caa a22 4500 44534850X CHVBK 20180317142836.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3 The evolution of the international business field: a scientometric investigation of articles published in its premier journal [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Liesch, Lars Håkanson, Sara McGaughey, Stuart Middleton, Julia Cretchley] Macro-environmental trends such as technological changes, declining trade and investment barriers, and globalizing forces impacting both markets and production worldwide point to the heightened importance of international business (IB) and the relevance of IB research today. Despite this, a leading scholar has expressed concerns that the IB research agenda could be ‘running out of steam' (Buckley, Journal of International Business Studies 33(2):365-373, 2002), prompting on-going introspection within the IB field. We contribute to this debate by investigating the evolution of the IB field through a scientometric examination of articles published in its premier journal, the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) from 1970 until 2008. We introduce a new analytical tool, Leximancer, to the fields of international business and scientometry. We show an evolution from an initial and extended emphasis on macro-environmental issues to a more recent focus on micro-economic, firm-level ones with the multinational enterprise (MNE) as an organizational form enduring throughout the entire period. We observe a field that has established a justifiable claim for relevance, participating actively in the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary, 2011 International business nationallicence Scholarly field nationallicence Evolution nationallicence Concepts nationallicence Leximancer nationallicence Liesch Peter UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut Håkanson Lars UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut McGaughey Sara University of Strathclyde Business School, 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut Middleton Stuart UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut Cretchley Julia Leximancer Pty. Ltd, 4074, Jindalee, QLD, Australia aut Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 17-42 0138-9130 88:1<17 2011 88 11192 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-011-0372-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liesch Peter UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Håkanson Lars UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McGaughey Sara University of Strathclyde Business School, 199 Cathedral Street, G4 0QU, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Middleton Stuart UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, 4072, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cretchley Julia Leximancer Pty. Ltd, 4074, Jindalee, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Scientometrics Springer Netherlands 88/1(2011-07-01), 17-42 0138-9130 88:1<17 2011 88 11192 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer