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A guide for structuring and articulating the theoretical contribution of International Business (IB) research, particularly for high-impact journals. It helps researchers move beyond merely descriptive findings by establishing non-incremental, cross-border insights, defining theoretical moves (e.g., qualifying or overturning established theory), and integrating societal or policy implications into the core argument.

This comprehensive guide provides rigorous methodological guidelines for executing and reporting empirical analysis on cross-national, multi-level, or panel data, specifically tailored for top-tier international business journals. It covers essential checks like measurement invariance (configural to scalar), Common Method Variance (CMV), dynamic endogeneity, and appropriate estimation techniques (e.g., Multilevel SEM, GMM), ensuring research meets the highest academic standards.

This guide teaches scholars how to strategically position their research paper within the ongoing international business (IB) academic conversation. Instead of merely identifying a research gap, it instructs users to problematize core assumptions, join established academic debates, and structure their arguments to demonstrate clear intellectual intervention. Essential for refining paper introductions before submission to top-tier journals.

A specialized guide for structuring rigorous empirical studies, particularly for journals like JIBS. It helps researchers map their research phenomenon to the correct cross-country, multilevel, or panel design. Critically, it mandates planning for advanced econometric issues—including common-method variance, measurement equivalence, and dynamic endogeneity—at the initial design stage to ensure methodological rigor.

A comprehensive guide for authors preparing a major revision and response letter after a top-tier academic journal review (e.g., JIBS). It details the necessary workflow, including prioritizing feedback from the area editor, executing complex methodologies (cross-national measurement, CMV, endogeneity, invariance testing), and structuring a precise, point-by-point response to demonstrate rigorous compliance with journal standards.

A comprehensive guide for authors navigating the rigorous academic review process of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). It details the steps from editorial desk-screening and area-editor routing to the double-blind review standards. Learn how to interpret complex decision letters, address specific methodological concerns (e.g., endogeneity, CMV, invariance), and structure effective revisions to maximize publication chances.

This guide provides a comprehensive pre-submission preflight checklist for manuscripts targeting the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). It ensures authors meet all structural, formatting, and ethical requirements, including double-blind anonymization, adhering to the JIBS Style Guide, managing word counts, and complying with Data Accessibility Statement (DART) policies before submitting to the Springer Nature portal.

This guide assists in creating high-quality, journal-ready exhibits (tables and figures) specifically for the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). It covers complex topics like cross-country descriptives, measurement-invariance tests, main results presentation, and cross-level interactions. The focus is on ensuring statistical rigor, strict adherence to journal style, and effective word count management for cross-border academic publications.

A guide for developing robust, theory-driven hypotheses for top-tier international business journals (e.g., JIBS). It focuses on specifying cross-level logic (country/culture $\rightarrow$ firm/individual), identifying boundary conditions, and grounding arguments in established IB theoretical traditions. It teaches how to move beyond merely running data in a foreign context to making the international environment itself a causal variable.

This specialized tool guides researchers in critically evaluating if an academic idea or dataset qualifies as a genuine, theory-contributing international-business phenomenon. It implements a rigorous multi-gate test, analyzing the phenomenon, level of analysis, international theory contribution, and cross-national variation needed for high-impact publishing in journals like JIBS.

This comprehensive guide acts as a router for preparing a manuscript for the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). It helps researchers determine the next logical step, guiding the process from initial topic selection and theory development through data analysis, writing, and final submission/rebuttal. It ensures the manuscript addresses a real-world international-business phenomenon and contributes explicitly to IB theory.

This tool is designed for the final polish of academic manuscripts intended for high-impact international business journals (e.g., JIBS). It ensures the prose is phenomenon-driven, explicitly states the International Business (IB) theory contribution, maintains disciplined and non-essentializing cross-cultural language, and adheres to stringent style guide conventions, including word count and citation formatting. Use this when the core argument is solid but the writing requires professional structural and stylistic refinement for publication.