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Process perspectives in international business research in CEE

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  • Internationalisation processes have been a core interest of international business research since the seminal contribution by Johanson and Vahlne (1977).

  • The unique context of economic transition in CEE directs the attention to dynamic aspects of these processes, and to the interaction with changing environmental conditions.

  • This introductory paper reviews the contributions of recent CEE research, and this special issue in particular, to advance our understanding of internationalisation processes.

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  1. University of Reading, UK

    Klaus E. Meyer (Professor of Management)

  2. London Business School, UK

    Modestas Gelbuda (AIM Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Co-founder and Board Member)

  3. CIBER Research Centre in Lithuania, UK

    Modestas Gelbuda (AIM Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Co-founder and Board Member)

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The authors thank Olav Jull Sørensen and Ulf Andersson for stimulating discussions and comments. Klaus Meyer has been affiliated with Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and National Chengchi University, Taiwan while working on this paper and thanks both institutions for the support received. Modestas Gelbuda thanks the Center for International Business and Economic Research (CIBER) in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Aalborg University, Denmark, for their support. The authors also thank Jan Johanson, Snejina Michailova, Mike Peng, Arunas Starkus, Žilvinas Židonis and Virginijus Tamaševičius, who provided helpful comments.

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Meyer, K.E., Gelbuda, M. Process perspectives in international business research in CEE. MANAGE. INT. REV. 46, 143–164 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-006-0042-5

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