Emerging themes in international business research

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Griffith, David A.; Cavusgil, Salih Tamer; Xu, Shichun
• 署名单位: Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400412
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1220-1235
• 关键词: international business research themes; international business scholarship; citation analysis; Delphi study

摘要

This study is motivated by two research questions: (1) Which recent contributions have been driving the research agenda in international business? (2) Which emerging themes in the literature are likely to set the stage for future work? To examine these questions, the study examined scholarly work in international business over the time period 1996-2006 in six leading international business journals (Journal of International Business Studies, Management International Review, Journal of World Business, International Marketing Review, Journal of International Marketing, and International Business Review). Next, a Delphi study of the most prolific authors in these journals over the same time period was conducted to delineate a future research agenda in international business. Addressing these two research questions provides us with a more complete understanding of the progress made to date in international business research, and provides a glimpse of the future.