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Guides building cross-level theoretical mechanisms and deriving hypotheses for JIBS manuscripts, specifying country/culture→firm/individual logic and boundary conditions.
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/jibs-skills:jibs-theory-developmentThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Your hypotheses read as "A relates to B" with no IB mechanism
JIBS's signature is that country and culture are levels of analysis. Strong JIBS theory makes the cross-level logic explicit:
Ground the argument in a recognizable IB lens — internalization/transaction-cost, the OLI/eclectic paradigm, the Uppsala internationalization-process model, institutional theory (including institutional voids and distance), the resource-/knowledge-based view applied to the MNE, springboard/LLL perspectives for emerging-market MNEs, or cross-cultural value frameworks. Then state precisely how you extend, qualify, or challenge it. Borrowing a non-IB theory is welcome only if you show what it adds to IB.
Derive hypotheses a priori from the mechanism (not after seeing results). For internationalization-as-process arguments, be explicit that the relationship may be dynamic and path-dependent — this foreshadows the dynamic-endogeneity concern reviewers will raise in analysis. Each hypothesis should name the level, the direction, and the boundary condition.
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.【Levels & mechanism】country/culture-level condition → micro process → outcome ...
【IB lens】internalization / OLI / Uppsala / institutional / springboard / ...
【Distance logic】direction & asymmetry theorized? ...
【Hypotheses】H1..Hk with level, sign, boundary condition (a priori) ...
【IB contribution claim】what the field learns ...
【Next step】jibs-literature-positioning then jibs-methods
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin jibs-skillsFrames IB theoretical contribution for a JIBS manuscript — stating cross-border insights, non-incrementality, and implications for theory, practice, and societal impact.
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