Contribuições dos negócios internacionais a partir de uma perspectiva pós-colonial: Uma revisão crítica
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A literatura dominante sobre negócios internacionais tem desempenhado um papel fundamental em um processo internacional assimétrico ao priorizar o poder hegemônico e o domínio dos países desenvolvidos. As práticas desse imperialismo, especialmente por empresas multinacionais, estão tradicionalmente enraizadas em legados coloniais. Este artigo, portanto, tem como objetivo revisar a pesquisa teórica e empírica sobre negócios internacionais sob a perspectiva crítica do pós-colonialismo. Os resultados mostram que as empresas multinacionais possuem vantagens sobre o país anfitrião, sugerindo, ainda, traços de domínio entre colonizadores e ex-colônias. Especificamente, os resultados mostram que tópicos sobre linguagem, escravidão, mecanismos de controle e imperialismo e capitalismo são dominantes no campo dos negócios internacionais, sugerindo um forte efeito do colonialismo histórico nas atividades comerciais internacionais. A análise crítica fundamentada em perspectivas pós-coloniais e de negócios internacionais chama a atenção para algumas vertentes negligenciadas, senão intocadas, com lacunas substanciais no conhecimento prevalente, abrindo novos caminhos para pesquisas futuras.
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