Taming the ‘Mythical Beast’: Revisiting the Myths of Historical Research in International Business Scholarship

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki; Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki; Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani

doi:10.4337/9781800883741.00038

Taming the ‘Mythical Beast’: Revisiting the Myths of Historical Research in International Business Scholarship

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Bareerah Hafeez Hoorani

Department of Marketing and International Business

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History matters for international business (IB) research as it advances our understanding of IB phenomena. However, an understanding of historical research in IB is still lacking. Consequently, there have been calls for more historical research in IB, but they have so far mostly gone unheeded. The purpose of this book chapter is to enhance IB scholars’ current understanding of historical methods and challenge existing myths regarding the use of historical research in IB. We reflect on the practice of historical research in two journals,that is Journal of International Business Studies and Business History. By reflecting on these practices, our chapter offers guidance to IB scholar who wish to engage with historical research to enrich IB theories, concepts, and methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Historical Methods for Management
Editors	Stephanie Decker, William M. Foster, Elena Giovannoni
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Chapter	28
Pages	425-442
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883741.00038
Publication status	Published - 14 Jul 2023

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

502016 SME-research
502054 Entrepreneurship

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MIB
HBE

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Plakoyiannaki, E., Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, E., & Hoorani, B. H. (2023). Taming the ‘Mythical Beast’: Revisiting the Myths of Historical Research in International Business Scholarship. In S. Decker, W. M. Foster, & E. Giovannoni (Eds.), Handbook of Historical Methods for Management (pp. 425-442). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800883741.00038

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Taming the ‘Mythical Beast’: Revisiting the Myths of Historical Research in International Business Scholarship. / Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella; Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Eriikka; Hoorani, Bareerah Hafeez.
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