Why are some nations rich, and others poor? Deep structural change at the rules and institutional level leads poor countries to become rich. Deep structural change is invisible and can only be described qualitatively, whereas change in the surface structure is visible and measurable with unit...

As per the balance of payments constraint hypothesis, in an open economy, achieving a high long-run rate of growth would require a country to reduce its balance of payments constraint through an improved export performance, and the production of import substitutes, which would lower the income...

How do exporters expand their product scope and geographical presence? We argue that new exporters are uncertain about their profitability in different countries and products, but learn it as they start to export. As a consequence, exporters add products and countries sequentially, in an...

How do exporters expand their product scope and geographical presence? We argue that new exporters are uncertain about their profitability in different countries and products, but learn it as they start to export. As a consequence, exporters add products and countries sequentially, in an...

This paper explores the determinants of firm survival in export markets. Our theoretical framework includes a geometric Brownian motion for firm profitability, market-specific sunk and fixed exporting costs that are common across firms, and firm- and market-specific profitability shifters that...

The digital economy, which heralds the start of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, is upon us. What can history teach international business (IB) scholars about how firms are likely to respond to this new form of technological change? Who are the likely winners? The likely losers? For 30 years, I...

This research uses a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) protocol to investigate the utility of artificially intelligent (AI) conversational chatbots in service business settings. The findings shed light on key theoretical underpinnings focused on...