Aykol, B and Leonidou, LC (2018) Exporter-importer business relationships: Past empirical research and future directions. International Business Review, 27 (5). pp. 1007-1021. ISSN 0969-5931
Abstract
We present a systematic and comprehensive review of the extant empirical literature on exporter-importer business relationships during the period 1975–2017. The review covers 196 articles published in academic journals, which were content-analyzed with their theoretical background, research design, scope of research, sampling/data collection methods, data analysis, and thematic areas covered. Our findings reveal that this line of research is characterized by: (a) a sound theoretical foundation, the most frequent theories being the behavioral paradigm, transaction cost economics, and relational exchange theory; (b) heavy emphasis on formalized, statistical, cross-sectional, and causal research designs; (c) focus on single-country studies, conducted mainly in Europe, Asia, and North America; (d) a tendency to employ probabilistic samples, of a relatively large size; (e) an adoption of relatively sophisticated methods to purify and analyze data collected; and (f) an emphasis on topics relating to behavioral and structural relational dimensions, followed by external and internal influences. Guidelines for researchers focusing on exporter-importer relationships are provided, as well as suggestions for potential new research topics.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Business Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Exporter-importer relationships; Literature review; Exporting; Importing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Marketing Division (LUBS) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2018 12:39 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2019 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.03.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:128204 |
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