Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate opportunities available for firms in markets that have until now been overlooked. Evidence is provided on the internationalisation of new markets and the potential available both at present and in the longer term. Design/methodology/approach...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that the time is ripe to establish a powerful tradition in Experimental International Business (IB). Probably due to what the Arjen van Witteloostuijn refers to as the external validity myth, experimental laboratory designs are underutilized in...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the paradox that represents a shortage of women in management and senior leadership positions around the world, while research has consistently shown that having women in positions of influence leads to noteworthy organizational benefits, as guest...

Purpose – To contribute to critical discussion of management education and practice in the “global economy”, engaging with fragmentation of subjects in the academic literature and of issues across zones of production and consumption in the global community. In order to highlight key...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to address the question of what it means to be critical in relationship to international business. Design/methodology/approach – Explores the underlying assumptions and objectives in the debates involving international business and trade. Findings –...

Purpose – To investigate the importance of the work of French cultural theorist Paul Virilio for critics of international business. Design/methodology/approach – The article employs Virilio's and others' writings on “dromoeconomics” or the political economy of speed and “hypermodern”...

Purpose – Submitted in the form of a manifesto, this article seeks to make a call to scholars in international management and business studies to embrace post‐colonial theory and to allow it to provide an interrogation of the ontological, epistemological, methodological and institutional...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address the role of the qualitative researcher in international business (IB) studies and the need for a local perspective to better comprehend the complexity and consequences of international economic activity. Design/methodology/approach – Argues...

Purpose – This article seeks to discuss three key issues raised by the recent financial crisis: the rise of “activist states”; a new focus on the geopolitical effects of finance; and possible future social implications of the rapid response to crisis. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to prompt critical reflection on the relationship between international business (IB) and climate change by reference to an example at the margins of IB. The author reflects on personal experience of attending the Australian Grand Prix. Being heavily...