) – The future of the firm |
| Barney (1991) – Firm resources and competitive advantage | ||
| Cyert and March (1963) – Behaviour of firms | ||
| Johanson and Wiedersheim-Paul (1975) – Internalisation of the firm | ||
| Johanson and Vahlne (1977) – Mechanism of internalisation | ||
| Penrose (1959) – The growth of the firm | ||
| Sullivan (1994) – Measuring the degree of a firm’s internalisation | ||
| Agarwal and Ramaswami (1992) – Choice of foreign market entry | ||
| Vernon (1971) – Multinational spread of the firm | ||
| Kogut and Zander (1993) –Knowledge of the firm/MNE evolution etc | ||
| Cross-border paradigm – Challenges faced by firms as they cross borders | Bartlett and Ghoshal (1989) – Managing across borders | |
| Rugman and Verbeke (2004) – Regional and global MNE strategies | ||
| Skully (1976) – The TNE and its prospects | ||
| Kogut and Singh (1988) – National culture and foreign entry mode | ||
| Maruca (1994) – The right way to go global | ||
| Nayyar (1978) – Manufacturing exports to poor countries | ||
| Knickerbocker (1973) – Oligopolistic reaction to the MNE etc | ||
| Eclectic paradigm – Ownership, location and internalisation advantages | Dunning (2000) – Ownership, location and internalisation framework | |
| Dunning (1998) – Location of the multinational enterprise neglected | ||
| Dunning (1980) – International production | ||
| Dunning (2006) – Development of the MNE, etc. | ||
| Emerging paradigm | New thinking in IB research | Buckley and Lessard (2005) – Regain the edge of IB research |
| Buckley et al. (2017) – A renaissance in IB research | ||
| Buckley (2002) – IB running out of steam | ||
| Buckley and Casson (2021) – The state of IB research | ||
| Cavusgil et al. (2015) – New realities in IB research | ||
| Cerar et al. (2021) – Weaknesses in IB methodology | ||
| Czinkota and Ronkainen (1997) – The future of IB research | ||
| Eden and Nielsen (2020) – Methodologies in IB | ||
| Griffith et al. (2008) – Emerging themes in IB research | ||
| Fruin (2007) – Bring the world back into IB | ||
| Marcos (2010) – The future of IB | ||
| Toyne and Nigh (1998) – An expansive view of IB | ||
| Sullivan and Daniels (2008) – Innovation in IB research | ||
| Shenkar (2004) – IB in a global economy | ||
| Peng (2004) – The big question in IB research | ||
| Synthesis of the literature and gap analysis | ||
| Gaps in IB research | In-depth analysis of literature on evolution of IB and paradigms to denote gaps |
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| Literature review approach | ||
|---|---|---|
| The international business landscape | Explanation and notable scholarly contributions | |
| Evolution of IB | IB has evolved from an area that discusses the firm to one that looks at trading relations between countries | Evolution begins with the firm followed by the MNE, TNE, globalisation, bilateral and multilateral trade ( |
| Firm-level paradigms | ||
| Emerging paradigm | New thinking in IB research | |
| Gaps in IB research | In-depth analysis of literature on evolution of IB and paradigms to denote gaps | ✓ Presentation of literature gaps, methodological gaps and new realities based on the evolution and paradigms ✓ Identification of key areas for further research |
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