CALL FOR PAPERS FOR A SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS
MANAGERIAL DECISION MAKING IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Guest Co-Editors:
Yair Aharoni, Tel Aviv University (
yairah@post.tau.ac.il)
Laszlo Tihanyi, Texas A&M University (
ltihanyi@tamu.edu)
Deadline for submission: December 15, 2008
Tentative publication date: Fall of 2009 or Spring of 2010
Background
Managerial decisions in the multinational company (MNC) involve high levels
of uncertainty, incomplete information, and complex organizational
processes. While the behavioral explanations of foreign direct investment
and MNC operations appeared relatively early in international business
research, a large number of studies continue to assume full rationality and
perfect information or leave no role for decision makers in their models.
However, recent theoretical advancements in behavioral economics and
psychology along with international business developments, such as the
increasing diversity of competition, emergence of uncertain country markets,
and the ever-increasing organizational complexity suggest an enhanced role
for MNC decision makers.
Special Issue Purpose
Our goals in this Special Issue are to evaluate the state of research on
international decision making, to bring together a group of high quality
papers on the subject, and to identify new directions for future research.
We are interested in both empirical and conceptual papers from scholars with
different perspectives on international decision making, including
behavioral economics, human resource management, marketing, organizational
behavior, and strategy. Submitted papers may be based on different
methodological approaches. However, selected papers for the Special Issue
are expected to make a meaningful contribution to the international business
literature, consistent with the mission of the Journal of World Business.
The following are representative issues that we seek to address in this issue:
*What are the roles of biases and heuristics in international decisions?
What are the organizational and strategic implications of bounded rationality?
*How do top management teams make international decisions? What are the
main factors that influence decision making beyond traditional upper echelon
characteristics?
*Where do managers and members of the board of directors obtain information
to make international decisions? What is the role of social relationships
in making these decisions?
*How do MNC subsidiary managers deal with uncertainty in local consumer
markets?
*What are the sources of internationalization and market entry decisions?
At what organizational levels in the MNC are these decisions made?
*How does organizational complexity influence decision making in MNCs? How
do headquarters and subsidiaries interact during decision making?
*Do decision-making biases and heuristics vary across MNC managers from
different cultures?
*What specific contributions can international business research offer to
behavioral economics and prospect theory?
*We are open to different topics and research designs that provide
significant contributions to the theory and practice of international
managerial decision making.
Submission Information
Papers will be subjected to double-blind peer review in accordance with JWB
guidelines (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10909516). Authors
should submit an electronic copy of their manuscript as a word-file, which
does not reveal their identity in the document. Send all submissions
electronically to Laszlo Tihanyi at
ltihanyi@tamu.edu.
Apologies for cross-postings.
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Laszlo Tihanyi
Associate Professor and Mays Research Fellow
Department of Management
Mays Business School
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-4221
Tel: 979-845-2825 | Fax: 979-845-9641
http://people.tamu.edu/~ltihanyi/