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jibs-topic-selection
Use when choosing or sharpening a research question for a Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) manuscript — testing whether it is a genuine international-business phenomenon with country/culture as a level of analysis, and whether JIBS (vs. AMJ/SMJ/JWB) is the right venue. Locks the question; it does not build the mechanism (jibs-theory-development).
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# Phenomenon-Driven Topic Selection (jibs-topic-selection)
## When to trigger
- You have an idea or a dataset but are unsure it is a real *international-business* question
- Your sample is one country and you are not sure that qualifies as IB
- You can describe a finding but not the cross-border phenomenon behind it
- You are deciding between JIBS and an adjacent journal (AMJ, SMJ, JWB, GSJ, MIR)
## The JIBS fit test
JIBS is distinctively **phenomenon-based**. Its Statement of Editorial Policy seeks "insightful and innovative" research on real-world international-business problems, and the journal explicitly discourages incremental extensions. Before anything else, your topic must pass four gates:
1. **Phenomenon gate.** Name a concrete cross-border, multi-country, or global phenomenon, problem, or puzzle (e.g., an MNE entry-mode choice, a subsidiary-HQ tension, a cross-cultural negotiation outcome, a de-globalization shock). If you can only name a "gap," you do not yet have a JIBS topic.