An assessment of the measurement of performance in international business research uri icon

abstract

  • A sizeable body of international business (IB) research is devoted to building knowledge about the determinants of organizational performance. A key precursor to accurately diagnosing why some organizations succeed in the international marketplace while others struggle is operationalizing performance appropriately. Yet, to date, no systematic investigation has considered how well IB research measures performance. We examine the measurement of performance in 96 articles published in the Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science, Organization Science, and the Strategic Management Journal between 1995 and 2005. The findings reveal that most studies do not measure performance in a manner that captures the multifaceted nature of the construct. We describe the implications of these results, and offer suggestions for improving future practice. 2008 Academy of International Business.

published proceedings

  • Journal of International Business Studies

altmetric score

  • 1

author list (cited authors)

  • Hult, G., Ketchen, D. J., Griffith, D. A., Chabowski, B. R., Hamman, M. K., Dykes, B. J., Pollitte, W. A., & Cavusgil, S. T.

citation count

  • 311

complete list of authors

  • Hult, G Tomas M||Ketchen, David J||Griffith, David A||Chabowski, Brian R||Hamman, Mary K||Dykes, Bernadine Johnson||Pollitte, Wesley A||Cavusgil, S Tamer

publication date

  • September 2008