Advancing interdisciplinary research: Insights from the JIBS special issue

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 643-648

  Cheng, Joseph L C ^a   Birkinshaw, Julian ^b   Lessard, Donald R ^c   Thomas, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

bridging between disciplines; integrative theorizing; interdisciplinary research; multilevel analysis; new research directions; new theory development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904461795     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2014.34     Document Type: Review

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