Comprehensive and extensive literature reviews on different scholarly topics/areas generally help identifying the research gaps and set future research agenda to provide clear directions for further research. A survey of literature review articles related to International Business stream of research from leading journals published during last one year (2017-2018) will help each and every researcher. Our collection of all the recent review articles in IB Area are given below.
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JUSTIN PAUL
Review Articles Published in 2018
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
Rosado-Serrano et.al (2018). International Franchising: A
Literature Review and Research Agenda. Journal
of Business Research. 85
(238-257). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Buckley, P. J., Clegg, L. J., Voss, H., Cross, A.
R., Liu, X., & Zheng, P. (2018). A retrospective and agenda for future
research on Chinese outward foreign direct investment. Journal of
International Business Studies, 1-20. https://link.springer.
Paul, J., & Benito, G. R. (2018). A Review of Research on Outward Foreign Direct
Investment From Emerging Countries, Including China: What Do We Know, How Do We
Know, and Where Should We Be Heading?. Asia
Pacific Business Review, 24(1), 90-115. http://www.
Bailey, N. (2018). Exploring the relationship between institutional factors and FDI attractiveness: A meta-analytic review. International Business Review, 27(1), 139-148.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969593117303980
Review Articles published in 2017.
CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Xie, E., Reddy, K. S., & Liang, J. (2017). Country-specific determinants of cross-border mergers and acquisitions: A comprehensive review and future research directions. Journal of World Business, 52(2), 127-183.
SME INTERNATIONALIZATION
Schwens, C., Zapkau, F. B., Bierwerth, M., Isidor, R., Knight, G., & Kabst, R. (2017). International Entrepreneurship: A Meta‐Analysis on the Internationalization and Performance Relationship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.
Paul, J., Parthasarathy, S., & Gupta, P. (2017). Exporting Challenges of SMEs: A Review and Future Research Agenda. Journal of World Business, 52(3), 327-342.
https://www.sciencedirect.
INTERNATIONAL MARKET ENTRY MODES
Shen, Z., Puig, F., & Paul, J. (2017). Foreign market entry mode research: A review and research agenda. The International Trade Journal, 31(5), 429-456.
http://www.tandfonline.com/
Zhao, H., Ma, J., & Yang, J. (2017). 30 years of research on entry mode and performance relationship: A meta-analytical review. Management International Review, 57(5), 653-682.
INTERNATIONAL CSR
Pisani, N., Kourula, A., Kolk, A., & Meijer, R. (2017). How global is international CSR research? Insights and recommendations from a systematic review. Journal of World Business, 52(5), 591-614.
INTERNATIONAL HRM & LANGUAGE
Budhwar, P., Tung, R. L., Varma, A., & Do, H. (2017). Developments in Human Resource Management in MNCs from BRICS Nations: A Review and Future Research Agenda. Journal of International Management, 23(2), 111-123.
Tenzer, H., Terjesen, S., & Harzing, A. W. (2017). Language in international business: A review and agenda for future research. Management International Review, 57(6), 815-854.
MULTINATIONALITY
Nguyen, Q. T. (2017). Multinationality and performance literature: A critical review and future research agenda. Management International Review, 57(3), 311-347.