*The 2013 Reading-UNCTAD IB Conference:*
*'*Contemporary issues in International Business Theory*'*
8 -- 9 April 2013
Henley Business School at the University of Reading is delighted to
announce the Reading-UNCTAD International Business Conference, taking
place in April 2013, organized in collaboration with the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). This is the fourth in a
conference series that takes place biennially. These distinctive
conferences have become something of a tradition in the IB community,
not only because we seek -- as is the tradition at Reading -- to look at
things from a conceptual, 'big picture' level, but also because we
emphasise a critical (and we believe, healthy) balance between disciplines.
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The debate panels for the 2013 conference*
This year's conference will be built around three distinct but related
debate panels:
*Panel 1: New techniques of international business research.*Has the
study of IB become bogged down by quantitative empirical testing? What
is the place of mathematical and statistical modelling in IB? Should we
be formulating theories that are more readily testable? Panelists
include: Lorraine Eden, Danny Shapiro, Andrea Noya and Larissa Rabiotti.
*Panel 2: Reconciling dynamic capabilities with the OLI/internalization
theory.*Can the nature of dynamic capabilities be better aligned to both
MNE theory and strategic management thinking?How do firms manage their
dynamic capabilities through off-shoring and outsourcing? Within the
context of global value chains and emerging economies, how do dynamic
capabilities matter?Panelists include:Klaus Meyer, Ans Kolk, Vikas
Kumar, Philip Nell
*Panel 3: Revisiting Dunning's classification of motives for FDI
activity. *Is this classification due for an overhaul? For instance,
almost all MNE activity has an efficiency-enhancing aspect to it.
Strategic asset-seeking was meant to deal with investment activity
intended to upgrade the technological assets of MNEs by acquiring R&D
facilities abroad. Dunning did not consider that firms might acquire
assets to overcome strategic weaknesses in their portfolio of assets.
Others argue that this classification system is static: most FDI
activity tends to have multiple motives.The motivations of MNEs evolve
over time. How do FDI motives matter from the perspective of host and
home countries, and industrial policy? Panelists include: Niron Hashai,
Hafiz Mirza, Pavida Pananond, Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra
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Paper submission and registration
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The 2013 conference will have *both* *interactive sessions and parallel
sessions, *and papers are invited that relate to the three primary
themes of this conference: *dynamic capabilities, global value chains
and MNE motives.*
*Submissions for the parallel sessions: *All submissions should be
emailed to [log in to unmask] Papers must be substantially
complete, less than 10,000 words, and formatted according to JIBS
guidelines.
Indicate very clearly in the subject of the email and on the
coversheet 'Parallel session'. The final deadline for submitting a paper
is 1 December 2012. Subsequent confirmation that your paper has been
accepted will be sent via email by 15 December 2012.
*Submissions for the Poster sessions: *Abstracts (of up to 500 words)
should be submitted by 1 December 2012 to:
[log in to unmask] The subject of the email should begin
with the words: 'Poster Session'. Subsequent confirmation that your
paper has been accepted will be sent via email by 15 December 2012
A special issue of Transnational Corporations, a journal published by
UNCTAD, will have a special issue dedicated to papers relating to Global
Value Chains (GVCs), drawn from papers submitted to this conference.
We are also seeking to arrange various other publication possibilities.
Previous conference papers have been published in Journal of Management
Studies, European Journal of Development Research and Multinational
Business Review.
For further details on submissions and registration, visit:
http://www.henley.ac.uk/management/research/centres/mgmt-cibs-conference-2013.aspx
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