The Internalization Theory of the Multinational Enterprise: Past, Present and Future
提出了扩展国际商务理论的研究议程，以解释更广泛的现象，强调理论需关注行业与企业，并基于成功的社会科学原则构建，避免从个别案例中概括。
Abstract This paper presents an agenda for extending the theory of international business in order to explain a wider range of phenomena. This, however, has to be done with due attention to the requirements of good social science theory. Relevant criteria are set out, together with a list of issues that new theory must address. Theory needs to focus on industries as well as firms, and make greater use of formal multi‐actor models. ‘Generalizing from the particular’ should be avoided; theory needs to be derived from general social science principles that have proved successful in cognate disciplines.