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International relations in international business research: A review and research agenda

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  • Han, Xia
  • Lukoianove, Tatiana
  • Zhao, Shasha
  • Liu, Xiaohui

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The increasing dynamism of the international business (IB) environment has drawn greater scholarly attention to the implications of international politics for MNEs’ cross-border activities. However, a systematic overview of International Relations (IR) research which has been applied in IB studies is absent. To analyse this void, we propose a conceptual framework of the broader international context to delineate the research boundaries of the emerging IR in IB research domain and offer a critically synthesized review of the studies that have drawn on IR scholarship to explain MNEs’ behaviour. We conduct bibliometric and content analyses to understand the state of knowledge of IR in IB research and examine the main approaches to study the impact of IR factors on MNEs’ location choices, entry strategies, legitimacy and post-entry performance. By illuminating knowledge frontier issues, we derive important directions for deepening the integration of IR scholarship to advance IB research.

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  • Han, Xia & Lukoianove, Tatiana & Zhao, Shasha & Liu, Xiaohui, 2024. "International relations in international business research: A review and research agenda," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:174:y:2024:i:c:s0148296324000407
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114536
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