Setbacks, interruptions and turnarounds in the internationalization process: a bibliometric and literature review of de-internationalization

Luíza Neves Marques Fonseca () and Angela Rocha ()
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Luíza Neves Marques Fonseca: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Angela Rocha: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Management Review Quarterly, 2023, vol. 73, issue 3, No 12, 1384 pages

Abstract: Abstract The paper presents a comprehensive review of research on de-internationalization, encompassing the themes of export withdrawal, subsidiary divestment, and backshoring or reshoring. A bibliometric technique (co-word analysis) on keywords from articles and book chapters published from 1980 to 2020 was initially used to confirm the main strands related to de-internationalization. Then, the study employed a bibliometric coupling analysis to identify the recent trends within each theme. The literature was divided into three clusters, which, using different but related terms, addressed the same phenomenon of firms’ decrease in foreign commitment. The ramifications of research on de-internationalization were examined for each of the clusters, mapping the issues deserving of further investigation and making recommendations for future research. The study uses an unprecedented method for understanding the de-internationalization phenomenon more broadly, delimiting its conceptual boundaries and mapping the different manifestations within a single theoretical domain.

Keywords: De-internationalization; Export withdrawal; Foreign divestment; Subsidiary survival; Backshoring; Reshoring; Re-internationalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F23 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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