Exploiting bullets: international business and the dynamics of war

IF 2 Q3 BUSINESS

Critical Perspectives on International Business Pub Date : 2021-09-27 DOI:10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0063

Martin D. Owens

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Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically review the existing research on the intersection between war and international business (IB) and to map out a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on corporate examples and extant literature within IB, political science and international relations, the paper provides an introduction to the main concepts of war, a review of the IB research on war and provides a critical future research agenda. Findings The review of the multiple strands of war-related research in IB generally reveals an understudied area. Among other biases, prior research has focused on inter-state wars and has relatively unexplored foreign direct investment (FDI) and non-FDI within civil wars. Furthermore, previous studies offer little attention to how IB and multinational companies contribute to the emergence and development of wars. Originality/value The paper develops an analytical and critical research agenda for future research to examine the relationship between war and IB. This includes a set of questions for each of the three major phases of war: pre-conflict, armed violence and post-conflict. To the best of my knowledge, this has not been done before in the context of IB research.

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开发子弹：国际商业与战争动态

目的本文的目的是批判性地回顾现有的关于战争与国际商业交叉的研究，并制定未来的研究议程。设计/方法论/方法借鉴IB、政治学和国际关系领域的企业实例和现有文献，介绍了战争的主要概念，回顾了IB对战争的研究，并提出了重要的未来研究议程。调查结果对IB中与战争相关的多个研究领域的回顾通常揭示了一个研究不足的领域。在其他偏见中，先前的研究侧重于国家间战争，并在内战中对外国直接投资和非外国直接投资进行了相对未经探索的研究。此外，以前的研究很少关注IB和跨国公司如何对战争的出现和发展做出贡献。原创性/价值本文为未来的研究制定了一个分析性和批判性的研究议程，以研究战争与IB之间的关系。其中包括一系列关于战争三个主要阶段的问题：冲突前、武装暴力和冲突后。据我所知，在IB研究的背景下，这是以前从未做过的。

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Critical Perspectives on International Business BUSINESS-

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期刊介绍： In recent years, the business practices and management philosophies of global enterprises have been subject to increasingly close scrutiny by commentators in the fields of journalism and academia. Such scrutiny has been motivated by a growing desire to examine the nature of globalisation, its impact on specific communities and its benefits for society as a whole. Coverage includes, but is not restricted to, issues of: ■Globalization ■Production and consumption ■Economic change ■Societal change ■Politics and power of organizations and governments ■Environmental impact