International Business Research: Understanding Past Paths to Design Future Research Directions

Abstract

In this chapter we examine the extant research in international business (IB) by conducting a bibliometric study of the articles published in three leading IB journals – International Business Review, Journal of International Business Studies and Management International Review, over their entire track record of publication available in the ISI – Institute for Scientific Information. In longitudinal analyses of citation data we ascertain the most relevant works of the IB field. We also identify intellectual interconnectedness in co-citation networks of the research published in each journal. A second-tier analysis delves into publication patterns of those articles that are not at the top citation listings. Our results permit us better understand and depict the extant IB research and, to some extent, its evolution thus far.

Citation

Portugal Ferreira, M., Rosa Reis, N., Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida, M. and Ribeiro Serra, F. (2013), "International Business Research: Understanding Past Paths to Design Future Research Directions", Devinney, T.M., Pedersen, T. and Tihanyi, L. (Ed.) Philosophy of Science and Meta-Knowledge in International Business and Management (Advances in International Management, Vol. 26), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 299-330. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5027(2013)0000026017