Impacting practice through IB scholarship: Toy recalls and the product safety crisis

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bapuji, Hari; Beamish, Paul W.
• 署名单位: University of Melbourne; Western University (University of Western Ontario)
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/s41267-019-00247-3
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 1636-1643
• 关键词: business and society/business in society; CHINA; global supply chain strategies and risks; International business research agenda; product recalls; research impact; rigor and relevance

摘要

IB research has made significant contributions in understanding MNEs, yet examples of scholarship that have had a demonstrable impact on practice and policy are rare. This article presents research we conducted in the wake of the 2007 global product safety crisis as one such example. We reflect on it to suggest that IB research can enhance its impact by focusing attention on issues that affect both MNEs and societies, and by using available data to arrive at even basic explanations and solutions to inform practice and prompt further academic research.