Are business and management journals anti-replication? An analysis of editorial policies

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu ◽  
James C. Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Editorial Policy ◽  
International Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Editorial Policies ◽  
Replication Studies ◽  
Replication Research ◽  
Replication Crisis ◽  
Discipline Area ◽  
Business And Management

Purpose This study aims to explore the degree to which the editorial policies of business and management journals explicitly or implicitly discourage replication studies. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines differences in editorial policy toward replication studies relative to journal quality, age and sub-discipline area. A total of 600 journals (listed as Q1 and Q2 in Scopus) were selected for the current study. Findings The results reveal that out of 600 selected journals, only 28 (4.7%) were explicitly open to considering replication studies, while 331 (55.2%) were neutral, being neither explicitly nor implicitly dismissive of replication studies. A further 238 (39.7%) were implicitly dismissive of replication studies, and the remaining 3 (0.5%) journals were explicitly disinterested in considering replication studies for publication. CiteScore and source normalized impact factor of neutral journals were significantly lower than those of journals, which were implicitly discouraging replication research. With regard to the journals implicitly discouraging replications (238), journals in the subcategory of business and international management (51) had the highest percentage (21.4%) followed by strategy and management 30 (12.6%) and OB and HR 25 (10.5%). Originality/value The available literature does not explore the degree to which the editorial policies of business and management journals explicitly or implicitly discourage replication studies. The current study attempts to address this gap in the literature. Given the lack of support for replications among business and management journals, the current paper sets forth the suggested steps which are deemed crucial for moving beyond the replication crisis in the business and management field.

scholarly journals The use of product scarcity in marketing

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Shi ◽  
Feng Li ◽  
Pattarin Chumnumpan
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Core ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Business And Management

Purpose As a frequently observed business phenomenon, the use of product scarcity to improve a product’s market performance has received increasing attention from both academics and practitioners. The resulting literature has covered a wide variety of issues based on various theories, using different research methods, in a diverse range of settings. However, this diversity also makes it difficult to grasp the core themes and findings, and to see the outstanding knowledge gaps. This paper aims to review previous studies on the use of product scarcity in marketing and identifies new directions for future research. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was conducted to identify and analyse 66 research papers published in business and management journals between 1970 and 2017. Findings The authors examined the underlying theories of scarcity-based marketing, and developed a conceptual framework that describes the key factors of product scarcity and how they influence both consumers and the market. They also highlighted some key achievements in modelling the processes involved in using product scarcity in marketing. Originality/value This analysis of the identified papers suggests that there are substantial gaps in our knowledge of this field, which opens up new paths for future research. For future research, the authors identified three directions aimed at: addressing the practical needs of firms in understanding product scarcity; guiding the implementation of scarcity-based strategies; and measuring, monitoring and predicting the level of product scarcity and its impacts during implementation.

Watch his deed or examine his words? Exploring the potential of the behavioral experiment method for collecting data to measure culture

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 669-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan W. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
International Management ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Behavioral Experiment ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Behavioral Experiments ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Experiment Method

Purpose To address three issues of survey-based methods (i.e. the absence of behaviors, the reference inequivalence, and the lack of cross-cultural interaction), the purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of using the behavioral experiment method to collect cross-cultural data as well as the possibility of measuring culture with the experimental data. Moreover, challenges to this method and possible solutions are elaborated for intriguing further discussion on the use of behavioral experiments in international business/international management (IB/IM) research. Design/methodology/approach This paper illustrates the merits and downside of the proposed method with an ultimate-game experiment conducted in a behavioral laboratory. The procedure of designing, implementing, and analyzing the behavioral experiment is delineated in detail. Findings The exploratory findings show that the ultimate-game experiment may observe participants’ behaviors with comparable references and allow for cross-cultural interaction. The findings also suggest that the fairness-related cultural value may be calibrated with the horizontal and vertical convergence of cross-cultural behaviors (i.e. people’s deed), and this calibration may be strengthened by incorporating complementary methods such as a background survey to include people’s words. Originality/value The behavioral experiment method illustrated and discussed in this study contributes to the IB/IM literature by addressing three methodological issues that are not widely recognized in the IB/IM literature.

scholarly journals Bridging the relevance-ranking chasm: mission impossible?

