Hierarchical modelling in international business research: Patterns, problems, and practical guidelines

Thomas Lindner, Jonas Puck and Jonathan Doh

Journal of World Business, 2021, vol. 56, issue 4

Abstract: International Business (IB) phenomena often encompass activities at the nation, industry, firm, and individual levels. Consequently, empirical analyses in IB often consider at least two levels of analysis; failing to do so represents omitted variable bias. In this Perspectives paper, we review and evaluate the use and misuse of multi-level methods in IB, suggesting that IB scholars often fail to employ explicitly multilevel approaches when confronted with multi-level phenomena. We also assess different multi-level modeling techniques, noting that despite different nomenclature, many are functionally equivalent, and offer suggestions for best practices in the deployment of multi-level methods in IB.

Keywords: Hierarchical data; Quantitative methods; Econometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101224

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