From the Editors: Can i trust your findings? Ruling out alternative explanations in international business research

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 881-897

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a   Andersson, Ulf ^b,c   Brannen, Mary Yoko ^d   Nielsen, Bo Bernhard ^e,f   Reuber, A Rebecca ^g  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case theoretic approaches; Controls; International business; Qualitative quantitative comparisons; Reliability; Theory method intersection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010953762     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0005-4     Document Type: Review

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