Identifying the big question in international business research

By Mike W. Peng. 2004

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Subfields: Accounting, Strategy and Management

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An institution-based view of international business strategy: a focus on emerging economies (2008, unknown): “…the strategies of domestic firms in emerging economies is that some of them may embark upon their own An institution-based view of international business strategy Mike W Peng et al lization in the near future, thus becoming a new breed of MNE (Mathews, 2006; Peng & Delios, 2006; Ramamurti, 2004).”
The Institution-Based View as a Third Leg for a Strategy Tripod. (2009, unknown): “The innovative “institution-based view” label is forced by the necessity to get the papers accepted by reviewers while advancing strategy research, and is the fruit of an interdisciplinary dialogue or “trade” (Peng, 2004).”
Emerging themes in international business research (2008, methodology): “INTRODUCTION A series of recent articles in the Journal of International Business Studies have explored the future development of international business as a scholarly discipline (Buckley, 2002; Buckley & Ghauri, 2004; Buckley & Lessard, 2005; Lewin, 2005; Peng, 2004; Shenkar, 2004).”
30+ years of research and practice of outsourcing – Exploring the past and anticipating the future (2009, unknown): “Thus, the revolution of outsourcing and the consequent development towards an outsourcing economy has raised new aspects for academic research, and thereby provides “steam” to different research disciplines by introducing new “big questions” to be examined (cf. Buckley, 2002; Peng, 2004).”
The importance of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in global governance and value creation: an international business research agenda (2004, background): “and the factors that determine their success or failure (Peng, 2004).”
Entrepreneurial decision-making in internationalization: Propositions from mid-size firms (2008, background): “Moreover, there have been calls for new directions and theories in the international business literature with one avenue being a return to a focus on international business strategy at the firm level (Peng, 2004).”
The relationship between international diversification and firm performance: Why it remains a puzzle (2011, background): “Thus, despite the wealth of empirical research to date, whether and how international diversification impacts firm performance still remains one of the major unresolved research questions in both the international business and strategy fields (Glaum and Oesterle, 2007; Peng, 2004).”
MNEs and development: a review and reconceptualization (2009, background): “The study of NGOs is a promising area of emerging research that is consistently identified as requiring further exploration for scholars of the MNE and international business (Buckley & Ghauri, 2004; Doh, 2005; Peng, 2004).”
Dragon multinationals: New players in 21st century globalization (2006, background): “Peng (2004) intervened to discuss whether the IB field needs a ‘big question’ at all, and suggested the over-arching question ‘What determines the international success and failure of firms?’ would continue to serve as the source question for relevant studies in IB, and would continue to…”
Separable but not equal: The location determinants of discrete services offshoring activities (2009, unknown): “(Buckley, 2002; Peng, 2004; Shenkar, 2004).”
The Protracted Collapse of Ghana Airways: Lessons in Organizational Failure (2010, background): “Although these issues are at the core of strategic analysis (Porter, 1991) and international business research (Peng, 2004), McGrath (1999) asserts that “by carefully analysing failures instead of focusing only on successes, scholars can begin to make systematic progress on better analytical models ”
Which model of capitalism best delivers both wealth and equality? (2014, unknown): “(Peng, 2004: 106).”
Perspectives—From China Strategy to Global Strategy (2005, background): “(Peng, 2004a), will have to be found in domestic and foreign firms competing in and/or out of China (such as outbound FDI from China).”
Research on international business: The new realities (2021, methodology): “…have often been self-critical about the topics studied, the methods used, and the relevance of much published research for the practical challenges facing managers.5 Early influential contributions include Buckley (2002), Peng (2004), Shenkar (2004), Griffith et al. (2008) and Cheng et al. (2009).”
Toward a learning-based view of internationalization: The accelerated trajectories of cross-border learning for latecomers (2010, background): “Hence, we need a compelling theory to explain alliance as a unique organizational form rather than a hybrid of market and hierarchy forms (Li, 1998, 2008; Penrose, 2008; Powell, 1990; cf. Dunning, 1995).”