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jibs-theory-development
Use when building the theoretical mechanism and deriving hypotheses for a Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) manuscript — specifying cross-level (country/culture → firm/individual) logic, boundary conditions, and an explicit contribution to international-business theory. Builds the argument; it does not test it (jibs-data-analysis) or pick the design (jibs-methods).
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# Cross-Level IB Theory Development (jibs-theory-development)
## When to trigger
- Your hypotheses read as "A relates to B" with no IB mechanism
- Country or culture appears in the model but is not theorized as a level
- You are unsure whether your moderator is a cross-level or same-level effect
- A reviewer says "the theoretical contribution to IB is unclear"
## Theorize across levels, not just across borders
JIBS's signature is that **country and culture are levels of analysis**. Strong JIBS theory makes the cross-level logic explicit:
- **Name the levels.** Individual, firm/subsidiary, and country. State which level the focal construct, the cause, and the outcome each live on.