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International Business Scholarship Mastering Intellectual, Institutional, and Research Design Challenges
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Brian Toyne, Zaida L. Martínez, ed., Richard A. Menger, ed.
ISBN: 1-56720-351-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-351-6
272 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2001
List Price: $125.00 (UK Sterling Price: £86.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: When business researchers want to add an international dimension to their work, they are faced with a unique set of challenges with which they may be unfamiliar. They would do well to turn for advice to experts who have been there before. Toyne, Mart^D'inez, and Menger offer ideas and recommendations that are as valuable to the seasoned business researcher as they are to the doctoral student. They address the four major issues faced by scholars of international business: intellectual preparation, institutional barriers, research design challenges relating to collaboration and multidisciplinary research, and using both quantitative and qualitative approaches in an international context. By learning which pitfalls to avoid and which avenues to pursue, readers will find many helpful suggestions for accelerating the pace of their international business research without sacrificing quality.

In demonstrating how recognized management, marketing, and international business experts have successfully met the challenges associated with the conduct of international research, the contributors address several special cases: public research-oriented universities, a junior faculty's perspective, public teaching-oriented universities, private teaching-oriented universities, cross-disciplinary research, secondary vs. primary data, and verifification of cross-cultural theories. This work is ideal for business researchers in many fields, including behavioral accounting, finance, human resource management, marketing, and organizational behavior.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    International Business Scholarship Challenge by Brian Toyne, Zaida L. Martinez, and Richard A. Menger
    Mastering the International Intellectual Challenge
    Mastering the Intellectual Challenge of International Research by Michael A. Hitt
    Mastering the Institutional Challenge
    Public Research-Oriented Universities: Leading or Lagging in International Business Research? by Michael Harvey and David Ralston
    A Junior Faculty's Perspective: Do Institutions Facilitate or Inhibit International Business Research? by Len J. Treviño
    Public Teaching-Oriented Universities: Turning Institutional Obstacles into Opportunities by Lance Eliot Brouthers and Timothy J. Wilkinson
    Developing an International Business Research Strategy at Private Teaching-Oriented Universities by Richard A. Menger and Rita D. Kosnik
    Mastering the International Research Design
    The Mythology and Reality of Cross-Disciplinary Research by Richard N. Osborn, C. Christopher Baughn, and John Hagedoorn
    Collaborative Research: Turning Potential Frustrations into Rewarding Oppurtunities by John Michael Geringer and Colette A. Frayne
    Foibles in Foriegn Lands, or the Perils of Conducting International Research by Sully Taylor and Schon Beechler
    Mastering International Research Methodologies
    Using Secondary Data in International Research: Opportunities and Risks by Masaaki "Mike" Kotabe
    Some Things You May Not Have Learned in Graduate School: A Rough Guide to Collecting Primary Data Overseas by Nancy K. Napier and David C. Thomas
    International Qualitative Research: An Effective Way to Generate and Verify Cross-Cultural Theories by Joyce S. Osland and Asbjorn Osland
    Responding to the International Business Research Challange by Brian Toyne, Zaida L. Martínez, and Richard A, Menger
    References
About the Author: BRIAN TOYNE holds the Emil C. E. Jurica Professorship in International Business, St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Texas.

ZAIDA L. MARTÍNEZ is Associate Professor of International Business, St. Mary's University.

RICHARD A. MENGER is Associate Professor of Management and Chairperson, Department of Management, St. Mary's University.
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