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September 2004, Volume 35, Number 5, Pages 456-458

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Book Review

For more than two decades, the eclectic OLI paradigm developed by John Dunning has provided a unifying framework for research on multinational enterprises. Numerous scholars, including John Dunning himself, have continuously extended it to analyze new research questions emerging with new forms of international business and with increased globalization.

'International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm' aims to reassess the contributions of the paradigm to the development of international business research, and its suitability for contemporary research agendas. How can it be adapted to analyze new research questions, and how does it relate to newer developments of theories applied in the international business field? John Cantwell and Rajneesh Narula brought together an impressive group of scholars to these issues. Ram Mudambi reviews their book, and thus reflects over the perspectives for the OLI paradigm within international business research.

Klaus E Meyer

JIBS Book Review Editor

International business and the eclectic paradigm: developing the OLI framework

John Cantwell and Rajneesh Narula
London: Routledge; 2003

Reviewed by: Ram Mudambi1

1Department of General & Strategic Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. E-mail: ram.mudambi@temple.edu

Abstract

Journal of International Business Studies (2004) 35, 456-458. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400092


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