Dynamics of International Business Research: A Relational Cluster Perspective

Werner  Kunz; Stephan  Manning; Torben Pedersen

Dynamics of International Business Research: A Relational Cluster Perspective

Werner Kunz, Stephan Manning, Torben Pedersen

University of Massachusetts Boston

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Abstract

This study examines the evolution of the field of international business (IB) research based on a relational cluster analysis of co-citations in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) from 1982 to 2011. Particularly, we examine the changing role of theory in relation to empirical IB research. Based on a factor and network analysis, we identify distinct clusters of IB research and their relations over time. We show that the initial focus of IB research on issues of international expansion has shifted towards issues of governance and implementation. In this process, debates on foreign entry mode and culture have served as important integrating themes. At the same time, theory debates in IB have expanded from a narrow focus on explaining international expansion, to a rather heterogeneous conglomerate of approaches which have assisted increasingly differentiated empirical research. Our findings have important implications for evaluating the present state and potential future of IB as a research field.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
Editors	Patricia McDougall-Covin, Tunga Kiyak
Place of Publication	East Lansing, MI
Publisher	Academy of International Business
Publication date	2013
Pages	164
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	AIB 2013 Annual Meeting : Bridging the Divide: Linking IB to Complementary Disciplines and Practice - Sabancı University, Koç University, and Özyeğin University, Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 3 Jul 2013 → 6 Jul 2013 Conference number: 55 http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/

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Conference	AIB 2013 Annual Meeting
Number	55
Location	Sabancı University, Koç University, and Özyeğin University
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	03/07/2013 → 06/07/2013
Internet address	http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/

Series	Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings
Volume	55
ISSN	2078-4430

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Kunz, Werner ; Manning, Stephan ; Pedersen, Torben. / Dynamics of International Business Research : A Relational Cluster Perspective. Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. editor / Patricia McDougall-Covin ; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business, 2013. pp. 164 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55).

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Kunz, W, Manning, S & Pedersen, T 2013, Dynamics of International Business Research: A Relational Cluster Perspective. in P McDougall-Covin & T Kiyak (eds), Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. Academy of International Business, East Lansing, MI, Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, vol. 55, pp. 164, AIB 2013 Annual Meeting , Istanbul, Turkey, 03/07/2013. <http://aib.msu.edu/events/2013/pdfs/AIB2013_Proceedings.pdf>

Dynamics of International Business Research: A Relational Cluster Perspective. / Kunz, Werner ; Manning, Stephan ; Pedersen, Torben.
Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. / Patricia McDougall-Covin; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI: Academy of International Business, 2013. p. 164 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55).

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