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dc.contributor.authorLiesch, Peter W
dc.contributor.authorHakanson, Lars
dc.contributor.authorMcGaughey, Sara L
dc.contributor.authorMiddleton, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorCretchley, Julia
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:10:46Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:10:46Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2013-08-29T22:58:05Z
dc.identifier.issn0138-9130
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47296
dc.description.abstractMacro-environmental trends such as technological changes, declining trade and investment barriers, and globalizing forces impacting both markets and production worldwide point to the heightened importance of international business (IB) and the relevance of IB research today. Despite this, a leading scholar has expressed concerns that the IB research agenda could be 'running out of steam' (Buckley, Journal of International Business Studies 33(2):365-373, 2002), prompting on-going introspection within the IB field. We contribute to this debate by investigating the evolution of the IB field through a scientometric examination of articles published in its premier journal, the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) from 1970 until 2008. We introduce a new analytical tool, Leximancer, to the fields of international business and scientometry. We show an evolution from an initial and extended emphasis on macro-environmental issues to a more recent focus on micro-economic, firm-level ones with the multinational enterprise (MNE) as an organizational form enduring throughout the entire period. We observe a field that has established a justifiable claim for relevance, participating actively in the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAkademiai Kiado Rt.
dc.publisher.placeHungary
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom17
dc.relation.ispartofpageto42
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalScientometrics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume88
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLibrary and information studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchInternational business
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4610
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350706
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleThe evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2011 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Scientometrics, July 2011, Volume 88, Issue 1, pp 17-42. Scientometrics is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMcGaughey, Sara L.


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