Is the International Business Research Agenda Running Out of Steam?

By Peter J. Buckley. 2002

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Emerging themes in international business research (2008, methodology): “Given the research dimensions embedded in Buckley’s (2002) themes, one could argue that we have yet to reach a fundamental conclusion on these specific areas.”
Qualitative research for international business (2011, background): “Many scholars have noted that for IB to be more than a collage of theories it needs to build its own original theories and not rely exclusively on borrowings and juxtapositions (for example Buckley, 2002; Wilkins, 1997: 41).”
Dragon multinationals: New players in 21st century globalization (2006, background): “Buckley (2002) initiated an interesting debate when he claimed that the International Business (IB) research agenda may be running out of steam.”
Behind ownership decision of Chinese outward FDI: Resources and institutions (2010, background): “FDI ownership decision of Western MNCs has been one of the most popular topics in international business during the last two decades or so ( Buckley, 2002; Brouthers & Hennart, 2007).”
From the Editors: Advancing interdisciplinary research in the field of international business: Prospects, issues and challenges (2009, background): “We debate why there are no big questions in IB research (e.g., Buckley, 2002; Buckley & Lessard, 2005).”
MNEs and development: a review and reconceptualization (2009, background): “management to contemporary global challenges, arguing that IB must address broader issues beyond the narrow questions of MNE performance (Buckley, 2002; Buckley & Ghauri, 2004; Shenkar, 2004).”
Bounded entrepreneurship and internationalisation of indigenous Chinese private-owned firms (2008, background): “Buckley (2002) calls for informing and building on the strengths of existing internationalisation theory by importing entrepreneurship theory. This advice is quite consistent with the Chinese experience. Given that other influences such as resources and networks can also be relevant explanations, Jo”
Internationalisation: conceptualising an entrepreneurial process of behaviour in time (2005, background): “Thus, the recommendations of both McDougall and Oviatt (2000) and Buckley and Chapman (1996) can be implemented.”
Separable but not equal: The location determinants of discrete services offshoring activities (2009, background): “(Buckley, 2002; Peng, 2004; Shenkar, 2004).”
The internalisation theory of the multinational enterprise: A review of the progress of a research agenda after 30 years (2009, methodology): “Its significance for domestic firms was spelled out by Williamson (1975), and for multinational firms in Buckley and Casson (1976). While Williamson focused on operational integration as the key to analysing vertical integration in domestic industries, Buckley and Casson showed how both operational ”
MNEs as border-crossing multi-location enterprises: The role of discontinuities in geographic space (2013, background): “…helps in formulating a response to the suggestion by some authors that the " big " questions that relate to border effects (explaining flows of FDI, understanding the nature and organization of the MNE and the internationalization of firms) have already been successfully answered (Buckley, 2002).”
The Past and the Future of International Entrepreneurship: A Review and Suggestions for Developing the Field (2009, background): “We believe that in a first step, future IE research should recur to a basic relationship between the fields of IB and entrepreneurship: At the heart of IB are questions of how and why firms move internationally and what additional value creation or competitive advantage is gained over purely nationa”