Innovation in international business research: a call for multiple paradigms

Daniel P Sullivan and John D Daniels
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Daniel P Sullivan: University of Delaware, Newark, USA
John D Daniels: School of Business, University of Miami, Coral Gables, USA

Journal of International Business Studies, 2008, vol. 39, issue 6, 1090 pages

Abstract: Scholars disagree on IB's domain and future prescription, yet agree that research will engage topics dealing with dynamic change and hard-to-explain phenomena. This paper builds on these views, endorsing a multiparadigmatic perspective that complements IB's scientific and humanist paradigms with that of chaos theory. The latter, we argue, is instrumental in studying the non-normal patterns of nonlinear, far-from-equilibrium systems. We illustrate our ideas in the context of NGOs. Journal of International Business Studies (2008) 39, 1081–1090. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400400

Date: 2008
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