In the 2020 Annual Meeting, the Japanese Academy of Business Administration kindly offered me an opportunity to explore my ideas regarding globally-standardized research practices in the field of management studies. In my presentation, I made the following four points: (1) what is the globally-standardized research practice?, (2) how did it start and develop?, (3) how should we assess its superiority compared to other research approaches?, and (4) what would be potential implications for scholars in Japan? In this paper, I present a brief summary of my presentation and reflections of conversations with other presenters and participants at the meeting.
