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Export barriers as liabilities: near perfect substitutes

European Business Review, ISSN: 0955-534X, Vol: 29, Issue: 1, Page: 61-102
2017
  • 15
    Citations
  • 0
    Usage
  • 59
    Captures
  • 0
    Mentions
  • 0
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  • Citations
    15
    • Citation Indexes
      15
  • Captures
    59

Article Description

Purpose: This study aims to use analogical reasoning to draw a conceptual link between liabilities in International Business (IB) and export barriers. Design/methodology/approach: Following a review of 130 articles on export barriers, the study develops and applies a “liabilities” metonymy to connect the source construct (liabilities in the IB) and target subject (export barriers). Findings: Liabilities in the IB map to export barriers, and the concepts of liability of foreignness, liability of outsidership, liability of newness and liability of smallness can substitute export barriers. Practical implications: Adoption of metonymy creates new opportunities for enhancing theory development while offering alternative perspectives regarding coping mechanisms for overcoming export barriers. Originality/value: This, to the author’s best knowledge, is the first study in the IB to theorize based on metonymy.

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