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作者：Burgelman, Robert A.
作者单位：Stanford University
摘要：Longitudinal qualitative research combining grounded theorizing and insights from modern historical methods can generate novel conceptual frameworks that establish theoretical bridges between historical narratives and reductionist quantitative models. To capitalize fully on this potential theory-bridging role, qualitative scholars should seek to study social systems characterized by complexity and nonlinear causation. Effectively serving this theory-bridging role provides a basis for securing ...
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作者：Caprar, Dan V.
作者单位：University of New South Wales Sydney
摘要：Multinational corporations (MNCs) rely heavily on local employees when conducting their international operations, yet the international business literature provides few instances of true focus on these employees. The commonly used label host-country nationals (HCNs) confers them an identity strongly related to the culture of their country, prompting both researchers and practitioners to know them through the knowledge about the local culture. This paper provides evidence that a more sophistica...
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作者：Bruton, Garry D.; Khavul, Susanna; Chavez, Helmuth
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Arlington; Texas Christian University; Sun Yat Sen University
摘要：The world's poor may be the last great frontier in international business. International microlenders are increasingly tapping into this emerging opportunity by extending small business loans to millions of borrowers. However, to date, there is very limited understanding of this domain from an international business perspective. Using qualitative case studies developed in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic we probe the causes and consequences of high performance and business failure for micr...
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作者：Lamb, Peter; Sandberg, Joergen; Liesch, Peter W.
作者单位：La Trobe University; University of Queensland
摘要：Phenomenography is proposed here as a qualitative methodology for investigating how owner-managers practise internationalisation in small firms, and it is applied in an empirical study of internationalising owner-managed small Australian wineries. The findings show a common internationalisation activity cycle but four qualitatively different ways in which these owner-managers practise internationalisation. We reveal that this variation in owner-manager internationalisation practices is determi...
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作者：Doz, Yves
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：Qualitative research in international business has been rare, the main research streams of the field relying more on quantitative methods. This paper first outlines why qualitative research has been scant. It then presents areas, such as theory building, where qualitative research could make a substantial contribution. Third, it reviews approaches to high standards of qualitative research and criteria for evaluating qualitative research. Finally, some possible research areas where qualitative ...
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作者：Yagi, Noriko; Kleinberg, Jill
作者单位：Butler University; University of Kansas
摘要：The complexity of global organizations highlights the importance of members' ability to span diverse boundaries that may be defined by organization structures, national borders, and/or a variety of cultures associated with organization, nation-based societal and work cultures, industries, and/or professions. Based on ethnographic research in a Japan-US binational firm, the paper describes and analyzes the boundary role performance of the firm's Japanese members. It contributes toward theory on...
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作者：Moore, Fiona
作者单位：University of London; Royal Holloway University London
摘要：Ethnographic research in international business studies focuses mainly on small group case studies, ignoring other genres of ethnography and limiting its role. I argue, based on a study of BMW MINI, that holistic ethnography allows multiple perspectives on the organization, making it particularly useful for studying cross-border acquisitions. I analyze cross-cultural relationships in the organization, the interaction of manager and worker perspectives, and the expression of national identities...
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作者：Crilly, Donal
作者单位：University of London; London Business School
摘要：As the reach of corporations increasingly extends across borders, a key research question is whether overseas subsidiaries adopt a shareholder-centric orientation, centered on maximizing shareholder wealth, or a stakeholder-centric orientation, centered on creating value for a broader range of stakeholders. Existing theories, addressing the corporate level of analysis, focus on forces exogenous to the firm: local resource pressures, and institutional norms. Using a combination of induction and...
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作者：Welch, Catherine; Piekkari, Rebecca; Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella; Paavilainen-Mantymaki, Eriikka
作者单位：Aalto University; University of Sydney; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; University of Turku
摘要：The literature on case studies, both in the field of international business (IB) and in the social sciences more generally, has tended to focus on the methods of data production and analysis suited to this research strategy. In contrast, in this paper we investigate methods of theorising from case studies. We seek to understand how case researchers theorise, and how future IB research might utilise case studies for theorising. By means of a qualitative content analysis of case studies publishe...
