Recent protectionist trends (eg, trade wars, Brexit) have challenged the stability of the global
supply chains (SCs) of multinational corporations. While the SC and operations …

To date there has been little systematic organization of the extensive literature on the
processes and mechanisms sha** social relationships in and around organizations. In an …

The paper advances epistemic reflexivity as a methodological process for dealing with
knowledge biases in International Business research. By drawing upon Bourdieu's reflexive …

In this paper we call for a better understanding of cultural distance and its importance to
managers across borders. We report on the structuring and interpretation of cultural distance …

This article argues that theorising Otherness and Othering of the cultural Other is integral to
identity construction during intercultural encounters, but has largely been neglected in Cross …

The purpose of this paper is to examine ways in which cross-cultural research in
international business can use emic–etic approaches more effectively. The majority of …

This paper considers the implications for international business of cases whereby a country
may have two, or more, conflicting interpretations of its “national culture”. A case study of the …

Within the field of study of international business (IB) theoretical development typically
proceeds through the fine-tuning and adjustment of existing theory, falling short of original …

Drawing on evidence from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, the People's Republic of China,
we argue that the recent commodification and proliferation of idyllicized representations of …

In this article we study the role of power and power differences in cross-cultural perception.
We do so by way of exploratory case studies in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the …