The AIB India Chapter will hold its annual conference April 21-23, 2016, in
Indore, India, and the submission deadline is January 15, 2016. For
submission instructions, please see the text of the conference brochure
below or download the PDF from
<http://documents.aib.msu.edu/events/flyers/2015-12-03-03-59-AIB-India-2016-
Conference.pdf>
http://documents.aib.msu.edu/events/flyers/2015-12-03-03-59-AIB-India-2016-C
onference.pdf.
Conference Theme:
The AIB-India 2016 conference invites papers working on the theme of
South-South FDI. The research questions may include inquiries: Do firms from
emerging markets (EM) possess an advantage over global MNEs when entering
into other EM? What is the impact of South-South trade/FDI on IB
scholarship? Questions of interests may include the analysis at country
level, industry level, as well as firm and subsidiary or individual
managerial level.
Submissions on the following tracks are also welcome.
Conference Tracks:
Business groups and EM MNEs
Innovation in Emerging Economies
Competitiveness of EM firms
Institutional and Political Environment of IB
Digital Transformation and Online Markets in IB
International Marketing, Cross-Cultural Marketing, Social Communities
Emerging Economies and Emerging Economy MNEs
International Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior
Global Strategy, M&As and Competitiveness
The Geography of International Business and Global Value Chains
Internationalization of SMEs and Born Globals
Theories of the MNE and of FDI
Doctoral (Research) Track
The doctoral research track is planned to give an orientation to the
aspiring faculty members/faculty members/doctoral students pursuing PhD in
different universities and schools in India and abroad. The track is
planned to include basics of research, application of research technology
and discussions of contemporary research topics. The participants are
expected to present their own research ideas and themes during the workshop
and attend the technical sessions of the track.
Paper Submission
Submission is now open and will remain so until 31st December 2015. All
competitive papers will be double-blind reviewed. Copies of all papers will
be supplied on CD-ROM. For more Information, please contact:
Conference in charge:
Prof. Prashant Salwan
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Prof. Manish Popli
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For more on AIB-India, Please visit:
http://www.aib-india.org/aiimb.html
Submission Guidelines:
1. Papers should be emailed to <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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2. Each paper can be submitted to only one track. At the time of
submission, submitted papers must not have been published or accepted for
publication.
3. We do not allow any changes in the paper title, abstract,
authorship, and actual paper after the submission deadline.
4. Authors must make two initial submission decisions: choose (1)
the most appropriate track (Presentation/Poster), (2) the most appropriate
set of keywords.
5. Formatting guidelines:
a. Full papers (Presentation Papers) must be fewer than 10,000 words
inclusive of all materials, including appendices and references. Poster
papers should be equal to or less than 7,500 words.
b. Figures, graphs, tables, appendices and references should follow the JIBS
Style Guide.
c. Use Times New Roman 12-point font, double spaced, 1-inch (2.5 cm) margin
all around, and 8.5" × 11" page setting. References can be single spaced.
d. Number all pages of the paper.
e. Each submission must state, on its front page at the top right, the
requested Track (number and title) and Session Format (Presentation or
Poster).
f. Each manuscript should also be accompanied by an abstract, not to exceed
150-200 words.
g. All manuscripts must be in English.
h. The document must be stripped of all identifying information: None of the
pages (not even the first page) should list any author information and the
File Properties for the documents should be cleaned to remove identifying
information.
6. Rule of THREE: No person may be associated (as author or co-author)
with more than three submissions.
Important Dates
Submission of Full Paper : 15th January 2016
Notification of Acceptance : 15th February 2016
Conference : 22nd-23rd April 2016
Doctoral Student PDW : 21st April 2016
Registration Charges
Students : Rs.
3000
Faculty Members : Rs. 5000
(Please note that the registration fees includes conference
kit, boarding and lodging at IIM Indore campus)
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