Towards a renaissance in international business research? Big questions, grand challenges, and the future of IB scholarship

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1045-1064

  Buckley, Peter J ^a   Doh, Jonathan P ^b   Benischke, Mirko H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

evaluation of current theories; institutional environment; international business theory; MNEs and economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028894056     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41267-017-0102-z     Document Type: Review

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