TY - JOUR
T1 - The Internalization Theory of the Multinational Enterprise
T2 - Past, Present and Future
AU - Buckley, Peter J.
AU - Casson, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 British Academy of Management
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - This paper presents an agenda for extending the theory of international business in order to explain a wider range of phenomena. This, however, has to be done with due attention to the requirements of good social science theory. Relevant criteria are set out, together with a list of issues that new theory must address. Theory needs to focus on industries as well as firms, and make greater use of formal multi-actor models. ‘Generalizing from the particular’ should be avoided; theory needs to be derived from general social science principles that have proved successful in cognate disciplines.
AB - This paper presents an agenda for extending the theory of international business in order to explain a wider range of phenomena. This, however, has to be done with due attention to the requirements of good social science theory. Relevant criteria are set out, together with a list of issues that new theory must address. Theory needs to focus on industries as well as firms, and make greater use of formal multi-actor models. ‘Generalizing from the particular’ should be avoided; theory needs to be derived from general social science principles that have proved successful in cognate disciplines.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060795949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1467-8551.12344
DO - 10.1111/1467-8551.12344
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85060795949
SN - 1045-3172
VL - 31
SP - 239
EP - 252
JO - British Journal of Management
JF - British Journal of Management
IS - 2
ER -