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy Zolkiewski
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
First Century ◽  
Management Research ◽  
Business Research ◽  
Business World ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Status ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to debate the challenges related to balancing relevance and ranking in management research. Design/methodology/approach This is a commentary on and review of challenges faced by twenty-first century management academics. Findings There is a chasm between managerial relevance and current managerial research; however, with academic buy-in, there are ways in which the chasm can be crossed. Research limitations/implications The implications of this are wide reaching for management researchers. They are challenged to consider different methodologies, strategies and dissemination avenues for their research. Practical implications Researchers need to consider not only collaboration with practitioners, as they pursue solutions to managerial problems, but also more inter-disciplinary research that addresses the wicked problems of management in practice. Social implications Solving the challenge of managerial relevance of business research has the potential to allow the contribution of business academia to be fully appreciated by practitioners. Originality/value The value of this thought-piece is that it challenges business and management academics to challenge the status quo and fight to make their research relevant to and valued by the business world.

scholarly journals “The ability to get a job”: student understandings and definitions of employability

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 406-420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Gedye ◽  
Emily Beaumont
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Limited Attention ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sport Science ◽  
Sports Science ◽  
Discipline Area ◽  
Specific Discipline

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore employability in the context of higher education (HE) from the students’ perspective. Limited attention has been paid to student understandings of their own employability in a Sport Science context and Tymon (2011) refers to them as “the missing perspective”. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents the findings of a study of Marine Sports Science students (n=63) at a post-1992 HE institution which through the qualitative element of a mixed methods survey explored their changing articulations of their employability as they progressed through their studies. The students surveyed were in receipt of a comprehensive programme of enterprise and employability activities embedded within their programme. Findings Qualitative results showed that Marine Sport Science students’ articulations of employability expanded in vocabulary as the students progressed through their studies. Definitions also shifted from those that centred on what employers want (extrinsic) to what the student had to offer the employer (intrinsic). Originality/value There are very few examples of studies that explore employability from the students’ perspective and this paper adds understanding on this “missing perspective”. It also addresses a specific discipline area; Marine Sport Science, which has yet to feature in any literature on employability.

scholarly journals Can blockchain-technology fight corruption in MNEs’ operations in emerging markets?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Davis ◽  
Thomas Taro Lennerfors ◽  
Daniel Tolstoy
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
International Business ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
International Management ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Business Operations ◽  
Technological Perspective

Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore, with anchorage in theories about the normalization of corruption, under what conditions blockchain technology can mitigate corruptive practices of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in emerging markets (EMs). Design/methodology/approach By synthesizing a technological perspective and theory on corruption, the authors examine the feasibility of blockchain for fighting corruption in MNEs’ business operations in EMs. Findings Blockchain technology is theorized to have varying mitigating effects on the rationalization, socialization and institutionalization of corruption. The authors provide propositions describing the effects and the limitations of blockchain for mitigating corruption in EMs. Social implications This paper offers a perspective for how to tackle acute business problems and social problems pronounced in international business but also prevailing elsewhere. Originality/value The study contributes to literature in international management by systematically exploring how and under what conditions blockchain can mitigate the normalization of corruption.

Approaching multinationals in clusters from different perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-456
Author(s):  
Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver ◽  
Fiorenza Belussi ◽  
Silvia Rita Sedita ◽  
Annalisa Caloffi ◽  
Gregorio Gonzalez-Alcaide
Keyword(s):  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
International Business ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Specific Topic ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Cross Fertilization ◽  
Blind Spots

Purpose For the specific topic of multinationals in clusters, both regional strands and international business and management literatures address the topic from different yet intertwined perspectives. This study aims to facilitate the integration of the conversations and the distinct literatures to produce a clear understanding and conceptualization of the existent knowledge on the topic, with the aim to foster an integration of those different lines of inquiry on the topic that can advance scholarly research and improve policymaking. Design/methodology/approach Mixing a robust and longitudinal bibliometric analysis (1992-2018) and a qualitative critical review, the study disentangles sub-conversations on the topic in each literature. Findings The study encounters commonalities that foster cross-fertilization and blind spots that prevent integration of findings from each literature. Research limitations/implications Both literatures need to cross-fertilize and integrate each other’s knowledge. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to integrate literatures using bibliometrics, mapping the existing knowledge on two key areas of competitiveness: clusters and multinationals.

