Time Matters: Rethinking the Role of Time in the Philosophical, Conceptual and Methodological Domains of International Business

Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki (Corresponding author), Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Melanie Hassett, Peter W. Liesch, Ulf Andersson, Elizabeth L. Rose

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Abstract

The purpose of this editorial, and the special issue, is to initiate a dialogue about the role of time in international business (IB) scholarship. While time is inherent in IB phenomena, it has, to date, received limited attention in IB research and theorizing. When IB scholars do account for time, they generally adhere to assumptions representing time as linear and objective. We discuss the importance of time in the philosophical, conceptual, and methodological domains of IB, defining each of these three interconnected domains, problematizing their dominant assumptions about time, and suggesting potential avenues for rethinking time in IB.
Original languageEnglish
Article number101521
JournalJournal of World Business
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2024

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 502054 Entrepreneurship
  • 502016 SME-research

Keywords

  • MIB
  • HBE
  • returnee entrepreneurship
  • forced migration
  • institutional voids
  • post-conflict economies
  • RESOURCES
  • ACTIVATION
  • QUALITY
  • TIES
  • EMBEDDEDNESS
  • KNOWLEDGE
  • ENTERPRISE
  • IMPACT
  • INTERNATIONAL-BUSINESS
  • INSTITUTIONAL VOIDS
  • Cat. 2
  • Methodology
  • Philosophical assumptions
  • Time
  • Conceptualization
  • Temporality

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