From jibs-skills
Positions a JIBS manuscript within the international-business conversation by problematizing assumptions and joining a live IB debate. Useful when reviewers ask how the work engages existing IB theory.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/jibs-skills:jibs-literature-positioningThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Your introduction reads as "little research has examined X" (gap-spotting)
JIBS, as a phenomenon-driven journal, rewards papers that problematize an assumption in the IB literature rather than catalog an empty cell. Identify a tension, an anomaly, or a contested mechanism in IB scholarship and show why resolving it matters for understanding cross-border activity. "No one has studied this country" is not a contribution; "the dominant internationalization-process account predicts X, but this phenomenon shows the opposite" is.
Situate the work inside a recognizable, ongoing IB debate — for example:
Name the conversation, the camps, and where your study intervenes.
JIBS papers are expected to cite the field's foundational and current IB work, including relevant JIBS articles and the journal's editorial canon. Engage the AIB Research Methods SIG "From the Editors" editorials where they bear on your design choices, and treat country/culture-as-level as a positioning commitment, not an afterthought. Distinguish your contribution from adjacent venues (JWB, MIR, GSJ, IBR) so the editor sees why this belongs at JIBS specifically.
Use this as a second-pass capability check. First lock the cross-border mechanism, level of analysis, institutional context, and generalizability claim; then test whether the manuscript addresses international-business reviewers who expect cross-border theory, context sensitivity, and credible firm or institution evidence.
claim / evidence / blocker / next edit rows so the next pass can patch the manuscript directly.resources/official-source-map.md for volatile rules and name the one unresolved fact that could change the recommendation.【Problematization】the IB assumption/tension you unsettle ...
【Conversation joined】named IB debate + camps ...
【Intervention】where and how you intervene ...
【Canon engaged】foundational + current JIBS/IB cites; relevant FTE editorials ...
【Why JIBS not JWB/MIR】 ...
【Next step】jibs-methods (design) → jibs-contribution-framing (claim)
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jibs-skillsValidates whether a research question fits JIBS by testing cross-border phenomenon, country/culture level of analysis, IB theory contribution, and cross-national variation. Routes to alternative journals when JIBS is not the right venue.
Evaluates manuscript fit for Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) and helps reframe international-business research for this venue.
Positions a JMS manuscript against the literature by naming the theoretical conversation and showing what the paper adds. Use when the literature review lacks argument or reviewers question the contribution.