Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-6-2025
Publication Title
Journal of World Business
Volume
61
Issue
1
Pages
1-38
Publisher Name
Elsevier
Abstract
International business (IB) scholarship portrays internationalization as dominantly positive for individuals and organizations. We challenge this dominant view, arguing that while internationalization can generate positive economic outcomes, it often results in environmental injustice for the masses of poor individuals living in extreme poverty. Drawing on postcolonial theory, we generate three testable propositions that specifically address the colonial legacy in former colonial nations with extreme poverty; these propositions relate to these nations’ institutional void, colonizer privilege, and racial capitalism. We then generate a future research agenda at the intersection of IB, those in extreme poverty, and environmental injustice.
Recommended Citation
Bruton, Garry D.; Showkat, Sadek; and Zhan, Tianyue. Poverty, internationalization, and environmental injustice: A postcolonial theoretical perspective. Journal of World Business, 61, 1: 1-38, 2025. Retrieved from Loyola eCommons, School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101692
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Author Posting © Elsevier, 2025. This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of World Business, Vol. 61, Iss. 1 (January 2026), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2025.101692.