How I wrote my ‘velcro’ paper: 4 lessons from a conceptual writing journey

How I wrote my ‘velcro’ paper: 4 lessons from a conceptual writing journey

By Riyad A. Shahjahan As I have recently blogged, there is a plethora of advice on empirical work writing, but not as much about conceptual and theoretical scholarship. In this blog post, I reflect on the lessons learned from writing a conceptual piece about the nation-state ontology in internationalization — a paper I now refer to as the “velcro” paper. The process of writing this ‘velcro’ paper involved more than just presenting a coherent argument;…