Conference Announcement
The 5th Copenhagen Conference on:
‘Emerging Multinationals’:
Outward Investment from Emerging Economies
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Date: 27-28 October 2016
Venue: Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
Overview
This year’s conference welcomes all papers related to the broad conference theme of outw
Multinational companies from emerging economies (EMNCs) have become major players in the globalized world economy and wield growing influence on economic dynamics in developed, emerging, and developing countries alike. Firms and governments in developed countries increasingly need to engage with the array of challenges and opportunities presented by emerging-economy multinationals seeking access to their markets and assets. Important impacts of outward direct investment from emerging economies (OFDI) will also be felt in developing host countries, where investments from emerging economies are becoming more and more significant. No less important will be the effects in the home countries of the outward investing firms themselves. The rise of outward investment from emerging and developing countries requires further scrutiny theoretically, empirically and methodologically.
All papers related to the broad conference theme are welcome. In addition, this year’s conference particularly solicits papers with a focus on regional clusters and international linkages of
Topics
The emergence of MNCs from emerging economies raises a wide range of challenges for theorists, business strategists, and policymakers alike. This year’s conference promotes ‘regional clusters and international linkages’ as a special but not exclusive theme.
· Which HRM strategies do EMNCs deploy to engage with local labor forces?
· What distinguishes international in
· Which are the roles of sovereign wealth funds?
Important dates
Submission of paper deadline:
Paper acceptance/rejection: 15 September
Registration & submission of final paper: 30 September
Conference:
Submission & publication
Please email your paper to [log in to unmask] as an MS Word or PDF document.
Accepted papers will be uploaded to an electronic proceedings on the conferencewebsite.
As part of the conference, post-conference publication opportunities of submitted papers will be explored. We are currently negotiating with the International Journal of E
The previous conferences have produced special issues of Journal of Internati
Conference fee
The conference fee is EUR250. The fee covers meals, refreshments and conferencematerials. The concluding dinner is an optional extra.
Organizing Committee
· Bersant Hobdari, Department of International Ec
· Peter Gammeltoft, Department of International Ec
Confirmed Keynote Speakers
· Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Professor of International Bus
· Grazia Santangelo, Jean Monnet Chair International Business for European Union, University of Catania.
· Ilan Alon, University of Adger
· Rajneesh Narula, The John H. Dunning Chair of International Busines
· Ravi Ramamurti, Distinguished Professor of International Bus
Further information
For further information contact:
Bersant Hobdari
Department of International Ec
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web: www.cbs.dk/int