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    Watson, George F.; Weaven, Scott; Perkins, Helen; Sardana, Deepak; Palmatier, Robert W.

    Journal of International Marketing, 03/2018, Volume: 26, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    The adoption of digital communications, facilitated by Internet technology, has been among the most significant international business developments of the past 25 years. This article investigates the effect of these new technologies and the changing global business environment to understand how regional approaches to international market entry (IME) are changing in light of macro developments. Despite substantial resources in business practice dedicated to combining rebtional strategies in digital settings, this analysis of extant literature reveals that fewer than 3% of peer-reviewed research articles in the international marketing domain examine digital contexts. To address this gap, the authors assess 25 years of literature to provide (1) a description of the evolution of IME research; (2) a review and synthesis of pertinent literature that adopts relational, digital, and hybrid approaches to IME; (3) a taxonomy of IME strategies; and (4) directions for further research.