[image: Inline image 1]AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
Vancouver, Canada
June 23-26, 2014
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Call for Papers
*Theme:* Local Contexts in Global Business
*Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2014*
*Program Chair:* Klaus Meyer, China Europe International Business School (
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Globalization is increasing opportunities for business to create value by
bridging across different local contexts. At the same time, these local
contexts retain their distinct characteristics in terms of, for example,
culture, regulations, resources and human capital. Increasing interactions
across nations, however, does not necessarily lead to convergence: Local
communities retain their distinctiveness. In fact, for many, local identity
may even become more important in response to the anonymous forces of
globalization. On the other hand, some communities, such as our host city
Vancouver, thrive on the interaction of people from a diversity of
backgrounds, and become hubs of global business. Communities also build on
local values, which can themselves become global. Vancouver, the home of
Greenpeace, aspires to be the world's greenest city and the home to
companies producing green technologies.
The tension between the globalizing and localizing forces in our societies
create major challenges for businesses. For example, how do firms and
individuals engage with the dual demands of acting both local and global?
How do companies exploit the diversity of the world economy to gain
competitive advantage in a variety of local markets? How do global (or
regional) MNEs manage to deliver locally relevant products and services?
How do MNE operations in multiple localities shape global innovation
processes? How do local concerns about social or environmental issues in
communities of place and indigenous societies get heard in a world of
global business? How are global concerns, such as global warming, violent
conflicts, and financial crises, reflected in local decisions by businesses?
This tension also creates profound challenges for how we do research in the
field of international business. For example, how do we incorporate aspects
of local context in our theorizing? How can we make highly abstract
theories relevant for different local contexts? How can we derive relevant
theoretical insights from single context studies? How can we ensure our
measurements of abstract constructs are valid in different cultural
contexts?
Paper and Panel Submissions
Paper and panel submissions for AIB 2014 need to be categorized into one of
thirteen topical and two special tracks. Each paper or panel proposal must
be submitted to only one track. Please select the track closest to your
proposal from the list below.
*All single country studies must focus on IB-relevant topics such as MNCs,
international institutions, trade, global value chains, etc.*
*1. People and Careers in Cross-Cultural Business*
*Track chair:* Davina Vora, State University of New York at New Paltz, USA
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*2. Entrepreneurship, SMEs, and Born Globals*
*Track chair:* Shameen Prashantham, Nottingham University Business School
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*3. Organization, Management and Human Resources of the MNE*
*Track chair:* Dana Minbaeva, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark (
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*4. Marketing and Consumers in IB*
*Track chair:* Janet Y. Murray, University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA (
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*5. Global Value Chains and the Geography of IB*
*Track chair:* Vikas Kumar, University of Sydney, Australia (
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*6. Innovation and Knowledge Management*
*Track chair:* Felipe Monteiro, INSEAD, France ( [log in to unmask] )
*7. Competition and Collaboration in IB*
*Track chair:* Aya Chacar, Florida International University, USA (
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*8. Global Strategy, M&As and Competitiveness*
*Track chair:* Jordan Siegel, Harvard Business School, USA (
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*9. Home Economies and the MNE*
*Track chair:* Pavida Pananond, Thammasat University, Thailand (
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*10. Theories of the MNE and of FDI*
*Track chair:* Gabriel Benito, BI Norwegian Business School, Norway (
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*11. Stakeholders, Responsible Leadership and Governance*
*Track chair:* Sheila Puffer, Northeastern University, USA (
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*12. The Institutional and Political Environment of IB*
*Track chair:* Pei Sun, Fudan University, China ( [log in to unmask] )
*13. International Finance and Economics*
*Track chair:* Lars Oxelheim, Lund University, Sweden (
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*14. Research Methodology in IB (Special Track)*
*Track chair:* Timothy Devinney, University of Leeds, UK (
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*15. Teaching IB (Special Track)*
*Track chair:* Andreas Schotter, Ivey Business School, Canada (
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We will be accepting two types of submissions - papers and panels. Paper
and panel submissions need to be categorized into one of the thirteen
topical tracks or into one of the two special tracks described above. Each
paper or panel proposal must be submitted to only one track. For the
special tracks on teaching and research methods, please contact the track
chairs to discuss the preferred format of the sessions.
All submissions will be handled through the AIB online submission system.
All manuscripts and proposals must be submitted by *January 15, 2014*.
Please refer to the detailed submission
instructions<http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/submissioninstructions.asp>page
for additional information on how to prepare and submit your
submission. For up-to-date information about the conference and related
events, please check the conference website at
http://aib.msu.edu/events/2014/. Any questions regarding this call for
papers should be addressed to the track chairs or the Program Chair, Klaus
Meyer <[log in to unmask]>.
Klaus Meyer
Program Chair, AIB 2014 Annual Meeting
China Europe International Business School, Shanghai
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