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Innovation in international business research: a call for multiple paradigms

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  • Daniel P Sullivan

    (University of Delaware, Newark, USA)

  • John D Daniels

    (School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA)

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Scholars disagree on IB's domain and future prescription, yet agree that research will engage topics dealing with dynamic change and hard-to-explain phenomena. This paper builds on these views, endorsing a multiparadigmatic perspective that complements IB's scientific and humanist paradigms with that of chaos theory. The latter, we argue, is instrumental in studying the non-normal patterns of nonlinear, far-from-equilibrium systems. We illustrate our ideas in the context of NGOs. Journal of International Business Studies (2008) 39, 1081–1090. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400400

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  • Daniel P Sullivan & John D Daniels, 2008. "Innovation in international business research: a call for multiple paradigms," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 39(6), pages 1081-1090, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:jintbs:v:39:y:2008:i:6:p:1081-1090
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    2. Herman Aguinis & Kelly P. Gabriel, 2022. "International business studies: Are we really so uniquely complex?," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(9), pages 2023-2036, December.
    3. Seno-Alday, Sandra, 2010. "International business thought: A 50-year footprint," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 16(1), pages 16-31, March.
    4. Galkina, Tamara & Yang, Man, 2020. "Bringing Nordic Slush to Asia: Entrepreneurial internationalization of an NGO as a social movement," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(6).
    5. Calma, Angelito & Suder, Gabriele, 2020. "Mapping international business and international business policy research: Intellectual structure and research trends," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(3).
    6. Peter W. Liesch & Lars Håkanson & Sara L. McGaughey & Stuart Middleton & Julia Cretchley, 2011. "The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 88(1), pages 17-42, July.

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