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Key issues in the future of international business research
1. Key issues in the future of international business research Peter J Buckley
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4. A recursive view of research in International Business “ THEORETICAL ROCKS” CONSTRUCTS MAPS “ Concept Push” Generalisation Observation Hypotheses Testing “ Problem/ Observation Pull” Note: This applies to both individual researcher and research community levels From Buckley & Lessard (2005)
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6. Current research agenda in International Business Research Agenda Approximate Dates Topics Country Focus The Big Question? [Legacy Issues only?] 2000 onwards M&A? Knowledge Management? Geography and Location? Globalization? Fragmentation? New Institutions (NGOS)? Cultural Difference and International Business? China India?
7. Early international business issue - theory interaction 1970s 2000 1950s 1960s 1990s 1980s Finance Theory Location Theory Organisation Theory Virtual Firms Issue Driven International Business Theory Development Discipline Based Theory Development Trade and FDI Trade Theory Industrial Organisation Theory Theories of FDI Coasean theory of the Firm Transaction Cost Economics Resource Based Theories of the Firm Emerging Economies Transnational Firm and Variants International Management International Joint Ventures Internalisation/ Eclectic Theory Product Cycle Hypothesis Dominance of MNE Monopoly Power of MNCs
8. The Missing Middle Transaction Cost Economics Geographical Location Theory Relationship Marketing and Branding Internalisation Theory of MNE Discipline Based Theory Issues Outsourcing/Offshoring Emerging Markets Emerging Locations (China/India) Virtual Firm Global Branding and Distribution Resource Based View International Business Theory