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Common Method Variance in International Business Research: Further Reflections

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The authors of the original JIBS article share some further reflections on the role of common method variance in international business research.

We thank Bo Bernhard Nielsen for helpful comments on an earlier draft.

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van Witteloostuijn, A., Eden, L., Chang, SJ. (2020). Common Method Variance in International Business Research: Further Reflections. In: Eden, L., Nielsen, B.B., Verbeke, A. (eds) Research Methods in International Business. JIBS Special Collections. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22113-3_22

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