Time Matters

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

Organisation(s)
Department of Marketing and International Business
External organisation(s)
University of Sheffield, University of Queensland, Mälardalen University, Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, University of Turku
Journal
Journal of World Business
Volume
59
ISSN
1090-9516
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101521
Publication date
02-2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
502054 Entrepreneurship, 502016 SME-research
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management, Marketing, Finance
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/time-matters(5133cfb5-316d-4d49-8913-edff6ba53111).html