Time matters: rethinking the role of time in the philosophical, conceptual and methodological domains of international business

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The purpose of this editorial, and the special issue, is to initiate a dialogue about the role of time in international business (IB) scholarship. While time is inherent in IB phenomena, it has, to date, received limited attention in IB research and theorizing. When IB scholars do account for time, they generally adhere to assumptions representing time as linear and objective. We discuss the importance of time in the philosophical, conceptual, and methodological domains of IB, defining each of these three interconnected domains, problematizing their dominant assumptions about time, and suggesting potential avenues for rethinking time in IB.

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Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Plakoyiannaki, E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5411-9491 Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, E. Hassett, M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-0549 Liesch, P.W. Andersson, U. Rose, E.L.
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2024 The Authors. Except as otherwise noted, this author-accepted version of a journal article published in Journal of World Business is made available via the University of Sheffield Research Publications and Copyright Policy under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords:	Time; Temporality; Philosophical assumptions; Conceptualization; Methodology
Dates:	Published: February 2024 Published (online): 30 January 2024 Accepted: 14 January 2024 Submitted: 17 August 2023
Institution:	The University of Sheffield
Academic Units:	The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Sheffield
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2024 13:07
Last Modified:	16 Apr 2024 10:04
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Refereed:	Yes
Identification Number:	10.1016/j.jwb.2024.101521
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211521

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