This is a brief reminder to submit papers for the Third Reading IB
Conference. Our focus tends to be on the conceptual rather than the
empirical, and this this year's theme is built around understanding --
and possibly bridging -- the increasingly tenuous and fraying link
between empirical and theoretical research in IB. We deliberately seek
to advance the understanding of IB as a broad and multidisciplinary
subject by examining and internalising empirical and conceptual
observations from related fields with a view to enriching IB theory.
Everything is based around a series of structured open debates on
specific themes. We have done this twice, and included panellists such
as Peter Buckley, Tatjana Kostova, Ravi Ramamurti, Alain Verbeke, Rob
van Tulder, Steve Tallman, Ram Mudambi, Mike Kotaabe, Bernard Yeung,
amongst others.
1.
The conference will be structured around *four open-ended debates*
with an explicit focus on conceptual and theoretical
developments. Debate sessions are intended to maximise
participation from the floor, with the four invited panelists
speaking for no longer than 5 minutes each. This year's panelists
include: Invited Speakers include: Geoffrey Jones (Harvard), John
Cantwell (Rutgers), Lorraine Eden (Texas A&M), John Hagedoorn
(Maastricht), Suma Athreye (Brunel), Peter Buckley (Leeds), Nigel
Driffield (Aston), Klaus Meyer (Bath).
2.
Participants will be selected in a deliberate attempt to bring the
best established scholars, and the most promising up-and-coming
young researchers in this field to evaluate future directions.
3.
The debate sessions will be supplemented by a two-hour *poster
sessions*on both days. These do not necessarily need to be on the
theme of the conference, but from any area of IB.
4.
As a new initiative we plan to have *Parallel Sessions* which
relate to the specific themes (below), and be substantially
complete papers that can be considered for potential publication
immediately after the conference. We are seeking to arrange
various publication possibilities.
The final deadline for submitting a paper is *14 January 2011*. You
do not need to have a paper to register - the deadline for registration
is *11 February 2011*. Attendance will be limited to 150 participants,
so early registration is advised.
This year's themes are
*
Entrepreneurship and IB
*
Subsidiaries and the MNE
*
Externalities and the MNE
*
Strategic alliances and IB
Please visit our website at http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/ibconference
for more details.
Rajneesh Narula
Professor of International Business Regulation
Director, John H. Dunning Centre for International Business
Henley Business School
University of Reading, UK
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