Academic Articles & Research Papers

Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context

Scaling, the persistent rapid growth to deliver a viable business model, often incorporates an explicit international business dimension. However, research on the cross-border management and organization of scaling and scale-ups in internat...

Research on international business: The new realities

International business and decentralized finance

Abstract Over the last decade, the green shoots of a new economic order have emerged as decentralized technologies challenge traditional financial systems. Decentralized finance (DeFi) holds the potential to transform international business...

Nordic International Business Research

This article identifies the specific characteristics of Nordic international business research by analyzing how Nordic researchers over time have perceived and conceptualized their research object, “the international firm.” Their perception...

Economics of International Business

Economics of International Business sets out a new agenda for international business research. Mark Casson asserts that it is time to move the subject on from sterile debates about transaction cost economies and resource-based theories of t...

International Business Cycles: Theory and Evidence

We review recent work comparing properties of international business cycles with those of dynamic general equilibrium models, emphasizing two discrepancies between theory and data that we refer to as anomalies. The first is the consumption/...

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business

Foreword by Peter Buckley - Vignette: Observations from a Lifetime of Interviewing Foreword - Vignette: Interviews: A Key Data Source in International Business Research Part I: Trends and Prospects in International Business Research Part II...

International business research

Corporate elites as informants in qualitative international business research

The Importance of Digital Transformation in International Business

This study was developed under the scope of a Portuguese project focused on the entrepreneur’s perspective and perception on the internationalization process of his company: more specifically, about the factors that enhanced the company ent...

International Business: Strategy, Management, and the New Realities

I. FOUNDATION CONCEPTS 1. Introduction: What is International Business? 2. Globalization of Markets and the Internationalization of the Firm 3. Organizational Participants that Make International Business Happen 4. Theories of International...

Language in International Business: A Review and Agenda for Future Research

A fast growing number of studies demonstrates that language diversity influences almost all management decisions in modern multinational corporations. Whereas no doubt remains about the practical importance of language, the empirical invest...

The influence of green quality of work life, green employee engagement, and green rewards on green employee retention in SME employees

One of the biggest challenges for employers is retaining employees, who are crucial for enhancing company performance, especially in SMEs. This research aims to determine the influence of Green Quality of Work Life, Green Employee Engagemen...

Colour-Blind Attitudes among Welfare Professionals: Examining the Relationship Between Colour-Blind Attitudes, Anti-immigration Attitudes and Social Desirability

Colour blindness is a concept that is established in the US context, and it has gained increased attention among European scholars. Yet we find less studies in the European context that measure colour-blind attitudes and show its prevalence...

Social Innovation in Education and Social Service Organizations. Challenges, Actors, and Approaches to Foster Social Innovation

Social innovation became a widely discussed topic in politics, research funding programs, and business development. Recent European and US economic and science policies have set aside significant funds to generate and foster social innovati...

FORMAL AND SIGNIFICANT MUTATIONS OF TRADITIONAL DIPLOMACY

The purpose of this thesis is to make an empirical research over the existing literature regarding the new paradigms of diplomacy in the new era and identify future approaches of the field that enhance our understanding over the subject. Fu...

Role of AI and IoT in Advancing Renewable Energy Use in Agriculture

This paper discusses how integrating renewable energy, AI, and IoT becomes important in promoting climate-smart agriculture. Due to the changing climate, rise in energy costs, and ensuring food security, agriculture faces unprecedented chal...

Why is the screening rate in lung cancer still low? A seven-country analysis of the factors affecting adoption

Strong evidence of lung cancer screening’s effectiveness in mortality reduction, as demonstrated in the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) in the US and the Dutch–Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NELSON), has prompted count...

BRIDGING GENDER GAPS IN TOURISM: EXPLORING WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

Tourism plays a vital role in driving economic growth and community development. The active participation of diverse social groups is essential to achieving sustainable tourism. However, the persistence of patriarchal norms continues to h...

Research on the multi-agent motivation coupling evolution and synergy improvement for farmland ecological protection in China

The global ecology movement of the 1960s gave rise to international efforts to of farmland ecological protection. In these systematic, multi-agent projects, the long-term viability of farmland ecological protection rests significantly upon ...