International management challenges of professional service firms: a synthesis of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ciara O’Higgins ◽  
Tatiana Andreeva ◽  
Nekane Aramburu Goya
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
International Management ◽  
Professional Service ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
Professional Service Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to identify what international management challenges professional service firms (PSFs) face and why they face them. Design/methodology/approach This study carries a focussed thematic literature review of 102 empirical articles. This paper uses content analysis to extract and aggregate challenges identified by researchers in their fieldwork and then analysed this data using qualitative and quantitative methods. Findings This study identifies 10 international management challenges that PSFs face and a number of causes for these challenges. The analysis also suggests that the distinctive characteristics of PSFs generate some of the international management challenges for PSFs. Practical implications This study helps PSF managers understand the international management challenges they may face depending on the specifics of their company, thus helping them better prepare their internationalisation. Originality/value This study contributes to providing a greater understanding of what is holding PSFs back in their internationalisation and why. It demonstrates that distinctive characteristics of PSFs may predict the challenges that PSFs will face, thus paving the way for further research on international management in PSFs and for the development of the diagnostic tool for practitioners that could help them to identify which challenges they should prepare for most.

Doctorateness and the DBA: what next?

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Poole
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Administration ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Professional Doctorate ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
The Status ◽  
Professional Doctorates ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Current Provision

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programmes currently offered by UK universities are appropriate to the needs of all stakeholders, including those of the experienced business and management professionals who enrol on them. Design/methodology/approach The paper proceeds to its conclusions by scrutinising DBA programme descriptors on UK university websites, by critically reviewing the content of recent academic papers on doctorates in the fields of business and management, and by considering current provision in the light of ongoing debates about the nature of “doctorateness” taking place in the field of doctoral education as a whole. Findings On the basis of a detailed review of relevant scholarly literature and of UK university website material, the paper concludes by suggesting, among other things, three possible futures for the DBA: one in which essentially the status quo prevails; a second in which all doctorates carry the award title PhD (though with two variants); and a third in which, in response to views expressed elsewhere in Europe, the current “professional doctorate” in business administration is no longer referred to as a “doctorate” but takes on a new title. Originality/value This paper is an original contribution to the debate about the value and purpose of professional doctorates (and, in particular of the DBA) to the professional development of experienced managers and to their skills in research and workplace problem solving and decision making.

Tracing Teutonic footprints in VET around the world?

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 745-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Pilz ◽  
Junmin Li
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
International Management ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
Employment Systems ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
And Training ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This paper aims to focus on the vocational and training behaviours of German corporations at their subsidiaries in the USA, China and India. Although all three countries are important markets for Germany, they are characterised by very different cultures, vocational education and training (VET) systems and employment systems. The transfer of the German VET system to other countries has been the topic of discussion and controversy. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors rely on interviews with local training experts of German subsidiaries to analyse VET activities. Their analysis is based on convergence (standardisation) versus divergence (localisation) theory borrowed from approaches in international management studies. Findings – The findings indicate a “localisation” effect in all three nations. The similarities can be explained partially by the stronger focus on off-the-job trainings and greater preferences for academic careers. Research limitations/implications – The study is a pilot study. Practical implications – The transfer of the German VET system to other countries seems to be very difficult. Originality/value – Beyond this general debate, the specialist literature pays virtually no attention to the training practices of German companies abroad. The authors have tried to fill this research gap.

scholarly journals Completing a PhD in business and management

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 615-621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh K Dwivedi ◽  
M. N. Ravishankar ◽  
Antonis Constantinou Simintiras
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doctoral Completion ◽  
Publication Strategy ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Entering Students ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
Business And Management

Purpose – Despite the ever-growing number of PhD students all over the world, there remain significant doubts about whether entering students in business and management disciplines fully understand the process of producing a PhD thesis, defending it and developing a coherent publication strategy. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to offer some guidance on what it takes to successfully complete a doctoral research thesis. Design/methodology/approach – The arguments and guidance presented in this viewpoint paper are drawn on the authors’ collective supervision and doctoral examination experiences. Findings – The paper presents guidelines on three key issues related with the doctoral completion: choosing a research problem; demonstrating rigour and quality; developing a publication strategy. Originality/value – The content presented in this paper would be valuable aide to those pursuing doctoral research.

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