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Dear Colleagues, The 37th EIBA Annual Conference will be held in Bucharest, 8-10 December 2011. The conference fee is 350 euro for early regstration. All details are available on the website www.eiba2011.org. Please post the following Call for Papers: 37th EIBA ANNUAL CONFERENCE, BUCHAREST, DECEMBER 8-10, 2011 Taking International Business to the Next Level - Emerging Issues, Strategies and Economies The global economic crisis has challenged key discourses in international business practice. Yet, what does IB research have to contribute to these new discourses such as risk management, emerging multinationals, and limits to European integration? While fundamental IB topics related to theories, concepts, and approaches remain valid, on-going challenges have evolved regarding the operations, strategies, alliances and local impact of multinational enterprises. Furthermore, we must pay attention to diverse emerging issues in international business from climate change to state interventionism. The conference has a focus on European aspects of international business, such as the impact of the European response to crisis, the euro up and downs, how is the internationalization of European firms affected, or the implications of the debt crisis in an increasing number of European countries. The 37th EIBA conference is hosted by the Faculty of International Business, Academy of Economic Studies from Bucharest, Romania. Romania is a new EU member state, an emerging economy which is representative for the shifting West-East paradigm. Is Eastern Europe going to remain specialized in low cost products and cheap labor, or are there different patterns of specialization emerging? The conference will have one track on emerging markets in general and another track on specialization issues in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The list of tracks is as follows: 1. IB theory and the boundaries of the firm (Chair: Alain Verbeke, University of Calgary, Canada) 2. Multinational enterprises’ strategies (Chair: Bjorn Ambos, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration) 3. Internationalization of SMEs (Chair: Klaus Meyer, University of Bath) 4. International marketing (Jorma Larimo, University of Vaasa) 5. Foreign operation modes, offshoring and outsourcing (Chair: Torben Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School) 6. Effectiveness, Differentiation and Integration in International Strategic Alliances (Orly Yeheskel, Tel-Aviv Yaffo Academic College) 7. International human resource management and cross cultural aspects (Chair: Winfried Ruigrok, University St. Gallen) 8. International finance, accounting and corporate governance (Chair: Trond Randoy, Agder University College) 9. International trade and local/regional development (Chair: Pervez Ghauri, King’s College London) 10. Research, development and innovation: knowledge creation and transfer in multinational enterprises (Chair: Ulf Andersson, Copenhagen Business School) 11. Emerging economies in international business (Chair: Filip de Beule, Lessius & Catholic University Leuven) 12. Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe: low cost for ever? (Chair: Matija Rojec, University of Ljubljana) 13. The day after tomorrow. Multinational enterprises in the post-crisis environment (Chair: Rob van Tulder, Erasmus University) Papers can be submitted as competitive, workshop or posters. Doctoral students will have 3 tutorials. Panels can be submitted on relevant topics for the conference. A number of papers will be published in a book “MNE Management in a Post-Crisis Environment” (in the EIBA annual book series), edited by Alain Verbeke, Rob Van Tulder and Liviu Voinea. The following awards will be offered at the EIBA 2011 Conference: The Gunnar Hedlund Award the best PhD thesis in the world in the field of International Business – sponsored by the Stockholm School of Economics The Copenhagen Prize for the best paper written by a young scholar in International Business – sponsored by the Copenhagen Business School The Best Doctoral Thesis Proposal Award – sponsored by the EIBA Doctoral Tutorial The Best Paper of the Year Award – sponsored by the International Business Review The International Marketing Award – sponsored by the International Marketing Review The Best Paper on Emerging Markets Award – sponsored by the International Journal of Emerging Markets The Bucharest Prize – sponsored by the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting Conference fees for early registration (before October 15th, 2011): 350 euro for members (including membership fee), 200 euro for Ph.D. students (including membership fee), and 200 euro for accompanying persons. For registration after October 15th all fees increase by 100 euro. Deadline for paper submissions: July 15th, 2011 Website: www.eiba2011.org Contact: [log in to unmask] e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.