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Globalization, new ecologies, new zoologies, and the purported death of the eclectic paradigm

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This paper provides a commentary to John Mathews' article in issue 23(1) of the Asia Pacific Journal of Management. I discuss how globalisation is fundamentally altering the milieu within which international business is conducted, and this new ‘ecology’ may indeed require scholars to consider a new ‘zoology’ of firms in the future. However, his specific suggestions are based on sparse evidence, and his alternative to the eclectic paradigm is founded on a misunderstanding of some fundamental concepts.

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Narula, R. Globalization, new ecologies, new zoologies, and the purported death of the eclectic paradigm. Asia Pacific J Manage 23, 143–151 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10490-006-7162-0

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