Journal of World Business

1997 - 2026

Current editor(s): David Collings and Jonathan Doh

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Volume 61, issue 3, 2026

Artificial intelligence and international business: Theoretical challenges, strategic implications, and research agenda

Peter J. Buckley, Stefano Elia, Ajai Gaur, Sebastian Krakowski, Olli Kuivalainen and Mattia Pedota

Improvisation in internationalization decision-making: The critical role of entrepreneurs in SMEs

Peter Gabrielsson, Tamara Galkina, Brian R. Chabowski and Mika Gabrielsson

Perspective: Reconciling top-down with bottom-up institutional change: A co-evolutionary perspective for advancing the IB contribution to the SDGs

Bjoern Schmeisser, Thomas Lindner, Christof Miska and Jonathan Doh

Unlocking international entrepreneurial opportunities: The impact of dynamic capabilities on creation and discovery

Linda Hui Shi and Wade M. Danis

A demand-based view of MNEs’ reverse innovation

Ziliang Deng, Pei Wang and Xufei Ma

Advancing international business research through artificial intelligence and machine learning applications

Ajai Gaur, Evelyn Lin Peng, Chinmay Pattnaik and Yi Li

Volume 61, issue 2, 2026

Institutional distance and foreign firms’ live streaming use in the host market

Jason Lu Jin, Xiaopeng Lai, Meitong Dong, Liwen Wang and Yaqin Zheng

Orchestrating boundary spanning for sustainable value: The cross-sector work of multinational enterprises

Diana Santistevan and Emmanuel D. Ekpenyong

A hybrid approach to internationalization: An exploratory study of social enterprises

Elisa Dries, Filip De Beule and Johan Bruneel

From followers to leaders: A four-stage process model of EMNE capability development

Abby Jingzi Zhou, Peter Ping Li, Yadong Luo, Steven Shijin Zhou and Shameen Prashantham

Volume 61, issue 1, 2026

Progress or perish: International business and the adoption of artificial intelligence

Daniel S. Andrews, Stav Fainshmidt and Ajai Gaur

Corporate military activities and key frontiers in international business research

Tazeeb Rajwani, Christopher Hartwell, Melodena Stephens and Tao Chen

Socio-political legitimacy: An integrative and interdisciplinary review and agenda for theory development in unit and programmatic approaches

Huda Khan, Zaheer Khan, Geoffrey Wood and Oded Shenkar

Poverty, internationalization, and environmental injustice: A postcolonial theoretical perspective

Garry D. Bruton, Sadek Showkat and Tianyue Zhan

Multinational enterprises and greenhouse gas emissions: The dual reality of climate governance mechanisms

Michael King and Paul W. Beamish

The digital transformation of international business: A conceptualization, multidisciplinary review, and research agenda

Björn Schmeisser, Tina Saebi, Andreas P.J. Schotter and Paul Gooderham

Volume 60, issue 6, 2025

Multinational corporations and inclusive supply chains: How conflicting social and market logics can coexist

Garry D. Bruton, Jorge H. Mejia-Morelos and David Ahlstrom

Political embeddedness and post-acquisition innovation in MNEs: The role of experiential learning

Yanze Liang, Axèle Giroud, Asmund Rygh and Zibang Chen

Artificial intelligence in international business: IB theory under augmented decision-making

Thomas Lindner, Jonas Puck and Harald Puhr

The Trojan horse of international entrepreneurship in the MENA region: Locus of control and the export of corruption

Ahmad Al Asady and Sergey Anokhin

Political ideology and the multinational enterprise: Broadening the epistemological lens

Yannick Thams, Luis Alfonso Dau, Jonathan Doh, Tatiana Kostova and William Newburry

Volume 60, issue 5, 2025

Divorce or temporary separation? Lessons from the US’s history of decoupling with China and other nations

Prud’homme, Dan, Nianchen Han, David McCourt and Aya Chacar

Foreign small- and medium-sized enterprises and regional institutions

Chau M. Chu and Bach Nguyen

Female entrepreneurs and international entry mode choice: Evidence from entrepreneurial firms in China

Jongsoo Kim, Yeongsu Anthony Kim, Li-Qun Wei and Gaoguang Zhou

Leveraging demand-side strategies on the digital platform for global success: The role of innovation speed in non-digital participant firms' internationalization

Yihui Liu, Yi Li, Aiqi Wu and Vikas Kumar

Unveiling signaling processes in early-stage cross-border investment: Evidence from South African entrepreneurs and European business angels

Sönke Mestwerdt, Matthias Mrożewski, Alisa Sydow and Nathalie Burkert

How trade sanctions impact MNE subsidiaries in Russia: Responses to legitimacy concerns and performance

