Rethinking internationalization processes: toward a circular framework

Elena Domínguez Romero, Susanne Durst () and Antonio Navarro Garcia
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Elena Domínguez Romero: University of Seville
Susanne Durst: University of Skövde
Antonio Navarro Garcia: University of Seville

Review of Managerial Science, 2024, vol. 18, issue 11, No 8, 3363-3394

Abstract: Abstract Why should models and theories that have set images and boundaries of the internationalization process in the past remain constant over time within International Business research? Despite a recent emphasis on its nonlinear nature, many still view internationalization as a forward-moving process, overlooking its dynamic nature involving enter, re-enter, and exit decisions during the process. To discuss this issue, this paper rethinks the existing International Business literature to retain its explanatory power as an essential discipline by developing a circular framework to capture firms' non-linear internationalization process. The authors propose a circular framework with the decision-making process as the unit of analysis and four statuses: Enter, De-Internationalization, Re-Internationalization, and Operation Internationalized. The decision-making process guides firms through the statuses simultaneously or individually, in the same or a diverse temporal dimension. With this circular framework, the authors wish to contribute to future International Business research; research that can keep up with the “real” world.

Keywords: Non-linear internationalization process; International business; Circular framework; Decision-making process; De-internationalization; Re-internationalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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