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The 2013 Reading-UNCTAD
IB Conference:
8 – 9 April 2013,
Reading, UK
‘Contemporary issues in International
Business Theory’
Registration
for
the conference is now open, and I encourage you to register. If
you wish to
submit a paper, we are still accepting late submissions for the
parallel
sessions until the 15th of January.
Why you should attend the conference even if you don’t have a
paper
The Reading Conferences are different from other conferences
such as AIB and
EIBA, mainly because the central aspect the debate panels. The
three plenary
debate panels have NO paper presentations. Rather, they are
about arguing about
the issues, with presentations by the panellists being limited
to 5 minutes and
4 slides each. We do not want the debates to get caught in the
'fine print' of
extant IB literature and related jargon, but to broaden the
discussion to allow
as many people to participate in the conceptual discussion. This
is also why
the topics selected so as to be general and accessible, yet
topical and
current. We believe that research should return to first
principles wherever
possible. We also try and balance the panels so that they
reflect diversity,
both in terms of gender, and in terms of age! Each panel has
younger scholars,
in addition to more established ones.
This is also why it is not really necessary for you to submit
papers, although
of course we have the more traditional format of parallel and
poster sessions
as well
We believe that these conferences provide a great opportunity
for younger
scholars (especially PhD students and post docs) as well as to
informally
interact with senior scholars, with almost 60% of the two days
spent in these
plenary debates.
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?
Chair:
Mark Casson
Panelists:
Larissa Rabbiosi, Copenhagen Business School, Andrea Noya,
University of
Oviedo, Lorraine Eden, Texas A&M University
Panel 2: Reconciling dynamic
capabilities with the
OLI/internalisation 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?
Chair:
Alan Rugman
Panelists:
Klaus Meyer, China Europe International Business School, Vikas
Kumar,
University of Sydney, Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam, Philip
Kappen, Uppsala
University
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.
·
How do FDI motives matter from the
perspective of
host and home countries, and industry policy?
Chair:
Rajneesh Narula
Panelists:
Niron Hashai, Hebrew University, Pavida Pananond, Thammasat
University, Alvaro
Cuervo-Cazurra, Northeastern, Hafiz Mirza, UNCTAD
To
register, go to
http://www.henley.ac.uk/management/research/centres/mgmt-cibs-conference-2013.aspx
Rajneesh Narula
Professor of International Business Regulation
Director, John H. Dunning Centre for International
Business
Henley Business School
University of Reading, UK
http://www.henley.reading.ac.uk/dunning
