Neglected elements: What we should cover more of in international business research

Arikan, Ilgaz; Shenkar, Oded

doi:10.1057/s41267-021-00472-9

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“…In addition to assessing the salience and urgency of the planned research, scholars should consider how their proposed study can be oriented for the target audience to take action. We agree with Arikan and Shenkar (2021) that it is important for IB scholars to consider who our audience is. Numerous calls have been made for research that is relevant and actionable for managers (Bartunek & Egri, 2012;Doh, 2015).…”

Section: Guiding Principle #3: Actionability Of the Findingsmentioning

confidence: 68%

“…Building on Arikan and Shenkar (2021), we maintain that pertinent audiences include academic researchers, IB students, executives and middle managers in firms and NGOs, and local or global policymakers. For example, following the tragic deaths during the 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, Narula (2019) examines the complexities of control in global value chains.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…There have been numerous calls for scholars to be more mindful of emerging changes in the global business environment, (e.g., Buckley & Lessard, 2005;Doh, 2015;Ghauri et al, 2021). Arikan and Shenkar (2021) suggest clustering the main building blocks of the field into its audience, locations, environments, history, and interactions. They also propose that these building blocks should guide IB's ''reach, scope, focus, and attention'' (Arikan & Shenkar, 2021: 3).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This work is already stimulating a robust research stream that is advancing understanding in both new and established research domains. In their Point article, Arikan and Shenkar (2021) add to this stream by offering suggestions for what to cover more in international business to ''deepen and strengthen the field's reach and impact'' They highlight several interesting areas for future research, and we commend their work as our academy debates the future of IB.…”

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What merits greater scholarly attention in international business?

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Scholarly efforts to propose future directions for international business (IB) research have generated a timely and extensive inventory of potentially interesting areas of research. We supplement this line of inquiry by suggesting that an additional layer of scrutiny could be beneficial when advocating in favor of giving more attention to particular research realms. Specifically, we advance several guiding principles that will help IB scholars assess which research areas merit greater scholarly attention, based on their potential importance and impact. We distinguish between (1) research in new or underdeveloped research domains, where salience, urgency, and actionability are critical elements, and (2) new research in relatively well-established domains, where scholars may contribute to changing the theoretical conversations taking place in IB.

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Section: Guiding Principle #3: Actionability Of the Findingsmentioning

confidence: 68%

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confidence: 99%

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What merits greater scholarly attention in international business?

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“…The study examines the institutional impact on escapist OFDI and proposes firm vulnerability as an antecedent of strategic decisions regarding OFDI (Tsui-Auch and Möllering, 2010). The analysis of the interaction between institutional weakness and firm vulnerability connects the international business theories and the reality they represent (Arikan and Shenkar, 2021).…”

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Escaping from institutional weakness by EM-MNEs: the role of firms’ resources vulnerability

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2022

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Purpose How does emerging market multinational enterprises’ (EM MNEs) resource vulnerability to domestic institutional weakness influence the escapist outward foreign direct investment (OFDI)? This study aims to focus on how varying qualities of technological resources make EM MNEs vulnerable to institutional weakness at home and when such a vulnerability triggers escapist OFDI. Design/methodology/approach A mix of primary and secondary data is used to study evidence of escapist OFDI in the case of multilatinas. Structural equation modelling and hierarchical regressions were applied to test the hypotheses. Findings Domestic institutional weakness triggers escapist OFDI only when EM MNEs’ resources are vulnerable to institutional pressures. Technological leadership increases the vulnerability of EM MNEs to the pressure of institutional weaknesses at home, which, in turn, motivates escapist OFDI. Originality/value In discussing the role of firm resources and their vulnerability to institutional weakness, a mechanism is proposed to shed light on how EM MNEs transform the general country framework of the institutional environment into the specific decision to escape via OFDI.

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