Sihong Wu and Snejina Michailova

Volume 60, issue 4, 2025

The internationalization of digital platform-based firms: A systematic literature review and directions for future research

Jiatao Li, Ankit Surana, Meena Chavan, Liena Kano, Andreas Schotter and Francesco Chirico

Cluster Internationalization to Tax Havens by Multinational Enterprises: An Exploration of Imitative Behaviour

Ha-Phuong Luong, Chris Jones and Yama Temouri

Abandonment of cross-border acquisitions: The role of target country context

Martina Musteen, Xialu Liu and Dwarka Chakravarty

Downward spiral of firms’ political strategies in conflict zones: A process analysis of an MNE's operations during an active civil war

Nathalie Belhoste and Anna Dimitrova

Co-ethnic immigrant communities, cross-national distance, and foreign location choice of family firms from emerging economies

Zhongfeng Su, Jiatao Li, Wenping Ye, Yaya Shi and Bangzhu Zhu

Pace of pro-market reforms, performance feedback, and strategic renewal actions of emerging economy firms

Manish Popli and Mehul Raithatha

US-China decoupling and the Chinese firms’ real option to defer overall but R&D investment

Liang Shao, Zaiyang Xie, Yixin Qiu and Liang Wang

Imputing missing values in IB research using endpoint-heterogeneous beta regression models: An application to Hofstede's LTO measures

Eugene D. Hahn and Jonathan P. Doh

Networks for scaling businesses: Accessing international support webs for critical support resources

Vanessa P.G. Bretas, Esther Tippmann and Jonathan Levie

Gender and ethnic diversity and international success of Hollywood movies

Chinmay Pattnaik, Madhumita Nanda and Lu, Qiang (Steven)

Towards a dynamic theory of lateral collaboration across multinational enterprise structures: A collection of insights

Andreas P.J. Schotter, Martha Maznevski, Günter K. Stahl and Yves Doz

Volume 60, issue 3, 2025

The Impact of International Mergers and Acquisitions on Rivals’ Performance: The Role of Formal and Informal Institutions

Dimitrija Kalanoski, Francesco Cappa, Michele Pinelli and Jean-Philippe Bonardi

Quantification of cultural practices and diversity: An empirical experiment with generative artificial intelligence

Wolfgang Messner

Exploring Corporate Philanthropy, Home Country Foreign Aid, and Country of Origin-Based Stigma for Multinational Enterprises: An Experimental Study

Yuehua Xu, Jiatao Li, Yimin Wang, Li Xin and Haichuan Zhao

Strategic vulnerabilities of emerging market MNCs – How litigation experiences in weak patent systems increase the risks of patent litigation abroad

Wolfgang Sofka, Nikolaos Papageorgiadis, Sreevas Sahasranamam and K.V. Mukundhan

Inconsistent performance feedback and firm internationalization: Can CEOs remove the haze?

Anita Kerai and Nycil George

Negative performance feedback, CEO power and internationalization

Tao Bai, Abby Jingzi Zhou, Steven Shijin Zhou and Peter Liesch

Leveraging Multisectoral Expertise and International Knowledge: Business Group Influence on Overseas Subsidiary Formation

Anish Purkayastha, Andrew Delios and Vikas Kumar

Serving national security? MNE responses in economic war

Michael A. Witt and Luciano Ciravegna

Volume 60, issue 2, 2025

An advanced meta-ranking for the expanding international business field – Journal status and future trajectories

Heinz Tüselmann, Rudolf Sinkovics and Grigory Pishchulov

Revealing the promise of microfoundations for international business research: A modular approach

Tina C. Ambos, Ulf Andersson, Rian Drogendijk, Randi Lunnan, Pamela Sharkey Scott and Yildiz, H．Emre

Overcoming legitimacy challenges of novel HRM practices during internationalization: The case of two food-delivery platforms

Alex Veen, Jeroen Meijerink, Tom Barratt, Anne Keegan and Caleb Goods

Volume 60, issue 1, 2025

The home country effect on between- and within-firm performance differences

Daniel S. Andrews, Stav Fainshmidt and Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra

Competent suppliers as a missing link: A supplier-centered view on cascading private labor governance in global value chains

Jinsun Bae, Joonkoo Lee, Sun Wook Chung and Hyunji Kwon

Co-evolutionary decoupling in EMNEs’ internationalisation: A Chinese bank's journey of drifting apart from the US-led global financial system

Rui Hou and Huaichuan Rui

International product adaptation and performance: A systematic analysis of the literature and agenda for future research

Eleni Tsougkou, John W. Cadogan, Nathaniel Boso, Ian R. Hodgkinson, João S. Oliveira, Tommi Laukkanen, Nahid Yazdani and Vicky M. Story