A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Mike W. Peng University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 Tel: (972) 883-2714 / Fax: (972) 883-6029 mikepeng@utdallas.edu Denis Y. L. Wang Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Management Shatin, NT, Hong Kong denis669@netvigator.com Sunny Li Sun University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 miaxis@gmail.com Erin Pleggenkuhle-Miles University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 erinmiles@utdallas.edu
January 2009
[Acknowledgment] This research was supported in part by a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant (SES 0552089) and a Hong Kong Research Grants Council Grant (CUHK4650/06H). Earlier versions of this paper was presented at the University of Sydney (December 2007), Western Washington University (May 2008), University of Hong Kong (July 2008), and National Taiwan University (December 2008). We thank Christine Chan, Cheng-Min Chuang, Hong-Jen Chiu, Lorraine Eden, Chuck Kwok, Steve Globerman, Syd Gray, Jongwook Kim, Tatiana Kostova, Tom Roehl, Yu-Shan Su, Ben Tipton, Gracy Yang, and seminar participants for their helpful comments. All views expressed are ours and not those of the funding agencies.
A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
[Abstract]
International business (IB) is known for its diversity and consequently its lack of central frameworks unifying the discipline. At AIB50/JIBS40, it is time to "stand and deliver." In this spirit, we argue that a unified framework has emerged. Our proposed fundamental question is: What determines the success and failure of firms around the globe? To address this question, IB literature can be broadly organized along two core perspectives: (1) the institution-based view and (2) the resource-based view. We suggest that this framework helps clarify the direction of our discipline, acknowledges its... [continues]
Mike W. Peng University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 Tel: (972) 883-2714 / Fax: (972) 883-6029 mikepeng@utdallas.edu Denis Y. L. Wang Chinese University of Hong Kong Department of Management Shatin, NT, Hong Kong denis669@netvigator.com Sunny Li Sun University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 miaxis@gmail.com Erin Pleggenkuhle-Miles University of Texas at Dallas School of Management, Box 830688, SM 43 Richardson, TX 75083 erinmiles@utdallas.edu
January 2009
[Acknowledgment] This research was supported in part by a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant (SES 0552089) and a Hong Kong Research Grants Council Grant (CUHK4650/06H). Earlier versions of this paper was presented at the University of Sydney (December 2007), Western Washington University (May 2008), University of Hong Kong (July 2008), and National Taiwan University (December 2008). We thank Christine Chan, Cheng-Min Chuang, Hong-Jen Chiu, Lorraine Eden, Chuck Kwok, Steve Globerman, Syd Gray, Jongwook Kim, Tatiana Kostova, Tom Roehl, Yu-Shan Su, Ben Tipton, Gracy Yang, and seminar participants for their helpful comments. All views expressed are ours and not those of the funding agencies.
A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
[Abstract]
International business (IB) is known for its diversity and consequently its lack of central frameworks unifying the discipline. At AIB50/JIBS40, it is time to "stand and deliver." In this spirit, we argue that a unified framework has emerged. Our proposed fundamental question is: What determines the success and failure of firms around the globe? To address this question, IB literature can be broadly organized along two core perspectives: (1) the institution-based view and (2) the resource-based view. We suggest that this framework helps clarify the direction of our discipline, acknowledges its... [continues]
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